Nexperia announced an expansion to its range of Power ICs with Energy Harvesting solutions to simplify and enhance the performance of low-power Internet of things (IoT) and other embedded applications. The NEH2000BY is a high-performance power management integrated circuit (PMIC) that recharges a battery or storage capacitor using energy harvested from ambient sources, such as […]
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APEC 2023 round-up
The Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) has grown over the course of a few decades to be the leading conference in North America for power electronics professionals. This past month, March 19th to the 23rd, in Orlando, APEC returned to share the latest trends, technologies, and opportunities in power electronics with industry and academia alike. […]
LDO delivers max output current of 150mA for PoL applications
Diodes Incorporated has introduced the AP7387Q low dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulator. Delivering a maximum output current of 150mA, this device has a wide input voltage of 5V to 60V and a dropout voltage of 700mV (typical) at a 100mA output current. It provides engineering teams with a simple-to-implement point-of-load (PoL) solution for automotive audio, […]
Simulation tool simplifies product selection at early stages of development cycle
onsemi announced a breakthrough in simulation tools for onsemi’s EliteSiC Silicon Carbide (SiC) product family and its applications. The company launched the online Elite Power Simulator and Self-Service PLECS Model Generator, which provide meaningful insights for complex power electronic applications through system-level simulations at an early stage of the development cycle. The tools save power electronic engineers time by […]
Patented technology delivers 99.5% efficiency in ultra-compact system design
Saelig Co. Inc. has announced Pulsiv OSMIUM, a novel patented power electronics technology for efficiently converting AC to DC that involves charging/discharging a small storage capacitor without the need for a PFC inductor. The OSMIUM microcontroller family and supporting components can be combined with commodity flyback DC-DC converters to displace higher-cost LLC solutions, achieving an unrivaled […]
Step-down regulator integrated to low-noise, LDOs for ultra-quiet operation
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced a super low noise dual output DC/DC μModule regulator with patented silicon, layout, and packaging innovations. Operating from up to 40 V input, the LTM8080’s front-end is a high-efficiency synchronous Silent Switcher step-down regulator followed by two separate low noise, low dropout (LDO) regulators. To further suppress switching noise, the […]
700 W digital, quarter-brick, dc-dc converter achieves 96 percent efficiency at full load
Flex Power Modules will be showing their new 700 W digital quarter brick DC/DC converter at embedded world 2023 in Nuremburg, Germany, March 14-16. The through-hole mounted BMR684 is targeted at RFPA applications needing a 50 V supply at up to 14 A for gallium nitride (GaN) or laterally diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) power amplifiers, and […]
Non-isolated dc-dc converters power single loads of up to 320A
Helping to enable the next generation of high-performance, computing-intensive technologies, ABB Power Conversion introduced its DLynx IIITMpoint-of-load (POL) modules, the third generation of its proven digital DLynx family. The high-current modules enable board design flexibility by implementing a master-satellite concept to help meet the needs of today’s networking, data center, and industrial equipment, including the latest application-specific integrated […]
Planar transformers pump out up to 70 W for DC-DC converters
Bourns, Inc. introduced its Model PLN0xx-ED21 Series Planar Transformers with the advanced features needed to meet today’s high frequency, smaller space power conversion application requirements. These forward converter transformers are designed to deliver outstanding high volumetric power density, low loss, and exceptional efficiency in a compact, low-height profile design. Bourns Model PLN0xx-ED21 Series Planar Transformers also are […]
USB power delivery controller produces 140 W
STMicroelectronics has introduced the ST-ONEHP integrated digital controller, the world’s first IC certified by USB-IF according to the USB Power Delivery Extended Power Range (USB PD 3.1 EPR) specification. As the third controller in the ST-ONE family, the ST-ONEHP has 28V output capability to simplify building chargers and power adapters rated up to 140W. Sharing the […]