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May 21, 2015

ABB expands Smart Lab to Support Smart Grids and Cities

A facility for simulating the behavior of grids and electrical systems now integrates and interconnects more components from all ABB divisions, promoting...

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Batteries and Portable Power

May 21, 2015

FSP Enters Residential Energy Storage Market

FSP Technology announced a new line of Energy Storage System (ESS) products. The EMERGY 3000 Series comes in 2.6kWh (Li-ion) or 1.7kWh...

European Power News

May 21, 2015

Power Modules with PressFit-Pins and Phase Change Material

IXYS Corporation has introduced a new family of power modules, series E2 and E3, with PressFit-Pins (PFP) connector technology. The E2/E3 family represents a compact power platform with the standard 17mm height that provides optimal high power density and excellent thermal conductivity. The new design for the E2/E3 with PressFit-Pins gives highest reliability for the […]

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Components

May 21, 2015

Toshiba Launches 4500V 1200A IEGT Module

Toshiba Semiconductor has launched a high – current 4500V, 1200A power module for use in rail traction, industrial motor control, renewable energy...

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Automotive Electronics

May 20, 2015

China Electric Power Research Institute and LBNL focus on DER Optimization

The advent of new elements in the electrical grid such as the Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), Electric Vehicles (EVs), and Grid Energy...

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Components

May 20, 2015

1200V Dual-Channel IGBT Driver Eliminates Opto-Couplers

Power Integrations, Inc. today launched its 2SC0115T2A0-12 dual-channel gate-driver core for 90- to 500-kW inverters and converters. Leveraging SCALE™-2+ integrated circuit and...

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Components

May 20, 2015

60A 600V Enhancement Mode GaN Switch

GaN Systems Inc. has launched the latest addition to its successful range of E-mode GaN-on-Silicon high power transistors based on its three...

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Components

May 19, 2015

Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Hall-effect Current Sensors

Kohshin Electric Corp. will be featuring three new lines of current sensors during Techno Frontier 2015 at Tokyo’s Makuhari Messe. Two new...

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Automotive Electronics

May 18, 2015

Glass Encapsulated Automotive Multilayer Varistors

AVX Corporation has added a new 1206 chip size and extensive new voltage, clamping voltage, and energy ratings to its Glass Encapsulated...

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Batteries and Portable Power

May 18, 2015

Synchronizing Conventional and Renewable Energy Generation with Consumption

GE is putting a new, highly-efficient hybrid power plant into operation in Berlin. With this pioneering concept, which offers scalable capacity, GE...

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Communications Power

May 15, 2015

Ultrasoft Ultrafast Diodes Reduce Conduction Losses

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced 28 new 600V and 650V FRED Pt® Gen 4 Ultrafast recovery diodes optimized for high-frequency converters in...

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Batteries and Portable Power

May 15, 2015

New Zealand Engineering Firm offers Home Energy Storage

Power Concepts NZ Ltd. (PCNZL) announces the development of a complete home energy storage system with fully integrated bi-directional inverter, battery storage...