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A Toast to Bodo: Celebrating 70 Years

A Toast to Bodo: Celebrating 70 Years

As Bodo Arlt, founder of Bodo's Power Systems, celebrates his 70th birthday, we pay tribute to his accomplishments and impact on the power…


Determining Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function of RC High-Pass Filters

Determining Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function of RC High-Pass Filters

Learn how to determine the RC high-pass filter's cut-off frequency and transfer function and plot gain/frequency and phase/frequency response…


Calculating RC Low-Pass Filter Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function

Calculating RC Low-Pass Filter Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function

Learn how to determine the RC low-pass filter's cut-off frequency and transfer function and plot the gain/frequency and phase/frequency…


Analyzing the Options: EV Fast Charging Bi-Directional Topologies

Analyzing the Options: EV Fast Charging Bi-Directional Topologies

Electric vehicle (EV) DC fast chargers currently under development have to meet more demanding specifications than today’s installed charger…


Optimum GaN Gate Control for Greater Performance Gains

Optimum GaN Gate Control for Greater Performance Gains

When designing power applications with gallium-nitride (GaN) wide-bandgap technology, proper control of the gate-driving circuit is essential to…


Improving Performance With Monolithic GaN Integration While Reducing Size, Cost

Improving Performance With Monolithic GaN Integration While Reducing Size, Cost

This article will examine the advantages of gallium nitride heterojunction field effect power transistors in the 15 V to 350 V range in…


Understanding Quiescent and Shutdown Currents With Boost Converters

Understanding Quiescent and Shutdown Currents With Boost Converters

Quiescent current is an important parameter to consider when optimizing battery-powered applications. This article examines the difference between…


SiC MOSFET Modules for PV Systems With Integrated Storage, EV Charging

SiC MOSFET Modules for PV Systems With Integrated Storage, EV Charging

This article discusses how SIC-MOSFETs in innovative packages can enable novel converter concepts to support ever-increasing efficiency and power…


Understanding Failure Mechanisms in Test-to-Fail Methodology for eGaN Devices in Solar Applications

Understanding Failure Mechanisms in Test-to-Fail Methodology for eGaN Devices in Solar Applications

Modern solar panels are demanding increasingly higher power density and longer operating lifetimes. Solar applications, including power optimizers…


Power ICs Enable High-Efficiency High-Power-Density 140W PD3.1 Adapter Designs

Power ICs Enable High-Efficiency High-Power-Density 140W PD3.1 Adapter Designs

This article presents an ultra-high-efficiency and high-power-density design of a power factor correction (PFC) and asymmetrical half-bridge (AHB)…


Packages for the Highest Voltage Class Si IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs

Packages for the Highest Voltage Class Si IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs

HV LinPak is a new package that adds to several options converter designers have for using Si IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs with nominal blocking voltages…


Get More From Your Heat Pump

Get More From Your Heat Pump

High functional integration and power density are at the foundation of our energy-efficient, cost-effective power modules for motor drives tailored…


Stepper Motors Part 2: Motor Drive Circuit Types and Operation

Stepper Motors Part 2: Motor Drive Circuit Types and Operation

This article reviews the types and operation of stepper motor drive circuits used in precise positioning and control applications. It examines…


Comparing Thermal Performance of Die-Attach Materials

Comparing Thermal Performance of Die-Attach Materials

Silver sintering and transient liquid phase soldering are replacement technologies for bonding using high reliability solder alloys. This article…


Driving and Protecting SiC MOSFETs: Specs and Standards

Driving and Protecting SiC MOSFETs: Specs and Standards

Although SiC MOSFETs offer many benefits, it took more than ten years for suppliers to consolidate and align specifications and standards. Today,…


Isolated Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter Modes of Operation

Isolated Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter Modes of Operation

Isolated flying capacitor multilevel converters have various modes of operation critical to their proper working. This article explains the four…


Understanding Power Modules in Embedded Drives

Understanding Power Modules in Embedded Drives

While embedded motor drives are gaining popularity in industrial applications, their compact size and tight integration present new challenges in…


Understanding the Theory Behind Transient Thermal Impedance

Understanding the Theory Behind Transient Thermal Impedance

Transient thermal impedance is a measure of how a device behaves when pulsed power is applied. Transient thermal impedance is an important…


How Thermal Efficiency Is Helping Data Centers Run More Sustainably

How Thermal Efficiency Is Helping Data Centers Run More Sustainably

Innovative semiconductor design and packaging technologies are improving efficiencies in data centers as server power demands increase.


Power Packaging for GaN Generation of Power Conversion

Power Packaging for GaN Generation of Power Conversion

Since the launch of GaN-on-Si enhancement mode power transistors in March 2010, there has been a slow but monotonic shift towards the adoption and…