Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) is addressing higher power industrial applications with its ICeGaN™ technology, which has already proved itself rugged, reliable, and easy to use in high-volume consumer devices. At the APEC 2024, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, the company is introducing new reference designs and showing demos that address the broad and […]
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Switcher IC family boasts multiple, independently regulated outputs
GaN-based ICs combine AC-DC and DC-DC stages into a single power converter, cutting power system losses by up to 50 percent. Power Integrations announces the InnoMux™-2 family of single-stage, independently regulated multi-output offline power-supply ICs. InnoMux-2 ICs consolidate AC-DC and downstream DC-DC conversion stages into a single chip, providing up to three independently regulated outputs […]
New USB-C reference designs & finished modules with more than 95% average efficiency
Pulsiv Limited is set to release a series of reference designs and assembled modules for USB-C applications that will deliver an average efficiency of more than 95%. This groundbreaking achievement, which minimizes energy waste under all operating conditions, has been developed in collaboration with GaN leader, Innoscience, and magnetics expert Frenetic. Designs will be released […]
AmberSemi showcases power products with ST embedded solutions
At APEC 2024, the companies will showcase reference designs for brushless motors jointly developed using AmberSemi’s AC Direct DC Enabler Power Conversion Technology and ST’s STM32 MCU devices. Amber Semiconductor, Inc. announced a reference design for brushless motor applications using AmberSemi’s breakthrough AC-to-DC conversion semiconductor system to power ST’s STM32 microcontrollers. This reference design will […]
ROHM’s EcoGaN adopted in the 45W output USB-C charger C4 duo from Innergie
ROHM Semiconductor announces the adoption of its 650V GaN device (EcoGaN™) in the C4 Duo, a 45W output USB-C charger from Innergie, a brand of Delta. ROHM’s EcoGaN device contributes to greater application performance, reliability, and miniaturization by providing higher efficiency in power supply systems. Efforts to save energy are accelerating toward achieving a decarbonized […]
Delivering power supply reliability in mission-critical systems
There are several factors to consider when selecting a power supply that delivers the high voltages often needed by large and complex high-performance systems. For almost all electronic products and systems, high reliability should be expected. Still, in some markets, reliability cannot be compromised or a trade-off for other performance factors. In particular, mission-critical industrial […]
Compact, high-performance GaN FET boosts power density for diverse applications APEC 2024
EPC introduces the 100 V, 1 mOhm EPC2361 GaN FET in a compact 3 mm x 5 mm QFN package, offering higher power density for DC-DC conversion, fast charging, motor drives, and solar MPPTs. EPC, the world’s leader in enhancement-mode gallium nitride (GaN) power FETs and ICs, launches the 100 V, 1 mOhm EPC2361. This […]
FAQ on servo motors: part 2
The servo motor is an older precise-positioning motor arrangement now facing some competition from the stepper motor. Part 1 of this article introduced the concept of servo motors along with servo amplifiers and servo controllers. This part continues that exploration. Q: What’s the history of servo motors? A: There were purely mechanical, closed-loop servo systems […]
FAQ on servo motors: part 1
The servo motor is an older precise-positioning motor arrangement now facing some competition from the stepper motor. When engineers need precise positioning of a motor’s shaft (rotor) angle and associated mechanical system, their first thought in many cases may be to use a stepper motor (aka “stepper”). That makes sense, as stepper motors have the […]
How is AI being used to improve electric vehicle efficiency?
Electric vehicles (EVs) are all about reducing carbon emissions. Artificial intelligence (AI) can help. This FAQ looks at a few examples like how AI and machine learning (ML) can be used to make context-aware operational recommendations to EV drivers for extending EV battery lifetime and how AI can work together with wide bandgap semiconductors (WBGs) […]
