Power Quality Protection

Components

High-Speed Fuses for Semiconductor Device Protection

Littelfuse, Inc. has expanded its line of high-speed fuses for protection of power semiconductor devices used in industrial equipment. The POWR-SPEED® PSR...

Communications Power

Switching DC Currents Safely in Enclosures

DC current design and installations in enclosures & panels are on the rise, for example in telecommunication applications, where stand-alone and uninterrupted...

Energy Efficiency

10- to 30-kW Three-Phase PFC Modules

Vincotech has released the flowANPFC 0, a new symmetric PFC module aimed to help vendors step up efficiency and drive down costs....

Automotive Electronics

PCIM Europe – More International and More GaN

After three exhibition days, PCIM Europe in Nuremberg closed with yet another record result. More than 10,000 visitors from all over the...

Batteries and Portable Power

Bringing Automotive Battery Innovation to Residential Solar Market

Mercedes-Benz Energy and Vivint Solar today announced an exclusive strategic collaboration to bring the Mercedes-Benz customizable home energy storage system to the...

Energy Efficiency

Dynamic Distribution Systems Expanding the Microgrid Concept

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering and Wisconsin Energy Institute believe reorganizing the electrical grid to include “microgrids” would...

Batteries and Portable Power

MegaWatt Energy Storage System with 30-Year Service Life

Storage system manufacturer TESVOLT has unveiled its new TESVOLT Power Storage (TPS) lithium battery storage container. The system employs a newly developed...

Automotive Electronics

1200V SiC Schottky Diode Platform Launched by Littelfuse

Littelfuse, Inc. introduced the first GEN2 Series of 1200V Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky Diodes, in conjunction with the start of the Power...

Communications Power

Microsemi and Analog Devices Collaborate on SiC FET Drivers

Microsemi Corporation and Analog Devices, Inc. today announced a scalable Silicon Carbide (SiC) driver reference design solution based on a range of...

Communications Power

Synchronous Rectifier Controller for LLC-based Power Supplies

ON Semiconductor has introduced an advanced synchronous rectifier (SR) controller optimized for LLC resonant converter topologies. The FAN6248 requires minimal additional components,...

Batteries and Portable Power

Acquisition Expands Wartsila Footprint in Energy Storage

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an agreement to acquire Greensmith Energy Management Systems Inc. (Greensmith), a US-based leader in intelligent energy...

Components

Surface Mount Type Y1 Class Safety Certified Capacitor

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has launched a surface mount type IEC 60384-14*1 Y1*2 class safety certified ceramic capacitor for low-profile power supplies....

Components

Advanced Isolation Enhances Performance of Discrete IGBTs

Infineon Technologies AG has developed a new package technology; TRENCHSTOP™ Advanced Isolation. It is available for TRENCHSTOP and TRENCHSTOP Highspeed 3 IGBTs...

Batteries and Portable Power

14MWh Sodium-Sulfur Battery Gets Software Upgrade

Greensmith Energy installed its GEMS software platform at an existing American Electric Power (AEP) energy storage site, enabling it to offer new...

Energy Efficiency

GaN 3kW Bridgeless-Totem-Pole PFC Achieves 99% Efficiency

Achieving efficiencies greater than 98% in conventional Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuits is challenging. The major hurdle is fixed diode bridge losses....