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Reliability Challenges of Automotive-grade Silicon Carbide Power MOSFETs

Reliability Challenges of Automotive-grade Silicon Carbide Power MOSFETs

In this article, a discussion is given about testing and related results of Silicon-carbide power MOSFETs for automotive applications. It reports…


Active Motor Simulation for Testing Automotive Inverters

Active Motor Simulation for Testing Automotive Inverters

This article highlights testing inverters that require a battery simulation and a motor simulation.


Achieving True Verification of Interoperability in Worldwide EV Standards

Achieving True Verification of Interoperability in Worldwide EV Standards

DC-Meters for Fair and Smart EV Fast Charge Billing

DC-Meters for Fair and Smart EV Fast Charge Billing

This article highlights LEM DC Billing Meter (DCBM) that is smart, extremely compact, and fully compliant with the German “Eichrecht” regulations.


Utilizing Fuses for Overcurrent Protection

Utilizing Fuses for Overcurrent Protection

This article highlights Types of Fuses that are overcurrent protection devices with a fusible link that melts and opens a circuit when an overload…


Innovative Manufacturing Approach Reduces Costs and Optimizes Electrification Time to Market

Innovative Manufacturing Approach Reduces Costs and Optimizes Electrification Time to Market

This article introduces Comau rethinking electrical motor and transmission assembly reducing costs and optimizes electrification time to market.


Bidirectional Wireless EV Charging and Smart Grid Integration

Bidirectional Wireless EV Charging and Smart Grid Integration

This article highlights Finepower


Static Electricity as an Ignition Source in Hazardous Locations

Static Electricity as an Ignition Source in Hazardous Locations

Learn about the electrostatic energy that may ignite flammable mixtures.


Grounding and Bonding to Prevent Static Electricity in the Petroleum Industry

Grounding and Bonding to Prevent Static Electricity in the Petroleum Industry

Learn how to prevent the threats of static electricity in flammable gas and vapor-laden atmospheres.


An Introduction to TRIAC Basics

An Introduction to TRIAC Basics

Learn about the triode for alternative currents (TRIAC), including its construction, circuit characteristics, applications, and testing procedures.


The Hazards and Applications of Static Electricity

The Hazards and Applications of Static Electricity

In this article, learn about conditions that increase electrostatics, where static buildup can occur, its dangers, ways to mitigate the risk, and…


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…


The Fundamentals of Electrostatics

The Fundamentals of Electrostatics

Learn about the basics of static electricity, what it is, and its generation processes.


Pulse Current Systems up to 35kA

Pulse Current Systems up to 35kA

This article introduces pulse current systems up to 35kA and offers applications and technical descriptions.


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…


Active and Passive Battery Pack Balancing Methods

Active and Passive Battery Pack Balancing Methods

There are a variety of ways to keeps a battery pack properly balanced. This article introduces the concept of active and passive cell balancing and…


Understanding the Role of Cell Balancing in Battery Packs

Understanding the Role of Cell Balancing in Battery Packs

When a battery pack is designed using multiple cells in series, it is essential to design the system such that the cell voltages are balanced in…


Operating Flying-Capacitor Boosters

Operating Flying-Capacitor Boosters

This article describes the operation and behavior of the three-level flying-capacitor booster.


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.


Understanding the Design, Implementation, and Topologies of Integrated Magnetics

Understanding the Design, Implementation, and Topologies of Integrated Magnetics

This article explores the design insights for integrated magnetics, implementation of components, and how integrated magnetics serve as a building…