Plug & Play in Power Electronics
Designing a proper circuit to drive a given IGBT module Cost pressure, reduction of developing times and decreased time to market have lead to an increased number of standardized parts....
View ArticleNew Record for Micromachined Energy Harvesters
In the future, we will be surrounded by miniaturized autonomous wireless sensor nodes, integrated into our environment and measuring parameters in buildings, on our body, on machines. Today,...
View ArticleDevelopments in Point of Load Regulation
Supply rail count increased together with complex integrated circuits forming the load Point of load regulation has been used in electronic systems for many years especially where the load...
View ArticleLow Voltage Paralleled MOSFET
General suggestions for a good match In all types of power applications that use power MOSFET devices in switching operations, when the management of total current is too high for a single...
View ArticleReplacing Schottky Diodes with Super Barrier Rectifier Diodes
The result is increasing power supply efficiency Schottky rectifiers have been used extensively in power supplies for the past 25 years. Schottky diodes feature a very low forward volt drop (VF),...
View ArticleOptimising PFC Boost Converter Design
Simulation model simplifies and speeds topology comparison High power Power Factor Correction (PFC) converters are increasingly important as equipment from welders to uninterruptible power...
View ArticlePredicting Device Thermal Performance
Using a simulation tool Predicting the thermal behavior of devices has become an issue of significance for power converter applications that require a tradeoff between efficiency, size and...
View ArticlePower Modules for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
No baseplate ensures superior thermal cycling capability The urgent call for the reduction of CO2 emissions has led major automobile manufacturers to work on the development of new solutions for...
View ArticleWith a Few Mouse Clicks to an Efficient Motor Control Design
Application code generator makes FOC implementation an easy task With the XC878/886/888 MCUs the XC800 family from Infineon includes the industry first 8-bit microcontrollers providing the...
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