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Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 1

Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 1

Learn how to conduct performance index-based security assessment in power systems and how the screening effect impacts the accuracy of the assessment.


Understanding Capacitance in Overhead Transmission Lines

Understanding Capacitance in Overhead Transmission Lines

Learn how capacitance in high-voltage overhead transmission lines forms and is influenced by the earth, with derivations for single and three-phase…


Addressing the Current Sensing Challenges in Automotive Motor Control

Addressing the Current Sensing Challenges in Automotive Motor Control

Battery-run electric vehicles BEVs are quicker to design since they contain fewer parts, no complex fluid mechanics and proven electronics.…


Bi-Directional GaN Switches: Conversion with Single-Stage BDS Converters

Bi-Directional GaN Switches: Conversion with Single-Stage BDS Converters

A single-stage with bi-directional GaN eliminates the PFC stage and the DC-link capacitors while enabling ultra-high frequencies. What are the…


Navigating the Evolving Patent Landscape in SiC and GaN Technologies

Navigating the Evolving Patent Landscape in SiC and GaN Technologies

Silicon Carbide and Gallium Nitride technologies are significantly reshaping the power electronics industry—from electric vehicles to renewable…


Analayzing Thermal Effects on DC Link Capacitors

Analayzing Thermal Effects on DC Link Capacitors

Understanding thermal stress in smart grid capacitors can help extend DCLC lifespan.


Examining Pollution’s Impact on Insulator Flashover in HV Systems

Examining Pollution’s Impact on Insulator Flashover in HV Systems

Learn how pollution affects flashover characteristics in silicon rubber insulators and explore essential considerations to ensure reliability in…


The Power Module That Stabilizes the Grid

The Power Module That Stabilizes the Grid

Maintaining a stable grid frequency is more important than ever, and demand for energy storage devices is growing. A crucial element of an…


Understanding Single- and Three-Phase Power Factor Correction

Understanding Single- and Three-Phase Power Factor Correction

In today's modern, digitally connected world, reliable, continuous power availability and power quality optimize power consumption, improving…


How Integrated Current Sensors Drive Light Mobility Electrification

How Integrated Current Sensors Drive Light Mobility Electrification

Electrification has become a major factor in the transport sector because it is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. As…


Understanding Microgrid Digital Twins

Understanding Microgrid Digital Twins

Learn how digital twins can be integrated into DER microgrids for optimal power generation, management, and control.


Using AI/ML To Predict Brownouts in Step-Down Transformers

Using AI/ML To Predict Brownouts in Step-Down Transformers

This article explores how artificial intelligence and machine learning predict brownout thresholds in a step-down transformer using a circuit…


Exploring the Electrification Shift: Current Sensing Technologies Adapt to New Challenges

Exploring the Electrification Shift: Current Sensing Technologies Adapt to New Challenges

As electrification trends evolve, so must current sensing technology.


Addressing RF Communication Challenges With GaN-on-SiC Power Amplifiers

Addressing RF Communication Challenges With GaN-on-SiC Power Amplifiers

This article examines the communication challenges of RF applications like 5G, satellite communications, aerospace, and defense and how GaN-on-SiC…


10 Highlights From the EEPower/Bodo’s Alliance

10 Highlights From the EEPower/Bodo’s Alliance

From inductor circuits to SiC and GaN to Moore’s Law, check out these must-reads from EEPower’s exclusive partnership with Bodo’s Power Systems.


Grid-Connected Inverter Modeling and Control of Distributed PV Systems

Grid-Connected Inverter Modeling and Control of Distributed PV Systems

This article examines the modeling and control techniques of grid-connected inverters and distributed energy power conversion challenges.


Introduction to STATCOM Systems

Introduction to STATCOM Systems

Modern power electronics provide keys to improving the performance and reliability of electrical power grids.


Engineering Better Transmission With STATCOM

Engineering Better Transmission With STATCOM

EEPower sits down with Eaton Utilities to discuss Static Synchronous Compensators used in high-voltage DC systems for reactive power compensation.


Confronting Power Converter Performance Challenges

Confronting Power Converter Performance Challenges

This article discusses power converter performance challenges and how to mitigate them. 


TMR vs. Shunt Sensors

TMR vs. Shunt Sensors

There was a time when shunt solutions were considered the safe choice in sensor technology. Let's take a look at how things have changed.