Motor starters like autotransformers can solve induction motor challenges. Here’s all you need to know about the workings, connections, and…
About 5 days ago by Simon Mugo
Question: Can you optimize the efficiency of a switching power supply? Answer: Yes, by minimizing hot loop PCB ESRs and ESLs--an important method…
January 26, 2023 by Henry Zhang
The global transition toward electric cars is getting a boost from industry suppliers. The Bosch team optimizes three-phase inverters and their DC…
January 25, 2023 by Alan Petrillo
Learn the grounding and bonding rules when powering two or more buildings or structures in the same area with a single service.
January 24, 2023 by Lorenzo Mari
Learn about the rules regarding multiple separately derived systems, bonding to metallic parts, ungrounded systems, and outdoor sources.
January 23, 2023 by Lorenzo Mari
It is difficult to optimize the switching performance of IGBTs with only one fixed value for the gate resistor. The use of two-level slew-rate…
January 19, 2023 by Wolfgang Frank
Modern industrial plants place high demands on the reliability and interference immunity of power supplies. Typically, the plant components are…
January 18, 2023 by Timur Uludag
Through improvements in power switches and microcontrollers, the designers of power electronics can improve efficiency by up to another percentage…
January 17, 2023 by Matthias Ortmann
There was a time when shunt solutions were considered the safe choice in sensor technology. Let's take a look at how things have changed.
January 16, 2023 by Tim Kaske
Most people in the United States are accustomed to 120 V single-phase power. This article examines 480 V three-phase U.S. power, its advantages…
January 12, 2023 by Amna Ahmad
The article introduces how to troubleshoot a VFD to eradicate the faults that might be hindering it from performing up to expected industrial and…
January 11, 2023 by Simon Mugo
This article addresses the causes of failures in variable frequency drives to save engineers unnecessary downtime.
January 10, 2023 by Simon Mugo
Selecting and sizing a variable frequency drive (VFD) can be confusing, even for the most seasoned engineer. This article makes it easy.
January 09, 2023 by Simon Mugo
One relatively easy way for manufacturers to reduce the cost of electronic components is by using the same designs or components for disparate…
December 29, 2022 by Victor Khasiev
Passive components remain a crucial element in power hungry and data-intensive applications. And, as the end of the Moore’s Law journey for…
December 27, 2022 by Mukund Krishna
Navitas’ GaNSense technology provide size and loss savings to enable integration of the inverter with the motor.
December 21, 2022 by Alfred Hesener
The dual active bridge topology is currently raising a lot of interest from the power electronics community. Its bidirectional nature, soft…
December 20, 2022 by Sotiris Zorbas
An Application Example for xEV applications. Since the benefits of SiC power semiconductors for electric powertrains are proven, SiC power…
December 19, 2022 by ROHM Semiconductor
This article focuses on quartz crystal oscillators to introduce engineers to the equivalent model of the quartz crystal, quartz crystal impedance…
December 16, 2022 by Simon Mugo
This article introduces power factor correction, why it is needed, and how to design it for the system.
December 15, 2022 by Ahmad Ezzeddine
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