Power Semiconductors

November 2023

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

The Fast-Growing and Ever-Evolving Power Semiconductor Devices Market

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

The power semiconductor devices market is estimated at USD 41.81 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 49.23 billion by 2028 (an estimated 3.66% CAGR), according to a recent report from Mordor Intelligence. This market has come a long way since the early days when germanium power devices were used for ca

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11/01/2023

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Figure 1: Footprint comparison: EiceDRIVER 2EDN7534U in TSNP vs SMD resistors

Smallest Dual-Channel Low-Side Gate Driver ICs

Antonello Laneve, Staff System Application Engineer, Walter Balzarotti, Principal Product Application Engineer, and Dr. Diogo Varajao, Head of Technical Marketing of Isolation ICs, Infineon Technologies

Overall power levels have been going up in Datacenter and Computing to supply the GPUs and CPUs used in emerging applications such as Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning. Consequently, ever-increasing power density and efficiency requirements require innovation, not only on power switch te

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11/01/2023

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Figure 1: Thermal infrared image of a PCB showing significant heat sources. (Source: Teledyne Flir)

A Guide to the Fundamentals of Thermal Management

Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics

Electronic components like to run cool. Any part that exhibits an internal self-heating effect will reduce its reliability and those of others around it. The heat generated may also cause long-term warping of the PCB, potentially decreasing the integrity of connections to other components and impacting trace im

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11/01/2023

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Mind the Bandgap

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Welcome to the November edition of Power Systems Design Europe. With there being no electronica this year, this month will be quieter than normal. That won’t stop the innovation in the power industry though, as new announcements and breakthroughs are coming thick and fast. I try to cover as much of these as I

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11/01/2023