Quality Improvement of Reverse Recovery Characteristics
Measurement of High Voltage Thyristors for Series Connection Application Nowadays high voltage thyristor stacks based on series connected assemblies are widely used in soft starters for high...
View ArticleMiniaturisation of High Voltage, High Capacitance Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
There is a constant battle to reduce size and weight of electronic components. Moore’s law supposes that for computing hardware the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every 2...
View ArticleShort-Circuit Detection is Possible for Power Drive Systems with Long Motor...
Long motor cables add high parasitic inductive and capacitive loads to the system. These parasitics lead to reflections on the collector-emitter voltage and the collector current, which have a...
View ArticleA Simple, Low-cost Technique for Compensating Isolated Converters
The majority of flyback regulators today are controlled by IC´s with ever increasing integration of functions. Where the classic UCC regulators from Unitrode/TI expected the user to decide on...
View ArticleUsing Optical Isolation Amplifiers in Power Inverters for Voltage, Current...
Many industrial equipments and home appliances employ power inverters to perform their designed functions. In the inverter operating control loop, key feedback information on current, bus current...
View ArticleOptimising Water, Oil and Fuel Pumps with ANL2 Power MOSFET Technology
Electric motors are increasingly being used in today's cars to pump water, oil and fuel. The most efficient solution is brushless direct current (BLDC) motors combined with high-performance power...
View ArticleThe Revolutionary New Impedance Analyzer
Originally conceived as a time domain analysis device the HIL is now entering the frequency domain which will revolutionize the way power electronics controllers are developed, tuned and tested....
View ArticleStrong Competence in Materials Enables more Efficiency
Small, smaller, smallest - that's the main message TDK Technologies has. The company is convinced that it has achieved another milestone regarding the on-going miniaturisation. In addition to the...
View ArticleSiC at its Best…! or Customer Specific SiC Modules
While the speed of development for power electronics is increasing and possibilities of technology are exponentiating, today developers have various choice of which device to choose. The...
View ArticleIGBT Modules Benefit from Inverted Acoustic Inspection
When a high-current IGBT module experiences sudden electrical failure in service, the consequences are generally expensive and sometimes dangerous. Because they are used as high-speed switches...
View ArticleModern Challenges in Distribution
Distributors in the electronics industry have been known for about 50 years. Today, there are several types of distributors. Some companies have become very big and carry over a hundred or more...
View ArticlePin-Compatible Switcher Replacement for TO220-Style Linear Regulators
Linear regulators are still widely used in all kind of applications. If the current needs are in the lower range and efficiency is not important, they are still first choice. Also from a cost...
View ArticleeCarTec 2013 Munich: Connecting Mobility Markets
The fifth international trade fair for electric and hybrid mobility eCarTec 2013 which took place from 15th to 17th October, 2013 in Munich, showed that the the electric mobility industry has...
View ArticleLED professional Symposium + Expo 2013
The Lighting Hub Over 1,100 visitors from 34 countries attended the LED professional Symposium +Expo 2013 in Bregenz, Austria, from September 24th to 26th. Research institutes, lighting...
View ArticleInDUR Power Inductors with Minimum Size and Weight for DC and AC Filter...
Improving power density is a permanent challenge of R&D in power electronics. A survey of modern power electronic circuits shows that further optimization has to be based on the passives and...
View Article60W-90W PoE Systems-Integration Opens Door to Energy Savings
Advanced PoE products requiring up to three times the power of previous-generation devices can be implemented with intelligent power management ICs By Faisal Ahmed, Vice President, Marketing,...
View ArticleDesign Tips for Even Better Class-D Amplifier Performance
Examination of some of the finer points of class D amplifiers, and how engineers can optimize audio performance and keep improving their designs. By Jun Honda, Director of Audio Systems...
View ArticleSCALE™-2 IGBT Gate Drivers Ease the Design of Optimized Renewable Inverter...
The 2SP0325 IGBT gate driver – a member of the SCALE™-2 plug-and-play gate drivers from CONCEPT – allows New Mega Power Dual IGBT modules from Mitsubishi to be driven efficiently in solar and...
View ArticleSiC Devices are Moving towards Standard Products
Material defects are reduced and wafer sizes are growing Silicon carbide ( SiC ) has been talked about for a while. Historically, silicon carbide was known for its hardness and used as a grinding...
View ArticleMulti-Physical Domain Modeling of a DFIG Wind Turbine System using PLECS®...
Power conversion systems comprise several physical domains including electrical, magnetic, thermal, and often mechanical subsystems. To fully understand the behavior of the overall system prior...
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