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Dynex Gains Chinese Funding for £20 Million R&D Center
Dynex Power Inc., a leading specialist high power semiconductor company, today announced that two new agreements have been signed with its majority shareholder, Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co., Ltd., to share the costs of carrying out R&D projects for high power semiconductor devices and to provide technical assistance to CSR Times Electric’s new IGBT fabrication […]
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Components
Optocoupler Improves System Efficiency in Industrial Designs
System design engineers for industrial applications, such as motor control inverter applications and high performance power systems, are looking for highly integrated gate driving and protection features in a single IC package to simplify design and improve efficiency. The newly-developed FOD8332 from Fairchild Semiconductor is a 2.5A output current IGBT/MOSFET drive optocoupler. The device’s insulation […]
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Components
IGBT Driver Cores with Integrated Short-Circuit Soft Shutdown
IGBT driver manufacturer CT-Concept Technologie GmbH, a Power Integrations company, has announced shipments of its first products to include its SCALE™-2+ gate driver chip set. The new SCALE™-2+ technology enables soft shutdown (SSD) to be implemented in the event of a short circuit without requiring additional components. This is particularly beneficial in applications with low […]
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564Batteries and Portable PowerControllerless Balancing and Voltage Monitoring reduces BOM and maintains Safety in E-Bikes
ams AG today introduced an example design for lithium pedelec/e-bike batteries which implements accurate cell monitoring and balancing without the need for...
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724ComponentsMedium-Power Film Capacitors Exhibit Higher Specific Energy
AVX Corporation is launching the evolution of its FFLC Series medium-power film capacitors for dc filtering applications. Available in large case sizes...
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912ComponentsSiC MOSFETs Rated for 200 Degrees C from STMicro
STMicroelectronics, Inc. has revealed a new product family enabling power supply designers to drive up energy efficiency in applications such as solar...
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860ComponentsOptiMOS™ Fast Diodes Optimized for Body Diode Hard Commutation
Infineon Technologies AGcomplements its medium-voltage portfolio with the new OptiMOS™ FD (fast diodes) rated for 200V and 250V. The latest-generation of power...
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708ComponentsTRINAMIC to Launch MOSFETs for Stepper Motors in Shanghai
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG announced a line of discrete MOSFET integrated circuits specifically designed to complement the company’s popular...
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1.1KComponentsPrecision Current Measurement with Miniature Digital Sensor
With the TLI4970, Infineon Technologies AG is launching a high-precision current sensor, which requires only a sixth of the board space taken...
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532ComponentsIPMs Integrate Pre-Driver and Output Stage with Boot Strap and Protection Functions
ON Semiconductor has introduced seven highly integrated three-phase inverter hybrid intelligent power modules (IPM) for motor controls in white goods and industrial...
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European Power News
Acquisition of Risktec Solutions will Expand TÜV Services
TÜV Rheinland is acquiring the UK company Risktec Solutions Limited. Risktec is based in Warrington in the UK and operates from 15 offices in the UK, the Netherlands, Middle East and North America. Risktec provides risk and safety services and offers technical training and education to highly regulated industrial sectors around the world. Risktec’s core […]
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981ComponentsCree extends Benefits of SiC Diodes to MW-Class Power Systems
Cree, Inc. has introduced the CPW5 Z-Rec® high-power silicon-carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes, the industry’s first commercially-available family of 50-A SiC rectifiers. Designed...
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Components
IXYS adds Smallest Footprint Surface-Mount Power Package for 2.2KV Rectifiers
IXYS Corporation announced today the introduction of high voltage rectifiers with 2.2KV ratings in a new low-cost surface-mount type package, the D2-HV Pak (High-Voltage TO-263). The new products introduced are the DNA30EM2200PZ and DNA30E2200PZ. The D2-HV Pak is a package solution that offers higher creepage spacing thus enabling higher voltage power semiconductors to be used […]
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630Batteries and Portable PowerEEMBC® to Reveal the Truth behind MCU Ultra-Low Power Claims
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) today announced the availability of the first version of EEMBC ULPBench®, a standardized, industry-developed and endorsed...
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571Automotive ElectronicsDriver ICs target GaN and SiC Power Transistors
X-REL Semiconductor SAS has introduced the XTR25010 a high-temperature, high reliability power transistor driver integrated circuit specifically designed to drive wide band-gap...
