Power Quality Protection

Automotive Electronics

Carbon Fiber can Store Energy in the Body of a Vehicle

A study led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has shown that carbon fibers can work as battery electrodes, storing energy directly....

Components

Gen-3 SiC JFETs with 1200V and 650V Options

UnitedSiC has announced its Generation 3 1200V and 650V silicon carbide JFETs, expanding its existing unique portfolio of standalone normally-ON SiC JFETs....

Automotive Electronics

A Stabilizing Influence Enables Lithium-Sulfur Battery Evolution

Lithium-sulfur batteries could be the energy storage devices of the future, if they can get past a chemical phenomenon that reduces their...

Power Quality Protection

DC Systems Secures $4 Million Growth Funding for Utility-Grade Smart Energy

DC Systems announced today a growth capital raise of $4 million led by WindSail Capital Group, a Boston-based investment firm focused on...

Communications Power

Hybrid Protection Module Guards Ethernet Ports from Sustained Overcurrent and Overvoltage

Littelfuse, Inc. has introduced the first of a series of TVS Diode Arrays (SPA® Diodes) designed to protect two lines of 10/100/1000BaseT...

Automotive Electronics

Aluminum-Air Flow Batteries Outperform Li-ions & Promise Lower Cost

A recent study, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has introduced a novel electric vehicle (EV) battery technology...

Automotive Electronics

TDK at electronica 2018 – Passives, Power Supplies & Sensors

TDK Corporation is putting the spotlight on innovation and the future at electronica 2018 from November 13 to 16 in Munich: Attracting...

Batteries and Portable Power

Innolith Launches to Redefine Power Storage Market

Innolith AG, a Swiss battery technology company, has been launched to commercialize an innovative battery technology platform to solve the world’s electrical...

Power Quality

Network-ready, Control Cabinet UPS with EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, and USB

Phoenix Contact's new QUINT DC UPS is the first industrial UPS platform to provide real-time information about a battery's health over standard...

Automotive Electronics

Power Grid-Connected Vehicle to Home (V2H) System Enables VPPs

Nichicon has developed and launched two types of power grid-connected vehicle-to-house (V2H) systems (model numbers VCG-663CN3 and VCG-666CN7) with the CHAdeMO (V2H)....

Communications Power

200- to 1100-Vdc Ultra-Wide Input Voltage DC-DCs Deliver up to 120W

Mornsun recently launched the enclosed 120W PV120-27Bxx series which offers four output voltages-12Vdc, 15Vdc, 24Vdc, and 48Vdc. The PV series now provides...

Automotive Electronics

Robust Y2 Film Capacitors with an Increased Rated Voltage to 350Vac

TDK Corporation presents a new series of EPCOS MKP Y2 capacitors for EMI suppression. In contrast to conventional types that are designed...

Batteries and Portable Power

Air Breathing Zinc Rechargeable Battery System Now Below $100/kWhr

NantEnergy announced a breakthrough in its six-year mission to develop the world’s first scalable air breathing zinc rechargeable battery system at a...

Batteries and Portable Power

High-Voltage PWM Controller Supports Multiple Operating Modes

The AP3118 from Diodes, Inc. is a current-mode pwm controller specially designed for offline power supply that requires ultra-low standby power, high...

Automotive Electronics

Vienna Rectifier-Based, Three-Phase PFC Reference Design

Vienna rectifier power topology is used in high-power three-phase power factor correction (PFC) applications such as off-board EV chargers and telecom rectifiers....