Power Systems Design (PSD) Information to Power Your Designs

Renesas Introduces New Gate Driver IC for IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs Driving EV Inverters

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a new gate driver IC that is designed to drive high-voltage power devices such as IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) and SiC (Silicon Carbide) MOSFETs for electric vehicle (EV) inverters. Gate driver ICs are essential components to EV inverters, providing

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Date:

01/26/2023

TDK Releases the Most Compact Safety Class S2 Motor-Run Capacitors

TDK Corporation presents its new B33331I6* series, compact EPCOS motor-run capacitors that comply with safety class S2 as well as the IEC 60335-2-24 standard, that will come onto the market in September 2023. The robust aluminum cans have extremely compact dimensions, making the series now the most compact mo

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Date:

01/24/2023

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Figure 1: Gate charge

Ultrahigh power density solutions for energy-efficient high-power lighting and industrial SMPS applications

Stefan Preimel, Principal Product definition Engineer, Infineon Technologies Austria AG

Introduction The evolution of the industrial internet of things (IIoT) that drives the next wave of technological innovation raised the demand for high-quality and reliable industrial switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) systems that are used to power connected devices. These SMPS systems are usually operated in ou

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01/23/2023

160 V 3-Phase Gate Driver IC Integrates Power Management Unit, Current Sense Amplifier, and Overcurrent Protection

The MOTIX family for automotive and industrial motor control applications from Infineon Technologies AG offers a broad product portfolio with various levels of integration. To further expand its offering, Infineon introduces the MOTIX 3-phase gate driver IC 6ED2742S01Q. The 160 V silicon-on-insulator (SOI) ga

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01/18/2023

Vishay Intertechnology Launches New Gen 7 Platform of 1200 V FRED Pt Hyperfast Rectifiers With Two Devices in SMA (DO-214AC) Package

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced the first two devices in its new Gen 7 platform of 1200 V FRED Pt Hyperfast rectifiers. Offered in the SMA (DO-214AC) package, the 1 A rectifiers offer the best trade-off between reverse recovery charge (Qrr) and forward voltage drop for devices in their class. Optimized fo

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01/17/2023

FTDI Chip FT4232HA USB-to-UART/MPSSE IC Provides High-Speed USB Support to Target Designs

Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking the FT4232HA high-speed USB-to-UART/MPSSE IC from FTDI Chip. The FT4232HA is an automotive-qualified USB 2.0-to-UART converter that seamlessly provides high-speed USB support to target designs. Featuring four independent configurable interfaces, the FT4

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Date:

01/16/2023

Menlo Micro Introduces Integrated Low-Power Solution for MEMS Switches and High-Voltage Driver Applications

Menlo Micro announced the formal qualification and production release of the MM101, an 8-channel, low-voltage to high-voltage driver with an integrated charge pump. The MM101 driver provides a cost-effective solution for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices and other high-voltage driving ap

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01/12/2023

Renesas Introduces Low-Power RL78/G15 MCU with the Smallest 8-pin Package Option Available within the RL78 Family

Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced a new general-purpose microcontroller (MCU) in the low-power RL78 Family, with small package sizes that target 8-bit MCU applications. The versatile RL78/G15 packs many peripheral functions and 4-8KB of code flash memory in package sizes ranging from 8 to 20 pin

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Date:

01/12/2023

STMicroelectronics Brings 32-bit Kick to Cost-Sensitive 8-bit Applications with STM32C0 Series Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics is again broadening access to its STM32 microcontroller (MCU) family by introducing the most affordable series yet: the STM32C0. STM32 MCUs are used in billions of smart industrial, medical, and consumer products worldwide. With thousands of existing STM32 part numbers, product d

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Date:

01/12/2023

Advanced Energy Launches Medical and Industrial Power Conversion Platforms with Leading Power Density

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. introduced two new ranges of AC-DC power supplies with industry-leading power densities for critical medical and industrial equipment. The SL Power™ NGB800 800 W and NGB1200 1200 W families are optimized to address the performance, power, size, reliability and compliance re

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Date:

01/05/2023

Family of Applications Processors Delivers Safe, Secure and Scalable AI-enabled Edge Platforms

NXP Semiconductors announced the i.MX 95 family, the newest addition to its i.MX 9 series of applications processors. The new i.MX 95 family combines high-performance compute, immersive Arm® MaliTM-powered 3D graphics, an innovative new NXP accelerator for machine learning, and high-speed data processing. To

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Date:

01/04/2023

TDK Announces Thermally Stable Industrial IMU for Tilt and Stabilization Applications

TDK Corporation announces the expansion of the InvenSense SmartIndustrial sensor platform family. With its support for an extended temperature range of -40°C to 105°C, this new 6-axis IMU targets industrial applications that require extreme stability over temperature and great vibration immunity. The IIM-20670

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Date:

01/04/2023

Silicon Carbide Family Solutions Deliver Industry-Leading Efficiency

onsemi introduced “EliteSiC” as the name of its silicon carbide (SiC) family. The company is set to showcase three new members of the family – the 1700 V EliteSiC MOSFET and two 1700 V avalanche-rated EliteSiC Schottky diodes. The new devices provide reliable, high-efficiency performance for energy in

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Date:

01/03/2023

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Figure 1. The LTM8074 uses Silent Switcher architecture for a complete low noise solution in a tiny package.

Low EMI Silent Switcher, 1.2 A µModule Regulator in 4 mm × 4 mm × 1.82 mm BGA Package

Austin Luan, Analog Devices, Inc.

Crowded application boards leave little space for high performance dc-to-dc POL converters. Furthermore, electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a significant concern at high component densities, limiting the field of acceptable power solutions. The LTM8074 µModule® regulator easily meets these limiting factors. It

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Date:

01/01/2023