The first 650-V automotive GaN FET with an integrated driver, protection and active power management today earned its inventor, Texas Instruments, a 2021 LEAP Award. More than 100 entries were received for the annual competition which celebrates the most innovative and forward-thinking products serving the design engineering space. This year’s winners were chosen by an […]
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EV technology goes industrial: Scenes from the Battery Show
Attendees of this year’s Battery Show in Novi, Mich., could be excused for not knowing what to expect on the show floor as trade events start to come back from a year-and-a-half hiatus. The above clip gives a glimpse of what the experience was like. Aside from the occasional mask wearer, it seemed like business […]
APEC 2022 announces call for Industry Session Proposals
APEC 2022, to be held in Houston, Tex., from March 20-24, 2022, announces the opening of the portal for submission of Industry Session Proposals for the conference’s increasingly popular presentation series. The Industry Session component of the conference was created to encourage more content from industry practitioners. Industry Session (IS) speakers are invited to make […]
APEC 2022 announces call for Professional Education Seminar proposals
APEC 2022, to be held in Houston, Texas, from March 20-24, 2022, invites qualified experts to present a Professional Education Seminar (PES) during next year’s conference. Addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer, these seminars provide experts and professionals a forum for in-depth discussions on important and complex power […]
APEC 2022 seeks qualified reviewers for technical session paper submissions
The APEC 2022 Conference Committee is seeking qualified engineers and scientists to assist in the peer review of the large quantity of paper digests expected for APEC 2022, to be held in Houston, March 20-24, 2022. All technical program papers selected for presentation, either in a technical session or as dialog (poster) session, will be […]
APEC 2022 puts out call for technical program paper digest submissions
APEC 2022, to be held in Houston, Texas, from March 20-24, 2022, continues the long-standing tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer. APEC is now accepting submissions for the first of its 2022 speaker deadlines, the Technical Program Papers. Interested authors wishing to present a Technical Program […]
APEC 2021 plenary and rap sessions included in free exhibits-only registration
Exhibits-Only Registration is now open for the annual Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2021) presented this year as a virtual event, June 14-17, 2021. In keeping with APEC tradition, exhibits-only registrants will also have access to the Plenary Sessions and Rap Sessions held through the three days of the conference. Hosted on the robust event […]
Schottky Rectifiers target aerospace and defense apps
SSDI has released the SSR10020S.22 – SSR10030S.22 series of hermetic Schottky rectifiers, which provide 10 amps of output current in the extremely small SMD.22 package (0.227″ x 0.157″ x 0.075″ max). This series also offers a voltage range from 20 to 30 V and an extremely low forward voltage drop of 0.63 V typ at 10 […]
APEC 2021 to be online-only due to continuing Covid-19 concerns
The Applied Power Electronics Conference announces that APEC 2021 will be presented as a virtual event and will take place June 14-17, 2021, on the virtual event platform, Social27. The virtual format will not only ensure the safety of our community, it will also allow: • More of our global community of power professionals to […]
Gate-drive transformers optimized for SiC FETs
The WE-AGDT series from Würth Elektronik allows implementing discrete SiC gate driver designs easier than ever before. These standard parts are compact SMT transformers optimized for silicon carbide applications. With extremely low interwinding capacitance, the WE-AGDT helps to achieve higher Common Mode Transient Immunity (CMTI). The series is compliant with safety standards according to IEC62368-1 […]
