Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced the availability of its Excelsys CS1000 fanless power supply series. Delivering up to 1000W with no fans, this convection cooled family of highly efficient power supplies eliminates acoustic noise, vibration and the need for baseplate cooling, making them lightweight and ideal for use in a wide range of medical treatment […]
Power Management
2.2-kW supplies bring Titanium-level efficiency to servers, storage, networking apps
Bel Power Solutions announced the TET2200 Series, 2200 W power supplies that bring Titanium level efficiency to servers, storage and networking equipment. With AC-DC power-factor-corrected (PFC) and high voltage DC-input variants, TET2200 Series power supplies provide a main output of 12 VDC for powering intermediate bus architectures (IBA). Measuring just 86.3 x 39.3 x 196.5 mm […]
TT Electronics to provide custom power conversion tech
TT Electronics announced that it has launched an expanded power solutions portfolio, leveraging its global footprint to develop and supply its custom power conversion systems for aerospace and defense customers around the world. Working closely with the appropriate regulatory authorities, TT Electronics is now in a position to expand the development and manufacturing of its […]
How to design modular dc-dc systems
When designing a modular DC-DC system, it is important to look at the entire power-delivery system from source to load to achieve the desired functionality and performance. This tutorial series examines the modular DC-DC system design process and walks through an example set of system loads and the process to supply those from a given […]
Wireless power receiver enables bidirectional operation
Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced the P9415-R wireless power receiver with Renesas’ exclusive WattShare technology as the newest member of its wireless power solutions portfolio. The new 15W wireless power receiver enables smartphones, power banks, and portable industrial and medical equipment, to wirelessly charge other mobile devices and accessories that also have wireless charging capabilities. The P9415-R […]
Energy harvesting technology eliminates battery replacement in remote controls and sensors
Atmosic Technologies and SMK Electronics Corporation announced a strategic partnership to integrate Atmosic’s M3 system-on-chip (SoC) into a range of connected devices from SMK. These IoT solutions, which will include remote controls and sensors, integrate Atmosic’s Managed Energy Harvesting, in addition to the company’s Lowest Power Radio and On-demand Wake-Up Receiver, to enable forever battery life […]
Automotive PMICs include high-current dc-dc Buck converters
The DA913X-A product family is a new line of highly efficient, high-current, automotive-grade, step-down dc-dc (Buck) converters. The highly integrated DA913X-A devices require fewer external components than competing solutions, enabling a low system BoM cost and a reduced solution footprint. The devices operate at efficiency levels above 90%, reducing the thermal design challenges for powering […]
Flow batteries – What’s ahead?
Flow batteries have emerged as a commercial alternative that makes economic sense for certain application profiles. Additional development is still needed for flow batteries to be a mainstream energy storage technology. There are probably hundreds of research efforts worldwide. The following is a sampling of key areas of focus for flow battery research and development. […]
Flow batteries – What can you use them for?
Flow batteries are suited for use in several application areas, including utility-scale energy storage, microgrids, renewables integration, backup power, and remote and off-grid power. Flow batteries are highly scalable, and their power and energy ratings can also be scaled independently. They have very little or no self-discharge current. Flow batteries have demonstrated cycle lives of […]
Power management ICs optimized for automotive computing platforms
Dialog Semiconductor plc announced that it is expanding its collaboration with Renesas Electronics Corporation by introducing its power management IC (PMIC) solutions for the R-Car M3 and R-Car E3 automotive computing platforms. Building on the collaboration between the two companies on the Renesas’ R-Car Gen 2 and R-Car H3 platforms, the power solutions for the […]