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IGCT Platform for up to 8.5 kV and Advanced Turn-Off Current Capability

IGCT Platform for up to 8.5 kV and Advanced Turn-Off Current Capability

Learn how Hitachi Energy's IGCT platform scales to 8.5 kV. It provides high turn-off capability and supports cost-efficient system designs for…


Shaping the Future of Mobility: Sustainable Rail Transportation With High Power SiC Modules

Shaping the Future of Mobility: Sustainable Rail Transportation With High Power SiC Modules

Learn how silicon carbide power modules can ensure energy efficiency and weight optimization in hybrid-propulsion trains.


HV-IGBT Module for High-Performance Inverter Design

HV-IGBT Module for High-Performance Inverter Design

Learn about Mitsubishi’s XB-Series HV-IGBT modules. They offer lower switching losses and enhanced reliability through 7th-gen Si IGBT and RFC…


Solving SiC Power Component Size Challenges in xEV Inverters

Solving SiC Power Component Size Challenges in xEV Inverters

Silicon carbide power components are increasingly popular in electrical drive systems, but achieving low losses in a compact size can be difficult.


Improving Current Collection With Digital Current Collector Devices

Improving Current Collection With Digital Current Collector Devices

The third rail is just as essential for subways and metros as the overhead wire is for long-distance and high-speed trains since both supply…


Solving Design Challenges With User-Programmable PMICs

Solving Design Challenges With User-Programmable PMICs

Working with user-programmable PMICs can be a new experience for engineers and advances in processor and field-programmable gate array technology…


Reducing Transportation Sector Carbon Emissions With Power Modules

Reducing Transportation Sector Carbon Emissions With Power Modules

This article presents the latest developments in 3.3 kV SiC power modules.


Power Supplies for Railway Applications

Power Supplies for Railway Applications

Data is at the heart of modern railway infrastructure. Both freight and passenger trains require robust communications to transfer location data…


Technical Articles Oct 13, 2022 by RECOM
National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 3

National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 3

Learn the rules to tap a feeder without overcurrent protection at the supply point.


Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Delta-Connected Generators

Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Delta-Connected Generators

A generator that produces three separate sinewave output voltages with 120° phase differences is called a three-phase generator. The three…


Featured Facility: Test Lab for Electrical Systems Safety

Featured Facility: Test Lab for Electrical Systems Safety

The electrical engineering specialist Mersen operates a test center on its French facility of Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, next to Lyon. The company’s…


National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 2

National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 2

Every electric circuit must have overcurrent protection. In Part 2, Learn about the protection of conductors, flexible cords, flexible cables, and…


Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Wye-connected Generators

Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Wye-connected Generators

A generator that produces three separate sinewave output voltages with 120° phase differences is called a three-phase generator. The three…


How do F-gas Regulations Affect Switchgear?

How do F-gas Regulations Affect Switchgear?

Here’s an overview of how the latest proposed updates to the European Commission’s F-gas regulation affect those involved in switchgear…


Silver-free AMB Copper Technology Bonds Highly Reliable Metal Ceramic Substrates

Silver-free AMB Copper Technology Bonds Highly Reliable Metal Ceramic Substrates

High-power electronics have become one of the fastest growing market segments of the semiconductor industry. Because the power electronic modules…


SiC LinPak Designed for Improved Switching Performance, Reliability

SiC LinPak Designed for Improved Switching Performance, Reliability

Each day that we wake up and turn on a light, the coffee machine, or electric stove to prepare breakfast, we expect all the electric motors,…


High-Voltage Direct Current: A History of Innovation

High-Voltage Direct Current: A History of Innovation

High-Voltage Direct Current technology has seen many technological advancements in the past century. This article provides an introduction and…


Q&A: Inside SiC Technology from Upstate New York

Q&A: Inside SiC Technology from Upstate New York

Wolfspeed has opened its Mohawk Valley Silicon Carbide fabrication facility in Marcy, N.Y. The 200 mm wafer fab aims to lead the transition from…


How Ceramic Electric Insulators Aid Grid Modernization

How Ceramic Electric Insulators Aid Grid Modernization

Researchers are seeing the deployment of electric insulators increase amid the global clean energy revolution. According to Global Market Insights,…


Inductors in Series

Inductors in Series

In this article, you find a focus on series-connected inductors where ladder low pass filter structures consisting of series inductors and shunt…