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March 2022
Module Lifetime Estimation Tool
Module Lifetime Estimation Tool
Ally Winning

Estimating the useable lifetime of electronic components has always been an important task for design engineers, especially for critical applications where the design might see service for several decades. Although manufacturers do specify a lifetime on datasheets, that is under ideal conditions at normal operati
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Date:
03/30/2022
Re-Jigged Cathode Recipe Gives new Hope to Solid-State Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Researchers designed solid-state composite electrodes based on the liquid-phase sintering technique.

Re-Jigged Cathode Recipe Gives new Hope to Solid-State Batteries for Electric Vehicles
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, offering greater energy density and range than contemporary lithium-ion batteries, remain out of reach, not least due to challenges coming from the composition of the battery’s cathode. A new cathode composition and accompanying manufacturing technique looks set to
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Date:
03/28/2022
DC/DC converter with integrated Supercap UPS buffering
DC/DC converter with integrated Supercap UPS buffering
The compact DC2412-UPSP2 with 16-32VDC wide-range input and 12V/5A output combines the functions of a powerful DC/DC converter and an uninterruptible DC power supply (UPS) in an innovative way. Fast-charging and absolutely maintenance-free Supercaps (3x 480F) with more than 500,000 charging and discharging cycles
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Date:
03/28/2022
Electrothermal models cover MOSFET operating temperature range
Electrothermal models cover MOSFET operating temperature range
Semiconductor manufacturers commonly provide simulation models for their MOSFETs, but these usually only include a limited number of device parameters which have been modelled at typical operating temperatures. Nexperia’s new advanced models capture the thermal interdependency of the complete set of device pa
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Date:
03/28/2022
60V, 70dB PSRR LDOs Deliver Industry-Leading Quiescent Current
60V, 70dB PSRR LDOs Deliver Industry-Leading Quiescent Current
The DIODES AP7387 devices are used in applications such as cordless vacuum cleaners, smoke detectors, power tools, and various other household appliances.   The devices have an input voltage range spanning from 5V to 60V, which gives them the flexibility to be connected to 5V, 9V, 12V, 24V, and 48V rai
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Date:
03/28/2022
First Multi-Port Production-Ready Fast Charger Reference Design
First Multi-Port Production-Ready Fast Charger Reference Design
Silanna Semiconductor has announced its first multi-port fast charger reference design. Bringing together the company’s CO2 Smart Power families of advanced ACF controllers and high-frequency DC/DC converters, the new AnyPort RD-5 delivers a high-power-density, ultra-efficient, production-ready solution for mu
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Date:
03/28/2022
ROHM starts production of 150V GaN HEMTs
ROHM starts production of 150V GaN HEMTs
The components will ideally be applied in power supply circuits for industrial equipment such as base stations and data centers along with IoT communication devices.   In recent years – due to the rising demand for server systems in response to the growing number of IoT devices – improving powe
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Date:
03/28/2022
High-Efficiency Quasi-Resonant PFC IC with 750 V GaN Switch
High-Efficiency Quasi-Resonant PFC IC with 750 V GaN Switch
Power Integrations announced the HiperPFS™-5 family of power-factor-correction (PFC) ICs with an integrated 750 V PowiGaN gallium-nitride switch. With efficiency of up to 98.3 percent, the new ICs deliver up to 240 W without a heat sink and can achieve a power factor of better than 0.98. HiperPFS-5 ICs are i
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Date:
03/28/2022
10W and 15W units added to low profile open frame power supplies
10W and 15W units added to low profile open frame power supplies
Benefiting from the latest power switching technologies, the LHA10F and LHA15F are 15% smaller and offer a leakage current 50% lower than conventional products on the market. Designed for use in a wide range of applications, the LHA10F and LHA15F are able to operate in a wide temperature range from -10 to +70 degr
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Date:
03/28/2022
Navitas Announces World’s First 20-Year Warranty for GaN ICs
Navitas Announces World’s First 20-Year Warranty for GaN ICs
Navitas Semiconductor has announced a breakthrough 20-year limited warranty for its GaNFast technology – 10x longer than typical silicon, SiC or discrete GaN power semiconductors – and a critical accelerator for GaN’s adoption in data center, solar and EV markets.   GaN is a next-generation semiconductor te
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Date:
03/28/2022
Infineon releases new EiceDRIVER 2EDN product family
Infineon releases new EiceDRIVER 2EDN product family
Aiming at space-limited designs, the next-generation devices complement the existing 2EDN driver ICs by providing higher system-level efficiencies, excellent power density, and consistent system robustness with fewer external components. Building upon this expansion, the 2EDN family is now able to drive the power s
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Date:
03/28/2022
Infineon is launching EDT2 IGBTs in a TO247PLUS package
Infineon is launching EDT2 IGBTs in a TO247PLUS package
The devices are optimized for automotive discrete traction inverters and expand Infineon's portfolio of discrete high-voltage devices for automotive applications. Due to their high quality, the IGBTs meet and exceed the industry standard AECQ101 for automotive components. As a result, the devices can significantly increa
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Date:
03/28/2022
Bridging Batteries and Supercapacitors

Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach professor in Drexel’s College of Engineering

Bridging Batteries and Supercapacitors
DREXEL UNIVERSITY

For decades researchers and technologists have regarded batteries and capacitors as two distinct energy storage devices — batteries, known for storing more energy but releasing it slowly; capacitors, for quickly discharging it in smaller spurts. Each new energy storage device has therefore been categorized as
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Date:
03/21/2022
Envision AESC and Mercedes-Benz Announce new Battery Partnership

Lei Zhang, Executive Chairman, Envision AESC

Envision AESC and Mercedes-Benz Announce new Battery Partnership
Envision AESC, world-leading battery producer, announces a new partnership with Mercedes-Benz as the luxury automotive brand gets ready to go all electric. Under the new agreement, Envision AESC will supply high-performance battery cell modules to support end to end production of all-electric Mercedes-EQ vehicles
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Date:
03/17/2022
Growing Zinc Battery Initiative Welcomes Startup Zēlos Energy

Sébastien Bélanger, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Zēlos Energy

Growing Zinc Battery Initiative Welcomes Startup Zēlos Energy
Silicon Valley startup Zēlos Energy announces plans to join the  Zinc Battery Initiative (ZBI), the voice of the zinc battery industry. ZBI’s rapidly growing membership is comprised of leading zinc battery manufacturers, including Zēlos, which has developed a sustainable, safe zinc-manganese battery de
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Date:
03/16/2022
Green Cubes Technology Announces Motive Battery Charger Product Line

Material Handling Charger available in 15kW & 30 kW models with 1, 2 or 3 outputs

Green Cubes Technology Announces Motive Battery Charger Product Line
Green Cubes Technology (Green Cubes) introduces the Lithium SAFEFlex Chargers to complement its market leading Lithium SAFEFlex Batteries. Green Cubes is the only manufacturer to offer enterprises both Lithium-ion batteries and affiliated chargers to the Material Handling industry, thus simplifying the electrification of
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Date:
03/15/2022
Active Front End Rectifier

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Active Front End Rectifier
Jonathan Dodge, P.E., UnitedSiC

1: Introduction Battery chargers for electric vehicles require galvanic isolation between the grid connection and the batteries. Therefore, an EV charger almost always has two stages: a high power-quality rectifier that converts AC to DC, followed by a DC-DC converter utilizing a high-frequency transformer
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Date:
03/15/2022
New Solid Electrolyte has Important Advantages.
New Solid Electrolyte has Important Advantages.
Ally Winning

Out of all the different types of battery chemistries and architectures that have been proposed, perhaps the most interesting one in the short term is solid-state electrolytes. The lithium-ion batteries we use in our consumer goods does the job well, but in many applications, higher density is required and als
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Date:
03/15/2022
Sulphur Layer Enhances Lithium Batteries
Sulphur Layer Enhances Lithium Batteries
Ally Winning

The team, from the one of Australia’s leading universities, have developed a lithium-sulphur battery interlayer that allows the rapid transfer of lithium. The new design also improves both the performance and lifetime of the batteries. The new battery is cheaper, greener and faster than other battery designs, w
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Date:
03/08/2022
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