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Oxford Ionics and Iceberg Quantum Partner to Accelerate Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Dr Chris Ballance, co-founder and CEO of Oxford Ionics

­Oxford Ionics, a leader in trapped-ion quantum computing, today announced that it has partnered with Iceberg Quantum, a quantum architecture company specialising in Quantum Low-Density Parity-Check (qLDPC) codes.  When building quantum computers, ensuring error rates are low enough to perform accurate
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Date:
07/17/2025
iDEAL's SuperQ Technology Powers into Production, Reveals 150 V and 200 V MOSFETs With Industry-Leading Figures of Merit

iDEAL's SuperQ Technology Powers into Production, Reveals 150 V and 200 V MOSFETs With Industry-Leading Figures of Merit

­iDEAL Semiconductor’s SuperQ™ technology has entered full production, with the first products being 150 V MOSFETs. A family of 200 V MOSFETs is sampling. SuperQ is the first significant advance in silicon MOSFET design in more than a quarter of a century and delivers unmatched performance and efficie
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Date:
07/17/2025
Microchip Enters into Partnership Agreement with Delta Electronics on Silicon Carbide Solutions for the Future of Power Management

Microchip Enters into Partnership Agreement with Delta Electronics on Silicon Carbide Solutions for the Future of Power Management

­The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and the electrification of everything are driving an ever-increasing demand for higher levels of power efficiency and reliability. Microchip Technology announces that under a new partnership agreement with Delta Electronics, Inc. (later referred to as “Delta El
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Date:
07/17/2025
Littelfuse TVS Diodes Cut Clamping Voltage by Up to 15% for DC Line Protection

New Littelfuse TVS Diodes Cut Clamping Voltage by Up to 15% for DC Line Protection

­Littelfuse, Inc., an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, announced the launch of the 5.0SMDJ-FB TVS Diode Series, a 5000 W surface-mount solution in a DO-214AB package engineered to protect sensitive DC power lines from overvoltage transients.  The new serie
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Date:
07/16/2025
Nexperia Brings the Benefits of Clip-Bonded FlatPower Packaging to Bipolar Junction Transistors

Nexperia Brings the Benefits of Clip-Bonded FlatPower Packaging to Bipolar Junction Transistors

­Nexperia announced the expansion of its bipolar junction transistor (BJTs) portfolio by introducing 12 new MJD-style BJTs in clip-bonded FlatPower (CFP15B) packaging. This new offering released as MJPE-series addresses the ongoing industry demand for more power-efficient and cost-effective designs in both in
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Date:
07/16/2025
Space and Weight-Saving Harting Han-Modular Domino Connectors Available from Powell

Space and Weight-Saving Harting Han-Modular Domino Connectors Available from Powell

­In stock at Powell Electronics, the supplier of connectors and more for high-rel applications including defense, aerospace and industrial, are Han-Modular Domino modules from Harting. The modular connector series enables a hybrid combination of transmission media in one module. Just as a domino has two se
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Date:
07/16/2025
Argentina’s Power Capacity to Increase to 61.8GW by 2035, Forecasts GlobalData

Argentina’s Power Capacity to Increase to 61.8GW by 2035, Forecasts GlobalData

­Argentina has been grappling with significant power shortages in recent years, compelling the government to focus on augmenting the nation's installed capacity. through the development of hydropower, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Against this backdrop, the cumulative power capacity of the country is for
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Date:
07/15/2025
Eagleview and SkyWatch Announce Alliance to Expand Access to Ultra High-Resolution Aerial Imagery

CEO of Eagleview Piers Dormeyer

­Eagleview, a leading provider of aerial imagery and analytics, and SkyWatch, a leader in remote sensing data technology, today are announcing a new collaboration that makes Eagleview’s ultra high-resolution aerial imagery available across the SkyWatch platform. This new initiative is a response to the gr
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Date:
07/15/2025
Same Sky Introduces New Latching Power Relays

Same Sky Introduces New Latching Power Relays

­Same Sky’s Relays Group announced the addition of latching power relay models to its power relays product line. The PRL family of latching power relays features single coil and double coil types with max switching currents from 10 to 20 A. Offering SPST (1 Form A), SPDT (1 Form C), and DPST (2 Form A
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Date:
07/15/2025
Wärtsilä Engines Selected to Deliver Reliable Power for U.S. Data Center

Wärtsilä Engines Selected to Deliver Reliable Power for U.S. Data Center

­Technology group Wärtsilä will supply 282MW of flexible engines to operate a new data center project in Ohio, USA. The onsite power facility, providing power directly to the data center, will operate with fifteen Wärtsilä 18V50SG engines running on natural gas. The order was booked by Wärtsilä in Q2 20
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Date:
07/15/2025
Bourns Announces its Smallest Package AEC-Q200 Compliant, Automotive Grade Thick Film Resistors

Bourns CR01005A-AS, Sulfur-resistant Thick Film Resistor Product Extension

­Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced its AEC-Q200 compliant, automotive grade CR01005A-AS Series Thick Film Resistors. An extension to the Company’s popular CR-A-AS Series, these new resistors fe
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Date:
07/14/2025
South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. Issues Request for Proposals To Meet Long-Term Capacity and Energy Needs

Clif Lange, General Manager, STEC

­South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (STEC) issued a request for proposals (RFP) through which it seeks to obtain long-term generating capacity and associated energy. The RFP solicits bids for up to 500 megawatts (MW) of firm, dispatchable capacity and associated energy.  Under this RFP, STEC will
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Date:
07/14/2025
PSDcast – What Autonomous Systems Engineers Can Learn from Space Engineers

Bernd Lienhard, CEO of VORAGO

­We’re all keenly aware that space engineers have to design their systems to function in the most challenging environments, but terrestrial autonomous systems also have to deal with extreme challenges, like radiation exposure. And on the line to discuss this is Bernd Lienhard, CEO of VORAGO.
Date:
07/14/2025
LEAD Launches Advanced Solution for Battery Formation and Grading, Setting New Standards in Energy Efficiency and Cost Optimization

Formation and Aging Equipment

­Lead Intelligent Equipment (hereinafter referred to as "LEAD"), a global leader in intelligent manufacturing solutions, has introduced a cutting-edge battery formation and grading system designed to significantly reduce energy consumption, lower operational costs, and enhance production consistency fo
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Date:
07/14/2025
Sabanci Renewables Deepens U.S. Presence with Latest Acquisition of Texas Solar Project

Tolga Kaan Doğancıoglu, CEO of Sabanci Climate Technologies

­Sabanci Renewables, the U.S.-based renewables platform of Sabanci Group, has acquired the 156 MWdc Pepper Solar Power Plant in McLennan County, Texas, from OCI Energy. The transaction marks Sabanci Renewables’ third utility-scale solar project in the U.S. and further solidifies its growing footprint in the ER
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Date:
07/11/2025
ArcLight to Acquire Middletown Energy Center, a Highly Efficient 484 MW Plant in Ohio

Angelo Acconcia, Partner at ArcLight

­ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC (together with its affiliates, “ArcLight”) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire 100 percent of the economic interests in Middletown Energy Center (“Middletown”), a top quartile, highly efficient 484 MW natural gas fired power generation as
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Date:
07/11/2025
New QSMP-25 Solder-Down Module Features Next-Gen STM32 MPU to Enable Secure Edge AI in Industry 4.0 Applications

New QSMP-25 Solder-Down Module Features Next-Gen STM32 MPU to Enable Secure Edge AI in Industry 4.0 Applications

Direct Insight, the UK-based technical systems integrator focused on system-on-module (SoM) solutions, can now deliver and support development with QSMP-25 solder-down QFN-style SoMs (system-on-modules), featuring second-generation STMicro STM32 MPUs. “This new QSMP-25 solder-down module de
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Date:
07/11/2025
University of Bath Student Drone Team Flying High with World Championship Win

University of Bath Student Drone Team Flying High with World Championship Win

­Student engineers from the University of Bath have been crowned world champions in a contest to design, build and fly their own drone.  Team Bath Drones won the 2025 UAS Challenge, which brought together 32 teams from universities around the world for a final fly-off event at BMFA Buckminster in Lincol
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Date:
07/11/2025
Mouser Now Stocking Bosch BMV080 Ultra-Compact Particulate Matter Sensor for IoT and Smart Applications

Mouser Now Stocking Bosch BMV080 Ultra-Compact Particulate Matter Sensor for IoT and Smart Applications

­Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is now shipping the new BMV080 particulate matter sensor from Bosch. The BMV080 features small dimensions (4.4 × 3.0 × 20 mm including flex PCB) and a fanless, no
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Date:
07/11/2025
Dynamic Load Balancing Controller for EV Charging Efficiency

Dynamic Load Balancing Controller for EV Charging Efficiency

­Carlo Gavazzi Automation, the international electronics group with activities in the design, manufacture and marketing of electronic equipment, is pleased to announce the launch of the UWP-DLB Series, an advanced solution delivering intelligent dynamic load balancing for electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. It
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Date:
07/10/2025
Infineon Expands Security Controller Portfolio for USB Tokens with new ID Key S USB for More Security and Versatility

Infineon ID Key S USB is highly secured and designed for a wide range of USB- and USB/NFC-token devices and applications like certificate- based authentication,Fast Identity Online (FIDO) authentication with device-bound passkeys, digital signatures, encryption, access control, software protection..

­Infineon Technologies AG is expanding its offering for universal serial bus (USB) tokens, dongles, security keys, and other hardware authenticators with the introduction of the new Infineon ID Key family. The newest member, the ID Key S USB is a highly secured and versatile product designed for a wide range of
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Date:
07/09/2025
Bourns Expands AEC-Q200 Compliant, Automotive Grade Current Sense Resistor Line Offering Higher Power Rating, Wider Resistance Range

Bourns® Model CRK1225 offers higher power rating and wider resistance range.

­Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced its Model CRK1225 current sense resistor, an extension of the Company’s popular CRK Series. Providing up to 3 W of power dissipation and supporting a wider re
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Date:
07/09/2025
JEDEC Releases New LPDDR6 Standard to Enhance Mobile and AI Memory Performance

Mian Quddus, JEDEC’s Chairman of the Board of Directors

­JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in standards development for the microelectronics industry, today announced the publication of JESD209-6, the latest Low Power Double Data Rate 6 (LPDDR6) standard. JESD209-6 is designed to significantly boost memory speed and efficiency for a variety of
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Date:
07/09/2025
Bourns Announces High Power Metal Strip Current Sense Resistors in Compact SMD 2010 Package

Bourns® Model CRF2010 Current Sense Resistor

­Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced an extension of its CRF Series automotive grade, AEC-Q200 compliant current sense resistors to be available in a compact surface mount (SMD) 2010 package. Bo
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Date:
07/08/2025
FCL Components Announces IATF16949 Factory Certification for FTR-K1-AM Relays for Automotive Charging

FCL Components Announces IATF16949 Factory Certification for FTR-K1-AM Relays for Automotive Charging

­FCL Components America, Inc., has announced that the factory in Japan where it manufacturers FTR-K1-AM relays for automotive chargers is IATF16949 certified. Many automotive makers around the world have adopted IATF16949 as a procurement standard. The FTR-K1-AM series is a power relay with
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Date:
07/08/2025
Wärtsilä will Provide a Power Plant Solution for a Significant Mining Initiative in Pakistan

Wärtsilä will provide the 204 MW of power supply required by a significant mining project in Pakistan

­Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 204 MW power plant solution for the Reko Diq copper-gold mining project in Pakistan. The power plant will operate with 12 Wärtsilä 50 engines and auxiliaries. The order was placed by Reko Diq Mining Company (RDMC) and booked by Wärtsilä in Q2 2025. The Wärtsil
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Date:
07/08/2025
Yokogawa Optical Spectrum Analyser Proves Essential to the Characterisation of Advanced Lasers for Quantum Computing Applications at Vexlum

Yokogawa Optical Spectrum Analyser Proves Essential to the Characterisation of Advanced Lasers for Quantum Computing Applications at Vexlum

­The promise of quantum computing could extend the potential of digital technology far beyond the capabilities of today’s conventional computers. However, ensuring that quantum computing fulfill its potential requires the deployment of special lasers able to keep emissions at an accurate wavelength in the vi
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Date:
07/03/2025
Bourns Expands MF-MSMF Multifuse PPTC Series with 32 Additional Part Numbers and Increases Number of Models with 60 VDC Capability

Bourns® expands Multifuse® MF-MSMF Series with 32 additional part numbers

­Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced expansion of its Multifuse® MF-MSMF Series high power surface mount Polymer Positive Temperature Coefficient (PPTC) resettable fuses. Bourns has added 32 pa
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Date:
07/03/2025
Würth Elektronik and Nexperia Present Motor Driver Evaluation Kit

The Nexperia NEVB-MTR1-KIT1 motor driver evaluation kit is the result of collaboration between Nexperia and Würth Elektronik.
Image source: Nexperia

­Würth Elektronik and Nexperia have developed the NEVB-MTR1-KIT1 modular motor driver evaluation kit. The kit, created in collaboration, can be configured for use in under two minutes and is conveniently powered via USB-C. Thanks to the open architecture, microcontrollers and components can be easil
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Date:
07/03/2025
AONDevices and H&S HighTech Forge Strategic Alliance to Expand Super-Low-Power, Always-On Edge AI Globally

Mouna Elkhatib, CEO of AONDevices

­AONDevices, Inc., a pioneer in super-low-power, always-on edge AI technology, and H&S HighTech Corp., a global leader in semiconductor and electronics distribution, today announced a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the worldwide adoption of next-generation always-on AI solutions. As pa
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Date:
07/02/2025
Microchip Partners with Nippon Chemi-Con and NetVision on First ASA-ML Camera Development Ecosystem for Japanese Automotive Market

Microchip Partners with Nippon Chemi-Con and NetVision on First ASA-ML Camera Development Ecosystem for Japanese Automotive Market

­An automotive industry transition is underway to replace proprietary camera connectivity with solutions based on the open and interoperable Automotive Serdes Alliance Motion Link (ASA-ML) standard driven by over 150 member companies worldwide. To simplify and accelerate the adoption of ASA-ML for Advanced Dr
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Date:
07/02/2025
Bourns Announces High Heat Tolerant Thick Film Resistor Series in a Compact TO-227 Package

The Riedon™ PF2270 Series Power Film Resistors by Bourns®

­Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced a new thick film resistor series that delivers high heat tolerance in a compact TO-227 package. The Riedon™ PF2270 Series Power Film Resistors by Bourns® a
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Date:
07/01/2025
Larger and More Reliable Batteries and the Means to Charge Them

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

­Welcome to the July issue! We’ve just passed the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (sorry, Antarctica!), and with kids home from school and the weather considerably less treacherous, we hope you’re able to enjoy the outdoors, and pull yourself away from the workbench long enough for an ho
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Date:
07/01/2025
A Summer Recharge

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

­Welcome to the July edition of Power Systems Design Europe. Summer is generally the quietest time for the industry before the busy autumn season. It gives us the chance to relax and recharge ourselves and also some time to reflect on the beginning of the year. Within a comparatively short period of time, things a
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Date:
07/01/2025
The Hidden Bottleneck in AI: How the Network Can Make or Break Your LLM Strategy

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Figure 1: Keysight AI Data Center Builder is the foundational solution for validating AI data center performance across compute, interconnect, network, and power

­The network infrastructure connecting GPUs, switches, and servers in modern data centers is under enormous strain. As AI models scale into the hundreds of billions of parameters, the spotlight is shifting toward one of the most critical, yet often overlooked, components of AI training performance: the network. Hi
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Date:
07/01/2025
Smarter Infrastructure: AI-Driven LiDAR Classification for Electric Utilities

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Figure 1: High accuracy LiDAR Classification excels in dense distribution network areas

­Meeting today’s demands for resilience, safety, and efficiency requires accurate, timely, and scalable data about physical assets. One technology that is rapidly redefining how utilities manage infrastructure is LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). LiDAR captures millions to billions of high-resolution, three-dim
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Date:
07/01/2025
Emerging Electrification of Military Ground Systems

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Figure 1: BAE 155 MM M109A7 self-propelled Howitzer

­While the implementation of electric components in the military will require time and intention, emerging technology in the semiconductor industry, coupled with recent strides in the commercial automotive sector, simplify such efforts. This article will explore the various options of electrification in milita
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Date:
07/01/2025
BMS Transformers in Energy Storage Systems

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Figure 1: Method for storing electrical energy in terms of storage duration and capacity

­The conversion of electric grids to renewable energies, especially wind power and photovoltaics, which are not always available, is fueling the need for larger energy storage systems. These require a sophisticated battery management system (BMS) for reliable operation. BMS transformers can be used to insulate th
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Date:
07/01/2025
EV Charging Levels from Residential  to Commercial

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Figure 1: Residential EV charger

­At the center of our societal-wide EV transformation lies an intricate network of chargers, a critical infrastructure that defines the usability and practicality of EVs. To increase the adoption of EVs, understanding the types and nuances of chargers is important. Electric vehicle chargers come in diverse forms, ranging from
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Date:
07/01/2025
Automotive Functional Safety and ISO 26262

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Figure 1: Off-battery dual-output buck preregulator with output voltage-monitor ICs

­Any influential technology emanates a set of risks, which can be especially serious in automotive safety-related systems. The purpose of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 26262 series of standards, Road vehicles – Functional safety, is to mitigate risks in road vehicles by providing gu
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Date:
07/01/2025
Why Accurate Cell Data Matters in Battery SoC and SoH Determination

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Figure 1: The test procedure undertaken by the white paper

­As SoC and SoH cannot be directly measured, various methods of computational complexity are used to determine their values. The accuracy of quantifiable metrics—temperature, voltage, and current—and the synchronization of data captured for all cells are critical inputs for the algorithms used to determine ov
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Date:
07/01/2025
DC/DC Converters Bring Fuel Cell Solutions to Life

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Figure 1: Electrolysis Cell vs Fuel Cell Schematic

­Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert the chemical energy from a gaseous fuel, often hydrogen, directly into electrical energy. This process occurs in a reaction chamber, or "cell" (Figure 1). When hydrogen serves as the fuel, the process resembles electrolysis in reverse. In electrolysis, el
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Date:
07/01/2025
Batteries and  Energy Storage

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

­There are many types of energy storage technology approaches, each suited to different applications based on their ability to deliver capacity, safety, performance, power output, lifespan, cost, and efficiency. Storage applications range from portable electronics and electric and hybrid-electric vehicles to ba
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Date:
07/01/2025
LMR Battery Cells – Powering the Future

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Perhaps the most critical factor for our electrified future is energy density – whoever boosts the lifeblood of tomorrow’s EVs stands at the bleeding edge of innovation. And General Motors is aiming for that spot, partnering with LG Energy Solutions to commercialize lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic ba
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Date:
07/01/2025
Are We Giving Up on the Fight Against Climate Change?

Ally Winning, European Editor

­There seems to be a slow but definite change in our determination to tackle climate change since the COVID-19 pandemic. It always has been difficult to get politicians to enact Net Zero policies, but now they seem to be pushing back on even the small measures they have already passed, such as phasing out the sa
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Date:
07/01/2025
PassThru of a Voltage Using Buck-Boost Regulators

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Figure 1: A system in which the permissible voltage range of a load is narrower than the possible voltage range of the energy source

­This article will illustrate how special converters equipped with PassThru™ mode can be useful when the circuit’s input voltage is too high or too low to power a load. It will give examples of how PassThru mode is used with buck-boost regulators and boost regulators to increase power supply efficiency an
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Date:
07/01/2025
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