Power
Electronics News & Know-how covers topics like Power Supplies,
Batteries, Power Semiconductors, Power Components and Thermal Management
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The boost is the second most common
non-isolated typology, in terms of units sold and functioning, and a
lot of that is thanks to LED drivers, especially mobile devices. The
boost is a logical next step to analyze after the buck, and it's the
second of the three most basic DC to ...
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CUI’s Power Group announced the addition of two
models to its PBO family of ultra-compact ac-dc power supplies.
Outputting 1 W of continuous power, the open frame PBO‑1 and PBO‑1‑B
series are housed in vertical and right-angle SIP packages,
respectively. The vertical PBO...
Pickering Interfaces has expanded their range of
PXI Fault Insertion Switching. These new PXI Fault Insertion
Switches (model 40-202), available with 22 or 11 fault insertion
channels, were primarily designed to simulate fault conditions in
automotive and avionics test applicati...
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It’s easy to appreciate the benefits
of the electronics that power the many functions in a modern vehicle,
the heated seats, air conditioning, navigation, infotainment, and
safety systems designed to increase comfort and our overall driving
experience. It’s hard to imagine wh...
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TRACO POWER released their THM 30 family of
medical 30 Watt DC/DC converters, with wide 2:1 input range in the
industry standard 1 x 2” footprint. The THM 30 Series are a reliable
solution not only for medical equipment but also for demanding ITE
applications such as transporta...
With the new ecosine active sync filters
FN3530/31/40/41, FN3532/42 and FN3545 Schaffner now offers a highly
effective harmonic mitigation solution, especially for mixed load and
dynamic load profiles. By deploying ecosine active sync filters it is
possible to achieve a THID ≤ ...
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MPD now offers the BA2032 and BA2032SM
press
to eject (PTE) CR2032 coin cell holders. A CR2032 battery is pushed
into the coin cell holder and it snaps down into place. To remove the
CR2032 battery simply press the plastic tab and the battery pops up
making battery installations and cell replacements easier for end users.
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Toshiba Electronics Europe launched a new gate
driver photocoupler housed in a low-profile SO8L package. The TLP5832
delivers 2.5A peak output current (IOPH,IOPL) and can directly drive
medium-class IGBTs and MOSFETs in applications such as inverters for
industrial, air condition...
Vicor announced a 12V to 48V non-isolated up
converter to support 48V high-performance GPUs in data centers that are
still relying on legacy 12V power distribution. The 2317 NBM converts
12V to 48V with over 98% peak efficiency, 750W continuous and 1kW peak
power in a 23 x 17 x 7...
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In this video an engineer from On
Semiconductor explains their live demo of their latest LED controller
demo at APEC 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. The dimmable NCL30386 is a
power factor corrected flyback controller targeting isolated
constant-current LED drivers, operating in a qu...
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TDK released the EPCOS PQvar modular static var
generator for active stepless power factor correction and load
balancing in industrial grids and large commercial buildings. With a
response time of less than 15 ms and a dynamic reaction time of 50 µs,
PQvar offers significantly f...
TDK developed the industry’s first
soft-termination MLCCs with low ESR. The new CN series features
terminal electrodes with a conductive resin layer that provides high
mechanical robustness to protect against board flexure. At the same
time, the new MLCCs offer a low ESR that i...
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The adoption of Silicon Carbide (SiC)
power semiconductors in everything from electric vehicles to solar PV
and industrial motors is accelerating, but where does the material come
from? What’s so special about it? And why has it taken so long for SiC
to gain traction in the sem...
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Vincotech has joined Charging Interface Initiative
e. V., an association set up by Germany's automotive luminaries to
entrench the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the definitive
technology for battery-powered electric vehicles
(EVs). Vincotech and CharIN's founding members, wh...
Now available from Rutronik UK, Infineon's Power
PROFET protected high-side switches support the trend towards
decentralized, intelligent, and cost-effective vehicle power
distribution architectures. Power PROFET is a benchmark family of
ultra-low ohmic protected high-side switch...
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In this video TI shows a demonstration
of an 8-kW 3-phase bidirectional GaN-based grid converter created in a
joint effort with Siemens at APEC 2018. In the demonstration the power
circuit, operating at 150 kH, showed excellent thermal performance
(under a thermal camera) and out...
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RECOM has extended its DC/DC railway converters
RPA100H and RPA200H to now include 15V and 48V output versions, making
these 10:1 input voltage range converters suitable for a wider range of
applications in railway and electromobility. Due to the wide
range of input voltages in ...
RS Components announced it is to stock the
upcoming 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations –Requirements for
Electrical Installations – published by the IET (Institution of
Engineering and Technology). Available for pre-order, RS will have the
IET publication in stock on ...
Analog Devices announced the Power by Linear
LTM4646, a dual 10A or single 20A output, step-down µModule
point-of-load regulator from 5V or 12V input supply rails. The LTM4646
includes the inductors, MOSFETs, a DC/DC controller and supporting
components, and is housed in a 11.25....
STMicroelectronics’ STSPIN233 is presented as the
industry’s first low-voltage motor driver suitable for both
single-shunt and three-shunt brushless-motor driving integrating a
200mΩ 1.3Arms power stage, in a slim and compact 3mm x 3mm
package. The STSPIN233 also has the i...
AgileSwitch's new line of SiC Gate Driver Cores
will be on display at PCIM in Nuremberg on June 5-7. The fully
software configurable SiC Gate Driver Cores will include a DC-DC
converter, configurable protection, monitoring functions, as well as
AgileSwitch's patented Augmented S...
BLOCK announced the introduction of two new
24V/40A uninterruptible power supplies at Hannover Messe. These DC
input UPS ensure reliable availability of safety-critical systems in
the case of power failure. BLOCK UPS supports 12V, 24V and 48V systems
and can be either battery-pow...
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