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nHPD2 Power Modules Where Innovation Meets Requirements

nHPD2 Power Modules Where Innovation Meets Requirements

This article highlights Hitachi Europe, Ltd. introduction of nHPD2 Power Modules as the first high-voltage IGBT-based power module for traction, etc..


Power Capacitors Toughen Up for Life with Wide Band Gap Semiconductors

Power Capacitors Toughen Up for Life with Wide Band Gap Semiconductors

This article highlights KEMET Multi-Layer Ceramic Chip Capacitors rated for operation up to 200°C, featuring C0G dielectric and nickel…


Addressing the Challenges of Utilizing IGBT Technology in Power Modules

Addressing the Challenges of Utilizing IGBT Technology in Power Modules

This article features Vincotech GmbH IGBTs in power modules as it getting thinner, smaller, and faster that complicates their installation in…


DCM Power Modules Enabling the Electrification of Drive Train Technology

DCM Power Modules Enabling the Electrification of Drive Train Technology

This article highlights Danfoss Silicon Power DCM Power Modules as the next generation technology platform for automotive traction inverters.


IGBT Modules Advanced Acoustic Micro Imaging

IGBT Modules Advanced Acoustic Micro Imaging

This article examines the acoustic microimaging of a warped ceramic raft in an IGBT module via the integral acoustic imaging mode developed by…


TRENCHSTOP IGBT 7 A Good Fit for Industrial Drives

TRENCHSTOP IGBT 7 A Good Fit for Industrial Drives

This article discusses IGBT7 Chip Technology and its benefits to variable-speed drive applications.


Gaining Speed: Mitsubishi Electric SiC-Power Modules

Gaining Speed: Mitsubishi Electric SiC-Power Modules

The article focuses on high-voltage SiC-modules and gives insights to features and applications.


Pushing the Limits of GaNbased Power Devices and Power Electronics

Pushing the Limits of GaNbased Power Devices and Power Electronics

This article highlights InRel-NPower exploration of the latest GaN, AlGaN, and AlN semiconductor materials for power electronics applications.


A Charger IC with N Kinds of Applications

A Charger IC with N Kinds of Applications

The MP2639A is a fully integrated and flexible battery charge management IC that can charge two cells in series from a 5V power supply. USB ports…


Achieving 99% PFC Efficiency with ICERGi Gate Drives and Digital Control Technologies

Achieving 99% PFC Efficiency with ICERGi Gate Drives and Digital Control Technologies

This article demonstrates low-cost, extremely-high-efficiency, and Si-based implementation of PFC stages enabled by innovative ICERGi gate drive…


Inevitability of Near Chip-Scale SMD Packaging for Power GaN and SiC

Inevitability of Near Chip-Scale SMD Packaging for Power GaN and SiC

This article is a Q&A aiming to provide insight into the benefits of WBG near chip-scale package capability and its ultimate form, the μMaxPak…


Gate Drive Optocouplers for GaN Power Devices

Gate Drive Optocouplers for GaN Power Devices

This article discusses Gallium Nitride Technology and wide variety of designs of different competing companies.


x-GaN 2.0: The Destination FiT10 is Demonstrably Exceeded

x-GaN 2.0: The Destination FiT10 is Demonstrably Exceeded

This article highlights Panasonic X-GaNTM transistors that is called as HD-GiT that aimed for power converters application in the ~100 W to ~5-6 kW…


Utilizing SiC Traction Technology Inverters in Automotive Applications

Utilizing SiC Traction Technology Inverters in Automotive Applications

This article focuses on presenting the benefits of a newly developed SiC power module and the utilization of this module in a powertrain inverter


Secrets of ‘Fluid-Like’ Heat Flow in Solid Semiconductor at Nanoscale

Secrets of ‘Fluid-Like’ Heat Flow in Solid Semiconductor at Nanoscale

This article discusses the thermoreflectance thermal imaging approach allowing researchers to create maps of temperature rise at far higher…


A Novel Circuit Topology for Turning a ‘Normally On’ GaN Transistor into ‘Normally Off’

A Novel Circuit Topology for Turning a ‘Normally On’ GaN Transistor into ‘Normally Off’

This article discusses how D-mode GaN transistors make themselves excellent building blocks for the next generation power conversion systems.


Dynamically Configurable Off-Line Switcher IC for Higher Application Flexibility

Dynamically Configurable Off-Line Switcher IC for Higher Application Flexibility

This article discusses Power Integrations Switcher ICs offering significant advantages of programmability, configurability, and adjustability.


Benefitting from the Evolution of Power Transistors

Benefitting from the Evolution of Power Transistors

This article discusses the evolution of power transistors and how they are redesigned and revised for increasing demands.


TOPTriac - A Temperature and Overload Protected Triac

TOPTriac - A Temperature and Overload Protected Triac

This article discusses WeEn Semiconductors TOPTriac and its features such as temperature and overload protection.


DCM™ 1000X Designed to Meet the Future SiC Demand of Electric Vehicle Drive Trains

DCM™ 1000X Designed to Meet the Future SiC Demand of Electric Vehicle Drive Trains

This article discusses Danfoss' DCM technology for traction applications and its electrical performance.