One way to optimize automotive and industrial designs is to reduce the size of the power supply unit, resulting in less physical material, fewer…
April 16, 2024 by Bethlehem Defar
Part 1 of this series explains timing factors and solutions for reducing power while maintaining precision in low-power systems, as required for…
February 21, 2024 by Padraic O’Reilly
The data center of the future—the AI factory—runs on thousands of AI accelerators, each of which consumes over 1000 A. Creating a green AI…
February 20, 2024 by Paul Yeaman
Bodo spoke with Alexander Gerfer and Martin Haug from Würth Elektronik eiSos to discuss the market trends in power electronics and power supplies…
January 18, 2024 by Bodo Arlt
In this article, we deep-dive into modular design evaluation, how the modular design concept works, and how to reap its benefits.
January 10, 2024 by Johannes Kemper
A discrete device mounted on a water-cooled heat sink via direct copper bonding is one solution available to design engineers, assuming the…
November 12, 2023 by Omar Harmon
Learn about single-point and multi-grounded neutrals and service-supplied AC systems above 1 kV.
November 01, 2023 by Lorenzo Mari
Harnessing the unique electrical advantages of wide-bandgap silicon carbide (SiC) in commercial applications requires addressing reliability…
October 19, 2023 by Evangelos Theodossiu
Full SiC MOSFET modules have clear performance benefits, especially where high power density is required, but how can the highest possible power…
October 05, 2023 by Chris White
Manufacturers of PV inverters and energy storage systems are increasingly turning to silicon carbide power modules to increase the efficiency of…
September 08, 2023 by Matthias Tauer
Electric vehicle (EV) DC fast chargers currently under development have to meet more demanding specifications than today’s installed charger…
July 16, 2023 by Riccardo Collura
When designing power applications with gallium-nitride (GaN) wide-bandgap technology, proper control of the gate-driving circuit is essential to…
July 13, 2023 by Mike Wens
Quiescent current is an important parameter to consider when optimizing battery-powered applications. This article examines the difference between…
June 29, 2023 by Vince Wen
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…
June 01, 2023 by Virgiliu Botan
High functional integration and power density are at the foundation of our energy-efficient, cost-effective power modules for motor drives tailored…
May 23, 2023 by Michele Portico
While embedded motor drives are gaining popularity in industrial applications, their compact size and tight integration present new challenges in…
April 11, 2023 by Vincotech
The challenge of IGBT module paralleling is to understand the necessary de-rating of power converters under consideration of different module…
February 27, 2023 by Nils Soltau
It is difficult to optimize the switching performance of IGBTs with only one fixed value for the gate resistor. The use of two-level slew-rate…
January 19, 2023 by Wolfgang Frank
Modern industrial plants place high demands on the reliability and interference immunity of power supplies. Typically, the plant components are…
January 18, 2023 by Timur Uludag
An Application Example for xEV applications. Since the benefits of SiC power semiconductors for electric powertrains are proven, SiC power…
December 19, 2022 by ROHM Semiconductor
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