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1.1KMotion ControlTDK-Lambda Unveils Compact 150 & 240W Power Supplies with up to 200% Peak Power
TDK Corporation announces the new TDK-Lambda ZWS-BP series of compact, open-frame, 150W and 240W power supplies. These single-output supplies have a low...
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1.2KMotion ControlIR’s New 600V IGBTs
International Rectifier has introduced a family of 600V insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) optimized for motor drive applications operating below 10kHz including compressors...
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MagnaChip Unveils New Voice Coil Motor Driver IC
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. announced that it has unveiled a Voice Coil Motor (VCM) driver IC (MAP1011) to support the autofocus function found in mobile phone and tablet PC cameras. The MAP1011 model features a 10-bit resolution enabling 1,024-level precision control while utilizing the I2C high-speed controller methodology. The MAP1011 VCM driver also uses wafer level […]
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IXYS Expands Its SMPD Products for Motor Drives, UPS and Inverters
IXYS Corp. announced that it is extending the Surface Mount Power Device (SMPD) range to include products that provide the essential building blocks of the power semiconductors for power electronic motor drive systems, the inverter for power supplies and UPS, and the power stage for micro inverters and inverters. The IXYS SMPD, which has been […]
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Automotive BLDC Motor Drivers from Melexis Bring LIN-ready Single Chip Solution for BLDC Motors and Actuators
Melexis announced the next Generation IC Family for sensor-less and sensor based BLDC motor control for automotive applications. The new IC family follows the very successful MLX81200 core integration concept. This newest family of driver ICs combines voltage regulator, LIN -Transceiver, MCU, EEPROM, Flash, RAM, Power FET Pre-Driver and several dedicated circuit blocks for highly […]
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GaN Systems & APEI to Package Gallium Nitride Power Transistors for High-Temperature Applications
GaN Systems Inc., a provider of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, and Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. (APEI), a developer of technology for power electronics systems, electronic motor drives, and power electronics packaging, announced they will collaborate on the development of a high-temperature, high-performance package optimized for gallium nitride transistors and diodes. This co-development is […]
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3.3KEnergy EfficiencySiC and GaN Advances from Multiple Companies at PCIM
CISSOID, SemiSouth, Rohm, Powerex, Cree, Infineon Technologies, and GaN Systems were among the companies revealing developments in wide bandgap devices at this...
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3.1KCommunications PowerNinth-Annual Darnell Power Forum to Cover Advanced Components, Digital Power, Energy Harvesting, PwrSiP/PwrSoC, Smart Grid, and more
An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for the ninth-annual Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’12). DPF ’12, to be hosted...
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Allegro MicroSystems Announces New Full-Bridge PWM Motor Driver
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. announced a new full-bridge motor driver IC that is designed for bidirectional pulse width modulated (PWM) current control of inductive loads and is capable of continuous output currents to ±1.5A and operating voltages to 50V. Allegro’s A4973 has an internal fixed off-time PWM current-control circuitry that can be used to regulate the […]
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Motor Drivers in Miniature Modules from STMicroelectronics Simplify Appliance Designs That Target Best Energy Ratings
STMicroelectronics (ST) has added two miniature motor drivers to its range of SLLIMM (Small Low-Loss Intelligent Molded Modules), which will enable domestic appliances to offer better energy ratings. Energy marking and labeling schemes, such as the ENERGY STAR® mark and in-store energy rating labels, which are mandatory in many countries and communities worldwide, give consumers […]
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Microsemi and TRINAMIC Deliver Dual Motor Control Kit
Microsemi Corp. and TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG announced the availability of a new motor control kit allowing designers to lower product-development costs and bring products to market quickly. The solution includes Microsemi’s SmartFusion™ evaluation kit and TRINAMIC’s motor control daughter board kit. Microsemi’s SmartFusion customizable system-on-chip (cSoC) combines three features crucial for […]
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3.2KBatteries and Portable PowerDarnell’s Power Forum Expands in 2012 to Include Shanghai, China
Darnell Group is expanding the reach of its technical conferences to include Darnell’s Power China (DPC) in May 2012 in Shanghai, China,...
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Microchip Unveils 3-Phase BLDC Fan Motor Driver With Resistor-Programmable, Sensorless Sinusoidal Architecture
Microchip Technology Inc. expanded its sinusoidal, sensorless, 3-phase BLDC fan motor driver portfolio with the MTD6505 – said by the company to be the industry’s first and only standalone, resistor-programmable driver that enables the selection of multiple back-EMF coefficient ranges. This unique feature allows engineers to design for a wide variety of 3-phase BLDC fan […]
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1.8KBatteries and Portable PowerDarnell’s Power Forum Adds ZMDI as Platinum Sponsor
ZMDI has become a Platinum Sponsor of the Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’11). Mouser Electronics is the Marquee Sponsor of this year’s...
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TI Releases Integrated Three-Phase Brushless Motor Pre-Driver
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced the first in a new line of integrated three-phase brushless motor pre-drivers. According to TI, the DRV8301 is the most highly integrated pre-driver available today, reducing board space as much as 60% compared to the next closest integrated solution. It can drive sub-10 to 60A external FETs, providing current scalability, […]
