EEPower

Latest Semiconductors & ICs Technical Articles

Categories

How to Achieve Fast Switching with a High-Voltage Isolated Driver IC

How to Achieve Fast Switching with a High-Voltage Isolated Driver IC

In high switching frequency applications, the high commutation slopes of the power switches require immunity against high levels of common mode…


Reducing Size, Noise, and Field Failures of Transportation APUs

Reducing Size, Noise, and Field Failures of Transportation APUs

Designers are finally able to extract disruptive system-level benefits of SiC technology to shrink the size, noise, and field failures of auxiliary…


Highly Efficient SiC Power Devices for a Wide Range of Applications

Highly Efficient SiC Power Devices for a Wide Range of Applications

This article discusses the demands of different applications, highlights the MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC SiC power devices available in different voltage…


Coreless Transformers Isolate SiC Gate Drivers for EV and Industrial Applications

Coreless Transformers Isolate SiC Gate Drivers for EV and Industrial Applications

This article introduces conventional isolated gate driver technology, including discrete transformer, opto-isolated, and capacitive methods, though…


Understanding Integrated Voltage Regulators

Understanding Integrated Voltage Regulators

This article highlights Empower Semiconductor IVR solution that is applicable to a whole range of applications, making it attractive for inventory…


Testing for Shoot-Through in Half-Bridge Power Converters

Testing for Shoot-Through in Half-Bridge Power Converters

This article gives insight into testing for shoot-through half-bridge power converters and the influence of parasitic coupling capacitance.


GaN ePower Ultrafast Switches With Integrated Gate Drivers

GaN ePower Ultrafast Switches With Integrated Gate Drivers

This article provides an example of the benefits of integrated GaN power ICs via the introduction of an integrated FET and gate driver IC.


How to Increase Efficiency and Mitigate Power Loss in Buck Converters

How to Increase Efficiency and Mitigate Power Loss in Buck Converters

Determining the best match between an inductor and an IC is paramount to achieving the best performance in terms of PCB space, as well as thermal…


Dynamic Characterization of GaN Power Semiconductor Devices

Dynamic Characterization of GaN Power Semiconductor Devices

This article highlights Keysight Technologies that overcome the challenges associated with GaN FET dynamic characterization.


A Comparison of FinFET Configurations

A Comparison of FinFET Configurations

This article looks at different device configurations of MOSFETs and FinFETs and their evolution. It also discusses how 3D configuration allows for…


Earth Leakage Current in a Bi-Directional Totem Pole Converter Using Wide Band Gap Devices

Earth Leakage Current in a Bi-Directional Totem Pole Converter Using Wide Band Gap Devices

This article explains the generation mechanism of this leakage current along with its path through appropriate circuit diagrams.


What is a FinFET?

What is a FinFET?

This article explores FinFET structure, their uses in a variety of applications, and the advantages and disadvantages they have over MOSFETs.


Power Conversion with GaN-on-Si Integrated Circuits

Power Conversion with GaN-on-Si Integrated Circuits

This article details how the ascent of GaN is redefining power conversion.


Analyzing the Advantages of 100V GaN in 48V Applications

Analyzing the Advantages of 100V GaN in 48V Applications

This article describes an ultra-low parasitics Eon/Eoff measurement platform and the advantages of 100V GaN in 48V applications.


Testing Gallium Nitride Devices Under Extreme Voltage and Current Stress

Testing Gallium Nitride Devices Under Extreme Voltage and Current Stress

This article focuses on the stressor of current. Parts were tested to failure under two specific conditions that demonstrate the exceptional…


Efficient Induction Heating Designs

Efficient Induction Heating Designs

This article discusses designs, topologies, and other approaches for efficient induction heating.


Innovating 3D Printed Liquid Cooled Heatsinks

Innovating 3D Printed Liquid Cooled Heatsinks

This article showcases how 3D printed heatsinks can increase reliability by enabling extended life of power semiconductors, reduce size, weight,…


Modern Clamping Systems for Testing Power Semiconductor Devices

Modern Clamping Systems for Testing Power Semiconductor Devices

This article describes the steps of development and research carried out to design a clamping system for disc semiconductors and analyzes the…


Hard Paralleling SiC MOSFET-Based Power Modules

Hard Paralleling SiC MOSFET-Based Power Modules

The main reasons for paralleling modules are technical and these reasons become more important with SiC MOSFETs for several reasons.


How Preserved Echoes Diagnose Component Failures

How Preserved Echoes Diagnose Component Failures

This article highlights SONOSCAN Acoustic micro imaging (AMI) tools that can nondestructively image internal structural anomalies such as cracks or…