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Toshiba Launches 3300V SiC MOSFET Module for Industrial Equipment

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (“Toshiba”) today announced the expansion of its line-up with the launch of IX800FXF2YMS4, a dual SiC MOSFET module. The new module offers high surge-current capability to support reliable operation in industrial equipment, including inverters and converters for railway ve

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10/09/2026

Ballard Secures 4.8MW Order from Siemens Mobility to Power Hydrogen Trains in Romania

Ballard Power Systems announced an order for 24 x FCrail™ 200 kW fuel cell modules from Siemens Mobility GmbH, a leader in rail automation and electrification. The order, totaling 4.8 MW, is expected to power 12 Mireo Plus H hydrogen passenger trains for Romania's Railway Reform Authority (ARF). This repre

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10/07/2026

Littelfuse Unveils Ultra-Low Capacitance TVS Diode Arrays with Industry's Lowest Clamping Voltage

Littelfuse, Inc., an industrial technology manufacturing company shaping solutions for the safe and efficient transfer of electrical energy, today announced AQ4315-01ETG and SP4315-01WTG, two new Bidirectional TVS Diode Arrays (SPA® Diodes) that combine industry-leading low clamping voltage with ultra-low ca

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Date:

10/07/2026

Robotaxis are Scaling in Cities: What this Means for Urban Autonomy

Focal Point Positioning

Wayve recently launched a robotaxi service in London in partnership with Uber. The Cambridge-founded autonomy company, backed by Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis, started putting its AI-driven self-driving system on the city’s streets. A safety driver still sits behind the wheel, and full driverless op

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Date:

10/01/2026

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Figure 1: The modeled annual electricity consumption from electric ground support equipment at Atlanta Airport in 2025. Each column represents a percentage of electric ground support equipment in the fleet

How to Manage Increased Power Demand with High-Density Charging Infrastructure

Damien O’Regan, Product Strategy Lead, Enatel®

From material handling forklifts to airport baggage tugs, many industries are adopting electric equipment to enhance operational efficiency and meet sustainability targets. However, deploying the power infrastructure required to charge these electric vehicles introduces new challenges for engineers and facil

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Date:

10/01/2026

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Figure 1: Block diagram of the L99LDLH32 smart lighting driver

Ensuring EMC in High-Density Automotive Lighting

Giusy Gambino, Yasmin Abigail Chiarenza, and Sebastiano Grasso, STMicroelectronics

OLEDs provide thin profiles and uniform light diffusion, while LEDs are known for their brightness and efficiency, reshaping the visual dynamics of modern vehicles. However, with modern E/E architectures becoming increasingly complex, systems are significantly more susceptible to electromagnetic interferenc

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Date:

10/01/2026

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Figure 1: A possible implementation case with the TRAVEO T2G Graphics shows the “speedometer” on the left-hand side with speed and virtual signal or control symbols, as well as the navigation displayed by a smartphone. On the right is the smartphone with a wireless connection

Modern Instrumentation for Small Vehicles

Ralf Hickl, Product Sales Manager ABU at Rutronik

Digital display and control concepts are increasingly finding their way into vehicle classes that were traditionally equipped with mechanical or basic LCD instrument. Today, the requirements and capabilities of these applications extend far beyond simple speed or fuel indicators: Users expect clear, easy-to-read vi

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Date:

10/01/2026

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Figure 1: Ground-referenced current sensing in 4-switch buck-boost converters

Save Space, Improve Efficiency with 4-Switch Buck-Boost Controllers

Xu Zhang, Power Design Manager, Analog Devices

The 4-switch buck-boost converter is popular and well-known for generating a regulated output voltage above, below, or equal to the input voltage. It also disconnects the input/output (I/O) during extreme fault conditions, such as the input short circuit or the output short circuit conditions. Together with over

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Date:

10/01/2026

TDK Presents DC-link Capacitors Rated for up to +135°C in Automotive and Industrial Applications

Sep 30,2026

TI Debuts new Approach to Current Sensing for Unprecedented Accuracy in HEV and EV Traction Inverter Designs

Aug 25,2026

STMicroelectronics' new Galvanically Isolated Gate Drivers Simplify Power Design with Advanced Isolation

Jul 29,2026

Infineon Introduces the AIROC UWB TSL100 for Precise Positioning and Smart Presence Detection on a Single Chip

Jun 25,2026

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Automotive & Transportation

TDK Presents DC-link Capacitors Rated for up to +135°C in Automotive and Industrial Applications

TI Debuts new Approach to Current Sensing for Unprecedented Accuracy in HEV and EV Traction Inverter Designs

STMicroelectronics' new Galvanically Isolated Gate Drivers Simplify Power Design with Advanced Isolation

Infineon Introduces the AIROC UWB TSL100 for Precise Positioning and Smart Presence Detection on a Single Chip

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