The Power of Symmetry in Power Design
All MOSFETs must share the load equally Late last year, I began the conversion of my 1998 Chevy S10 pickup truck from gas to all electric. As an electronics engineer, the challenge of designing...
View ArticleAdvances in SiC Rectifiers
SiC can eliminate the need for many other components One of the biggest advances in silicon carbide rectifier technology is the creation of better material in larger sizes. By moving from 3-inch...
View ArticlefastPACK 0 H 2nd gen & fastPHASE 0
Fast switching for welders of ever decreasing size and price In recent years, size and weight have been playing an increasing role in the design of welding equipment. This is particularly true in...
View ArticleChanging the Paradigm for Power Systems
Higher Accuracy, Lowest Loss AC Current Sensor Historically, traditional magnetics in the form of a current transformer and its associated bill of materials or possibly a series resistor,...
View ArticleEMC Filters Cut Costs and Protect Motors
Never again shielded cables The SineFormer™ from EPCOS is an output filter that is easy on the motor and makes shielded motor cables superfluous. It allows costs to be reduced while improving...
View ArticlePotential of SiC in Power Electronic Applications
2nd SiC User Forum — Report of Conclusions After the first Silicon Carbide (SiC) User Forum organised by ECPE in 2006, technology has developed further — in particular new power electronic...
View ArticleA New VRM Architecture for N+1 Redundancy at the Point of Load
Support output currents above 300A by adding the required number of phases The preferred power distribution topology for servers and switches confines redundancy provision to card or rack-level....
View ArticleThe 4th Generation of the 1200V Emitter-Controlled Freewheeling Diode
A Soft Alternative Freewheeling diodes are one of the important components for IGBT modules and have to satisfy a number of demands. Especially in hard switching applications, such as inverters...
View ArticleHigh Voltage SPT+ Diodes
The Perfect Match The newly developed SPT+ diode technology platform for 3.3kV, 4.5kV and 6.5kV diodes for next generation high power IGBT modules is described in this article. The new diode...
View ArticleArchitecting Digital Power ICs to Speed the Adoption of Digital Power
Analog Power with Digital Communication and Control The adoption of digital power solutions has been slower than expected in spite of the now large number of digital power ICs on the market. The...
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