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Implementing Hybrid ANPC Inverters With Synchronous Rectification

Implementing Hybrid ANPC Inverters With Synchronous Rectification

Manufacturers of PV inverters and energy storage systems are increasingly turning to silicon carbide power modules to increase the efficiency of…


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…


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…


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…


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…


Parallel Operation: Influence of Power Module Parameters

Parallel Operation: Influence of Power Module Parameters

The challenge of IGBT module paralleling is to understand the necessary de-rating of power converters under consideration of different module…


Two-level Slew-rate Control Increases Margins in Thermally Critical Apps

Two-level Slew-rate Control Increases Margins in Thermally Critical Apps

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…


Interference-free Power Supply

Interference-free Power Supply

Modern industrial plants place high demands on the reliability and interference immunity of power supplies. Typically, the plant components are…


Short Circuit Tests with 4th Gen SiC MOSFET in a Power Module for xEV Main Inverters

Short Circuit Tests with 4th Gen SiC MOSFET in a Power Module for xEV Main Inverters

An Application Example for xEV applications. Since the benefits of SiC power semiconductors for electric powertrains are proven, SiC power…


Photovoltaic Module Technology: Choosing the Right Solar Panel

Photovoltaic Module Technology: Choosing the Right Solar Panel

The renewable energy sector has grown exponentially in the last decade and seen changes in photovoltaic module technology. This article provides an…


Improving DC/DC Converter Design With SiC Power Modules

Improving DC/DC Converter Design With SiC Power Modules

Power-electronic-converter developers continuously strive for higher converter power densities at the highest efficiency. This has become even more…


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…


Power Module Dynamic Test Solution Suitable Also for WBG Devices

Power Module Dynamic Test Solution Suitable Also for WBG Devices

Evaluation of power modules is important for power electronics engineers, as well as power module manufacturers, to design efficient, small form…


Power Semiconductor Modules to Support Lower Voltages

Power Semiconductor Modules to Support Lower Voltages

This article examines the use of power semiconductors in a low voltage drive with the general architecture.


Intelligent Power Amplifier Module Based on GaN FETs

Intelligent Power Amplifier Module Based on GaN FETs

Due to their outstanding characteristics, GaN FETs play an increasingly important role in miniaturization of the switching converters with very…


Dual Component 700A Thyristor Modules with Minimized Static and Heat Losses

Dual Component 700A Thyristor Modules with Minimized Static and Heat Losses

This article highlighs Proton Electrotex dual-component A2-type power thyristor module with a baseplate width of 60 mm rated for a voltage of 1800…


3D Bond Wire Modelling and Electro-Magnetic Simulation Accelerates IGBT Module Development

3D Bond Wire Modelling and Electro-Magnetic Simulation Accelerates IGBT Module Development

This article introduces software MFis Wire and its advantages in significantly shortening time for creating complex 3D geometry models of bond wire…


Power Module Solutions for a 1500V PV Inverter

Power Module Solutions for a 1500V PV Inverter

The elevated operation voltage of 1500 V has become the new photovoltaic standard and requires new and smart power module solutions for a…