Automotive & Transportation

July 2022

Infineon's CoolSiC Devices Help EVs Become Emergency Backup Power

CoolSiC products from Infineon Technologies AG are adopted by Delta Electronics, a Taiwan-based global leading provider of power and energy management solutions, to allow for a big step towards energy transition and carbon neutrality with green power. With the successful development of bi-directional inverters, a

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Date:

07/26/2022

Co-CEO of NexGen Power Systems, Dinesh Ramanathan.

PSDcast – What's Holding EVs Back from the Mainstream?

Numerous factors are holding EVs back, namely range anxiety, lack of infrastructure, and adjusting to new norms, like possibly having to at least partially plan your day around a recharge (or not, if quick charge systems mature quickly). And on the line to discuss these matters is the Co-CEO of NexGen Power Sy

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Date:

07/21/2022

Global EV Traction Motor Market Size Worth USD 23486.5 Million, by 2028

Vantage Market Research’s recent analysis of the Global EV Traction Motor Market finds that the increasing adoption and sales of electric vehicles are expediting market growth. In addition, rising government initiatives and an increase in demand for high-performance motors are anticipated to augment th

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Date:

07/20/2022

200W Half-Brick DC-DC Converters Feature a 12:1 Ultra-Wide Input Range

TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the 200W TDK-Lambda brand PYH200 series of DC-DC converters. Featuring a 12:1 ultra-wide input range of 14 to 160Vdc, these board mount products are packaged in the industry-standard half-brick format measuring 61.0 x 57.9 x 12.7mm (L x W x H). The housing is silicon po

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Date:

07/19/2022

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Figure 1. Electric Vehicle Testing

Electric Vehicle Component Testing using AZX Regenerative Grid Simulators

Herman vanEijkelenburg, Director of Marketing, Pacific Power Source

Besides costs, one of the major obstacles for most consumers preventing them from adopting electric vehicles over IEC vehicles is range anxiety. Although great strides have been made in efficient energy conversion and battery power density, a typical range of 200 to 300 miles for most EV’s is still less th

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Date:

07/05/2022

Traco Power’s TMR 12WI series

12 Watt DC/DC Converters (SIP-8) for Industrial Applications

The product offers a very high power density of 4.73W/cm³ in an ultra-compact SIP-8 metal package occupying only 2.0 cm² (0.3 square inch) of board space. An excellent efficiency of up to 90% allows for an extended operating temperature range of –40° to +65°C without derating under

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Date:

07/04/2022

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Figure 1. The LTM8042 driving four LEDs where VIN = 5.75 V to 10.25 V and IOUT = 0.5 A

Versatile LED Driver Can Be Used with Input Voltages Above or Below the Level of the LED String

Victor Khasiev, Senior Applications Engineer, Analog Devices

The LTM8042 is a µModule® LED driver capable of supporting LEDs with up to 1A current and a 3000:1 dimming ratio. It operates from input voltages of 3V to 30V and a wide frequency range of 250kHz to 2 MHz, enabling its use in a wide array of applications, such as scanners and automotive and avionic lightin

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Date:

07/01/2022

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Is 5 Minutes the "Magic Number" for Quick-Charge Electric Vehicles?

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

That appears to be the case, if recent press is any indication – like Enovix Corporation’s battery cells achieving a 5-minute charge. The company in question, a big player in advanced silicon-anode lithium-ion battery development and production, just announced that their 0.27 Ah Electric Vehicle (EV) test

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Date:

07/01/2022

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Figure 1. Evaluation kit of the ADP1612

More Bang for Your Boost

Simon Bramble, Staff Field Applications Engineer, Analog Devices

The ADP1612 is a low-cost, high-efficiency boost converter that operates at 1.3MHz. It has a shutdown pin that reduces the quiescent current to less than 2 μA and operates with an input voltage down to 1.8 V making it ideal for battery-powered electronics. However, as the battery voltage drops, it

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Date:

07/01/2022

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Figure 1. Battery protection board circuit diagram

Application of Power MOSFET in Battery Management Charge-Discharge System

Song Liu, Sr. Applications Engineer, Discrete Products, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Inc., and Neil Zhang, Applications Engineer, Discrete Products, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Inc.

Power MOSFETs are required to be connected in series between the inside of the lithium-ion battery pack and the output load. At the same time, the dedicated IC is used to control the on and off of MOSFET for managing the charge and discharge of the battery, as shown in Figure 1. In consumer electronic systems, su

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Date:

07/01/2022

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

The Ubiquity of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

It’s beginning to look a lot like…normalcy. And for someone who gets cabin fever when I’m stuck inside for even a day, I couldn’t be happier. New COVID-19 cases continue to drop, from a U.S. 7-day average of nearly 700K as of 1/24 to 85K as of 6/21. Obviously, tens of thousands of instances of some

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Date:

07/01/2022

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Figure 1: Wireless power transmitter system with WLC1115

The Dawn of a New Era with High-Power Wireless Charging

Prasanna Vijayakumar, Director Applications, USB Power & Wireless Charging at Infineon Technologies

Overview of Inductive charging and Qi specification Wireless charging technologies range from inductive, magnetic resonant, and capacitive to RF radiation, laser, acoustic, and other emerging ones. The inductive coupling technology is the front runner [1], and hence its associated standard Qi is the most pre

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Date:

07/01/2022