Power Quality | Power Factor Correction | Totem Pole Pfc

April 20, 2018

SiC Enables 98.5% Efficient 6.6-kW Totem-Pole PFC Reference Design

The TIDA-01604 reference design from Texas Instruments functions from a base of silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs that are driven by a C2000...

3.8K

Packaging and Cooling

April 20, 2018

4D PowerCoil – New Dimension of Wound Inductor Performance Optimization

BLOCK has announced the introduction of its PowerCoil edgewise winding technology which provides unprecedented variability in the design of inductive wound products....

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Power Quality

April 19, 2018

Active Harmonic Filters for Mixed Load and Dynamic Load Profiles

Schaffner is again setting a benchmark with its product offering for harmonics mitigation solutions. ecosine® active sync utilizes superior technology to reliably...

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European Power News

April 19, 2018

Modular Static VAR Generators Boost Efficiency and Ensure Load Balancing

TDK Corporation presents EPCOS PQvar™, a modular static var generator for active stepless power factor correction and load balancing in industrial grids...

1.2K

Batteries and Portable Power

April 19, 2018

USB Type-C Data Line Protection IC Provides Response Time of 15 Nanoseconds

Kinetic Technologies announced today the launch of USB Type-C Port Protector KTU1101, an important milestone for USB data line protection, and a...

2.4K

Energy Efficiency

April 18, 2018

Mersen to Acquire 49% of SiC Start-up CALY Technologies

CALY Technologies announced investment and support from Mersen to thrust deployment of SiC-based Protection and Power Electronics solutions. By joining forces with...

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Components

April 18, 2018

Polypropylene Film Capacitors now Available in 630Vdc

Panasonic has introduced the ECW-F(D) Series of metalized polypropylene film capacitors now available in 630Vdc to their already existing product line. The...

2.9K

Batteries and Portable Power

April 17, 2018

FCC Backup Power Rules Now In Place – 24 Hour Requirement Coming Soon

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted backup power requirements for facilities-based carriers which provide fixed residential voice service that is not line...

1.1K

Power Quality

April 11, 2018

UPS with Li-ion Battery & Widest Operating Temperature Range

Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. has developed the SANUPS N11C-Li standby UPSs equipped with lithium-ion batteries. These UPSs have the widest operating temperature...

1.8K

Communications Power

April 10, 2018

Tricia Breeger now General Manager of Mitsubishi UPS Division

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) has appointed Tricia Breeger as General Manager of the Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Division. The U.S.-based...

2.2K

Communications Power

April 9, 2018

Highly-Integrated Digital-Power IC Combines Half-Bridge + PFC Controllers

The STNRG011 digital-power controller from STMicroelectronics simplifies and accelerates development of 90- to 300-W power supplies and adapters for computers, LED lighting,...

1.1K

Communications Power

April 3, 2018

Adding Intelligence to Data Center Power with Real-Time Status Monitoring

Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI) today announced the market availability of its WaveStar® Infinity Monitoring System. The new offering provides advanced power distribution...

1.3K

Batteries and Portable Power

March 30, 2018

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Launches Power & Energy Solutions Business

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas (MHPS) today announced the creation of a Power & Energy Solutions business focused on delivering customer solutions...