Lighting & Illumination

    April 2022
    KYOCERA AVX Releases New Vertical, Dual-Row, Card-Edge Connectors
    ­KYOCERA AVX has extended its line of single-piece card-edge connector solutions with the addition of the new 9159-650 Series vertical, dual-row, top-entry card-edge connectors. Designed to provide significant functionality in a broad range of perpendicular, PCB-mating automotive, industrial, and li
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    Date:
    04/11/2022
    350 V GaN Power Transistor − 20x Smaller Than Comparable Silicon
    EPC announces the production release of the EPC2050, a 350 V GaN transistor with a maximum RDS(on) of 80 mΩ and a 26 A pulsed output current. The EPC2050 measures just 1.95 mm x 1.95 mm. This tiny size enables power solutions that occupy ten times less area than comparable silicon solutions. Applications benefiting from the
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    Date:
    04/07/2022
    Common-Mode Chokes for LED Lighting Applications
    Schaffner extends its range of components for lighting applications. The new ED100/ED101 EMC filter series has been designed specifically for the requirements of LED driver circuits. The new filter’s common-mode inductance is matched by a substantial differential-mode inductance. With only
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    Date:
    04/01/2022
    AC Losses in Magnetic Components

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    Figure 1. Typical B-H curve from positive saturation to negative saturation. When H is zero there exists Br which requires -Hc to return to zero. The area within the loop is core loss per cycle

    What are AC Losses and why are they important? This paper discusses the physical effects and which issues must be observed by design engineers. Furthermore, an approach to determine AC losses with unmatched accuracy is being introduced. In 1892 Charles P. Steinmetz, working for General Electric presented his no
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    Date:
    04/01/2022
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