Power Semiconductors

October 2023

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Figure 1: Examples of 3φ4W (left) and 3φ3W (right) Δ and Y configurations for AC power delivery. (Image: MEAN WELL)

High Wattage HVDC Power Supplies Operate with Single- and Three-Phase Inputs to Support Application Flexibility

MEAN WELL Product Manager, Kai Li, Sager Electronics Technical Support Manager for Power, Don Baldwin

Highly flexible, high-wattage AC/DC power supplies that can operate with a choice of three-wire or four-wire three-phase and single-phase input power provide a selection of direct high-voltage current (HVDC) outputs like 115, 230, and 380 volts DC (Vdc) that are variable from 1 to 120 percent of rated voltage, s

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Date:

10/03/2023

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Figure 1: These 10-kW digital HVDC power supplies are available with CANBus, MODBus, and PMBus communications making them suited for a wide range of high-power applications. (Image: MEAN WELL)

Digital High DC Voltage Power Supplies Provide Efficient and Reliable Industrial Power

MEAN WELL Product Manager, Kai Li, and Sager Electronics Technical Support Manager for Power, Don Baldwin

A growing number of industrial systems require direct current (dc) voltages greater than 60 volts (V) and use power supplies with outputs of 115, 230, and even 380 Vdc to support applications like charging green energy storage systems and electric vehicles, powering communications and computing systems, UV curi

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Date:

10/03/2023

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Figure 1: Reading MOSFET RDS(on) from a standard datasheet

Multi-Dimensional MOSFET Modeling With Interactive Datasheets

Stein Nesbakk, Nexperia

Datasheets are often long and cumbersome, meaning locating and interpreting the required information is not always trivial. Furthermore, the meaning of the listed parameters is rarely explained in the datasheets, and even the slight differences in how they are interpreted can be critical for how a device behaves in

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Date:

10/01/2023

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Figure 1: Field Trench Stop IGBT Structure

All You Need to Know About Using IGBTs

Jinchang Zhou, Product Line Manager, onsemi

The medium-to-high power applications that used IGBTs still exist, as do the devices themselves. In this article we will take a detailed look at IGBTs and then consider existing and emerging topologies that they are suitable for. IGBTs: Physical Structure An IGBT is a semiconductor transistor, or semi

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Date:

10/01/2023