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Getting the biggest bang out of plasma jets

American Institute of Physics

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bursts of plasma, called plasma jets, have numerous uses ranging from the development of more efficient engines, which could one day send spacecraft to Mars, to industrial uses like spraying nanomaterial coatings on 3-D objects. Capillary discharge plasma jets are those that are

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TDN Series: 1-5 Watt DC/DC converters in most compact cubical package

New Traco Power - DC/DC Converter Series

These fully regulated

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Powerbox reveals its high reliability power solution for subsea applications

Powerbox, one of Europe’s largest power supply companies and a leading force for four decades in optimizing power solutions for demanding applications, has announced a new technology platform to power industrial applications requiring high reliability and resilience in extreme environments. Designed to power

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KEMET Enhances its Hi-Rel COTS KO-CAP® Polymer Electrolytic Device Offering with Extended Life Test Option

KEMET, a leading supplier of electronic components, has introduced the industry’s first COTS grade polymer electrolytic capacitor with a 1,000-hour life test option. The new option, also known as the “Biased Humidity Test,” provides capacitors qualified at 85 degrees Celsius with 85% relative humidity

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Multipath Fading Simulator Allows for Precise Modelling Reflections of Signals on Terrain, Fixed, and Moving Objects

Erlangen – IZT GmbH provides a new and powerful Fading Simulation option for its IZT C3040 Satellite Link Emulator. The Multipath Fading Simulator allows for precise modelling reflections of the signals on terrain, fixed and moving objects, both in satellite and terrestrial communication networks.

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The Main Causes of Power Supply Failure â€

The CoolX 600 Series fanless power supply offers very high input and surge-withstand built in.

The Main Causes of Power Supply Failure – And How to Avoid It

Kevin Parmenter, Excelsys Technologies, Vice President Applications Engineering, N. America

Power supplies are the underpinning of any electronic system. This article presents the five main reasons power supplies fail. It also describes the necessary precautions design engineers should take to avoid systems failures. The article is based on data spanning all markets and

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Performance Inverters used in Railway Applications

Tailor made solutions in capacitor markets

Giorgio Cambiaghi - ICAR Export Area Manager

More and more customers in different markets require customized solutions for power electronic capacitors. Last generation of high performance inverters used in Railway, (See Figure 1) Renewable Energy, Heavy Industry applications, to name a few, need more and more customized capacitors to satisfy their

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An FPGA-based motor control system (Source: Altera)

Controlling high-speed motors with an FPGA

B P Jeppesen and A Crosland, Altera

The increasing use of electric motors spinning at up to 100,000 rpm, in applications ranging from electric turbochargers to surgical instruments, is creating new challenges in the design of control circuits. The IGBT switches used in many power converters cannot switch quickly or efficiently enough

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Ally Winning joins Power Systems Design (PSD) as European Editor

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the appointment of Ally Winning as European Editor, PSD.

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Acopian Power Supplies Named a 2017 Raytheon Supplier Excellence Program Award Winner

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KEMET's T583 Space Grade series is designed for mission critical, high capacitance and high ripple current applications.

Organic Polymer Devices Address Mission-Critical Space Applications

KEMET announced the release of its T583 polymer electrolytic capacitors for space applications. KEMET's T583 Space Grade series is designed for mission critical, high capacitance and high ripple current applications. The new devices, manufactured at KEMET’s facilities in Europe, are suitable for communications,

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Heat Exchangers Push Boundaries of Technology With Industry's Highest Density Fins

Norwood, Mass. - Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) is pleased to announce its new line of tube-to-fin, liquid-to-air heat exchangers, one of an array of liquid cooling products that ATS offers.

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Airborne Wireless Network Successfully Performs its Proof-of-Concept Flight Test

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., June 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Airborne Wireless Network is pleased to announce that on May 31, 2017, it completed its Proof of Concept flight tests in Roswell, New Mexico.

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