AMETEK Solidstate Controls (SCI), a leader in highly customized uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), today announced the launch of its newly redesigned website: www.solidstatecontrolsinc.com. The redesigned site provides more user-friendly platform that betters serves the needs of SCI’s partners and customers. “AMETEK Solidstate Controls greatly values the relationships it has established with its partners and customers. […]
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GaN Systems, e2v Inc. ink supply agreement
A master supply agreement between e2v, the global leader in the high reliability (hi-rel) semiconductor market, and GaN Systems, the leading manufacturer of gallium nitride power transistors, establishes e2v as the global supplier of GaN Systems’ 100V and 650V hi-rel GaN transistor products and customer care for the A&D market. e2v will utilize its infrastructure […]
External ac/dc supplies Meet EU CoC Tier 2 Efficiency Standards
CUI today announced that the majority of its line of external ac-dc power supplies now meet the European Union’s (EU) Code of Conduct (CoC) Tier 1 and CoC Tier 2 efficiency standards. The European Union’s CoC Tier 1 effectively harmonizes the EU with US DoE Level VI and became effective as a voluntary requirement from […]
APEC 2017: Call for Presenters – Deadlines Approaching
Professional Education Seminars at APEC 2017 address the need for in-depth discussion of important and complex power electronics topics. They are three-and-a-half hours (including breaks) in length, can range from broad to narrow in scope, and can vary from introductory to advanced in technical level. Topics are to address the practical issues of the specification, […]
Power Electronics Resource Places GaN “At the Heart of Your System”
GaN Systems launches the electronics industry’s first online portal and newsroom solely focused on GaN power innovation – www.gannewsroom.com. Gannewsroom.com keeps the media and power design engineers up-to-date with respect to GaN innovations, and designing GaN transistors into electronic systems. Now power industry professionals have access to a central repository that contains press releases, videos, […]
Online configurator handles 600-W power supplies
Excelsys Technologies has enhanced its online Power Supply Configurator to align with the newly introduced CoolX Series of 600W convection-cooled power supplies. It has also added options for searching for new capabilities, features and functions offered by their very successful Xgen, UltiMod and Xsolo product lines. The enhanced online configurator enables system designers to quickly and […]
Deadline Nears for APEC Seminar/Session Proposals
APEC 2017, to be held in Tampa, FL, from March 26-30, 2017, offers attendees a wide range of educational opportunities. In addition to peer-reviewed technical paper sessions, the well-respected IEEE conference also features Professional Education Seminars (PES) and Industry Sessions. Interested speakers are invited to submit proposals for PES and Industry Session presentations by September […]
5th International PwrSoC 2016 Power-Supply-on-Chip Workshop
The 5th International power supply on chip workshop, PwrSoC 2016, will be held at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, October 3-5, in Madrid, Spain. The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) and IEEE Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS) are jointly sponsoring the workshop and the Centro de Electrónica Industrial (CEI-UPM) is hosting the event. PwrSoC 2016 […]
No more GaN? Your next power transistor
could be built on an STO/NTO sandwich
Will power electronics soon say goodbye to gallium-nitride transistors? Possibly, according to researchers from the University of Utah and the University of Minnesota. Though there is still a lot of work to do, the combination of strontium titanate (STO) and neodymium titanate (NTO) looks like a promising way of synthesizing a material that has a […]
Larson Electronics’ fluorescent fixtures to be featured in “War for the Planet of the Apes”
Larson Electronics, an industrial lighting leader, has announced that their four foot, two lamp fluorescent light fixtures will be featured in the new “War for the Planet of the Apes” film set to be released in July 2017. Under the working title “Hidden Fortress”, filming for the third installment of the “Planet of the Apes” […]