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Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 4

Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 4

While the first three parts in this article series detailed military and avionic standards and front-end solutions, this last Part 4 delves into…


Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 3

Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 3

In Part 3 of this series, we look at how embedding a boost converter within a board-mounted module reduces the required capacitor value for a given…


Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 2

Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 2

In Part 1, we covered the key standards for military and avionics power supply design. Here in Part 2, we examine managing input bus electrical…


Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 1

Solving Military-Avionics DC-DC Power Challenges with Modularity—Part 1

We begin this article series on understanding standard parameters and best practices for the effective design of aerospace and military-grade power…


Self-Oscillating RF Generators: GaN Tech Enables High-Voltage, Efficient Designs

Self-Oscillating RF Generators: GaN Tech Enables High-Voltage, Efficient Designs

Advances in radio frequency generation have led to innovative designs transforming applications within the sub-100 MHz region. This article…


Design and Test Challenges of High-Voltage MIL-Aero Applications

Design and Test Challenges of High-Voltage MIL-Aero Applications

This article explores the unique design, testing, and reliability challenges of high-voltage power supplies used in military and aerospace…


Electrifying Aerospace With Integrated Actuation

Electrifying Aerospace With Integrated Actuation

Aircraft have used hydraulic actuators to maneuver, but electrification is driving aerospace in the transition from hydraulic actuators to power…


Simplifying Motor Joint Inverter Design

Simplifying Motor Joint Inverter Design

Battery-powered applications such as new-generation robots, drones, and power tools require a reduction in space and a simplification of the design…


Ground Tests of Photovoltaically Powered Satellites Require Fast and Flexible Solar Array Simulation

Ground Tests of Photovoltaically Powered Satellites Require Fast and Flexible Solar Array Simulation

Fast and Flexible Solar Array Simulation


Powering Defense Applications With MIL-COTS Front-End Filters

Powering Defense Applications With MIL-COTS Front-End Filters

Military applications are the most demanding and require special filtering and protection circuits to ensure safe operation under extreme…


Enabling Industrial E-Mobility With SiC Technology

Enabling Industrial E-Mobility With SiC Technology

Powering industrial e-mobility across land, sky, water, and rail. Following closely behind the adoption of electric vehicles, new transportation…


Radiation Resilient and Robust: GaN Tech Propels Next-Gen Power Electronics to New Frontiers

Radiation Resilient and Robust: GaN Tech Propels Next-Gen Power Electronics to New Frontiers

This article examines the reasons GaN power devices work for power conversion applications in space and how their resistance to radiation makes…


Addressing RF Communication Challenges With GaN-on-SiC Power Amplifiers

Addressing RF Communication Challenges With GaN-on-SiC Power Amplifiers

This article examines the communication challenges of RF applications like 5G, satellite communications, aerospace, and defense and how GaN-on-SiC…


GaN Motor Drive Inverter Advances in UAV Drones for Ag Apps

GaN Motor Drive Inverter Advances in UAV Drones for Ag Apps

Modern agricultural techniques have been revolutionized by the integration of unmanned aerial vehicle drones, which are low-voltage…


The Genesis of GeneSiC and the Future of Silicon Carbide

The Genesis of GeneSiC and the Future of Silicon Carbide

This article will examine GeneSiC MOSFETs and Schottky MPS diodes stretching from 650 V to 6.5 kV.


How Buck Regulators with Integrated Capacitors Help Lower EMI and Save Board Space

How Buck Regulators with Integrated Capacitors Help Lower EMI and Save Board Space

It’s a challenge to create highly efficient and compact designs while also adhering to strict electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements…


Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide: Compound Materials for Radiation-Hardened Applications

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide: Compound Materials for Radiation-Hardened Applications

For a long time, silicon-based devices have represented the baseline standard in the semiconductor landscape. Starting from 2007, due to Moore’s…


The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 1: A Topology for Low Noise Negative Voltage Supplies

The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 1: A Topology for Low Noise Negative Voltage Supplies

Analog Devices offers a wide variety of solutions for producing low noise power. Most of these solutions are designed to produce positive voltage…


Technology Predictions: 2022 Will See Innovation Adapt to Support Electrification and Drive Growth

Technology Predictions: 2022 Will See Innovation Adapt to Support Electrification and Drive Growth

Vicor Corporation released its industry predictions for 2022, covering 3 areas: Automotive, Hyperscale Computing, and Aerospace & Defense.


Technical Articles Feb 11, 2022 by Vicor
Clamp-On Ammeter Applications and Measurement Procedures

Clamp-On Ammeter Applications and Measurement Procedures

A clamp-on ammeter is a portable test instrument that measures current in a circuit by measuring the magnetic field's strength around a single…