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Silicon can Match WBG Efficiency in Totem-pole PFC Circuits

Silicon can Match WBG Efficiency in Totem-pole PFC Circuits

Pressure is on engineers to design AC-DC power supplies with improved efficiency and power density, while meeting standards for mains harmonic…


Overcoming Challenges to Characterize 100V GaN Power FETs

Overcoming Challenges to Characterize 100V GaN Power FETs

The applications for 100V (and less) GaN FETs are numerous - from reducing distortion in Class-D audio amplifiers to improving efficiency in…


The Evolution of Integrated Current Sensors Takes a Digital Path

The Evolution of Integrated Current Sensors Takes a Digital Path

So far, the evolution of integrated current sensors (ICSs) has been slow and gradual. Current measurement technology has been developed…


Technical Articles Oct 04, 2022 by LEM
SiC LinPak Designed for Improved Switching Performance, Reliability

SiC LinPak Designed for Improved Switching Performance, Reliability

Each day that we wake up and turn on a light, the coffee machine, or electric stove to prepare breakfast, we expect all the electric motors,…


High-Voltage Direct Current: A History of Innovation

High-Voltage Direct Current: A History of Innovation

High-Voltage Direct Current technology has seen many technological advancements in the past century. This article provides an introduction and…


Q&A: Inside SiC Technology from Upstate New York

Q&A: Inside SiC Technology from Upstate New York

Wolfspeed has opened its Mohawk Valley Silicon Carbide fabrication facility in Marcy, N.Y. The 200 mm wafer fab aims to lead the transition from…


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…


National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 3

National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 3

Learn about voltage drop calculations in three-phase branch circuits and feeders.


Depletion-mode Power MOSFETs: The Forgotten MOS

Depletion-mode Power MOSFETs: The Forgotten MOS

Power MOSFETs are most often used in switched-mode applications where they function as an on-off switch. However, in applications such as start-up…


National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 2

National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 2

Learn more formulas to calculate voltage drops in single-phase branch circuits and feeders.


Model-Based Power Converter Design Using High-Confidence MOSFETs

Model-Based Power Converter Design Using High-Confidence MOSFETs

When designing a power converter, simulation models can be used to help trade off multiple design criteria. Simple switch-based models of active…


National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 1

National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 1

Learn about voltage drops and how to calculate them in branch circuits and feeders.


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…


Traction-Inverter Development Platform Eases Road to Future Mobility

Traction-Inverter Development Platform Eases Road to Future Mobility

The momentum towards electrified mobility is gathering as governments commit to ending sales of petrol and diesel cars around the 2030 timeframe.…


Focusing on SiC Technology With WeEn Semi’s CEO

Focusing on SiC Technology With WeEn Semi’s CEO

Founded in Aug 2015, WeEn Semiconductors is committed to improving power conversion efficiency and providing superior power products for home…


CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems

CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems

The International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS) focuses on the technological background, starting with the components…


DC/DC Converters: Devices for Supplying Negative Voltage

DC/DC Converters: Devices for Supplying Negative Voltage

Read on to learn more about the basics of inverting converters and how they work.


On a Power Journey: Young and Ambitious–How Nexperia Delivers on its Aspiring Plans for Growth

On a Power Journey: Young and Ambitious–How Nexperia Delivers on its Aspiring Plans for Growth

Just five years ago, European headquartered Nexperia entered the semiconductor market as an independent entity. The former Standard Products…


DC/DC Conversion Principles

DC/DC Conversion Principles

Improving Efficiency and Reducing Size of Low-Power AC/DC Conversion

Improving Efficiency and Reducing Size of Low-Power AC/DC Conversion

In this article, Eggtronic CEO Igor Spinella considers conventional low-power conversion architectures based on quasi-resonant (QR) and active…