Nexperia announced a series of half-bridge (high side & low side) automotive MOSFETs constructed in the space-saving LFPAK56D package format. The half-bridge configuration of two MOSFETS is a standard building block for many automotive applications including motor drives and DC/DC converters. The new package provides a half-bridge solution in one device, occupying 30% lower PCB […]
Power Management
Power analysis software analyzes IoT power consumption down to subsystem level
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced X8712A software, the KS833A2A Event-based Power Analysis software, which enables these engineers to analyze an IoT device’s power consumption and delivers an accurate view of how the IoT device behaves to the subsystem level, as well as its charge consumption profile. It offers an easy-to-use visualization tool, via the company’s PathWave software, […]
11.2-kW isolated SMPS that produces 28 Vdc for military apps
Marotta Controls announced the availability and final qualification of the PS11200—the fourth variant in the 1-STEP product line. This switch-mode power supply (SMPS) offers 11,200 Watts of fully isolated output power with 91 percent efficiency at full load. It is designed to replace legacy 400 amp solutions that generally produce unregulated or loosely regulated power […]
AC-DC power supplies for budget-conscious applications
XP Power announced the introduction of the LCS series of regulated output, convection cooled AC-DC power supplies that are well-suited to budget-conscious applications. The four new series (LCS35, LCS50, LCS75, and LCS100) offer power levels of 35W, 50W, 75W, and 100W, respectively, and feature class B conducted and radiated emissions for easy & low-cost system […]
Gate-driver boards optimized for high-power modules
Silicon Labs introduced the new Si823Hx Gate Driver Board, an all-in-one isolation solution perfectly suited for the recently launched Wolfspeed WolfPACK power module. Wolfspeed power modules are used across numerous power applications, including EV chargers and motor drives in the industrial and automotive markets. Featuring the Si823Hx isolated gate driver and Si88xx digital isolator with […]
Motor controller includes three-phase gate driver and voltage regulator
Infineon Technologies AG introduces the new IMD110 SmartDriver series. The smart motor controller family combines the iMOTION Motion Control Engine (MCE) with a three-phase gate driver in a compact package. The integrated gate driver is based on the company’s unique silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology, it can drive a wide variety of MOSFETs and IGBTs in variable […]
Titanium efficiency 4-kW supplies target OCP, CORD, datacenter apps
Bel Power Solutions announced the TET4000-48-069RAH, a 4000 W power supply designed to provide the highest efficiency (Titanium) power conversion for data centers being built to Open Compute Project (OCP), Open Data Center Committee (ODCC), or Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter (CORD) standards. The TET4000-48-069RAH is the highest power 48 VDC model in Bel […]
USB Type-C power delivery 3.0 reference design features PPS support
STMicroelectronics has revealed a USB Type-C Power Delivery 3.0 reference design with Programmable Power Supply (PPS) support to accelerate the design of easy-to-use, compact, and efficient power adapters up to 27W with the zero-power operation when no cable is connected. USB PPS helps to save power, and reduce device-charging times and heat dissipation, contributing also to cut […]
Universal energy harvesting/power management module targets IoT devices
The EHM-UNIV from Xidas is a small surface-mount energy harvesting and power management module that eliminates the need for engineers to purchase energy harvesting evaluation modules and determine how to engineer power management ICs into their application. Xidas has spent over two years working in partnership with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to address […]
General-purpose high-current, high-voltage power supplies include isolated outputs
Lumina Power has announced the release of the new 10 Channel LPS series general purpose high current, high voltage power supplies for the Electroplating and Specialty Markets. The new 10 Channel Series includes two sets of isolated outputs, with five individual outputs per set. Each set has its own common cathode. The new line consists of 5 […]