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May 2017
Detect Power Variations with Analog Devices’ ADE9000 AFE for Power Quality Monitoring, Now at Mouser

Detect Power Variations with Analog Devices’ ADE9000 AFE for Power Quality Monitoring

Detect Power Variations with Analog Devices’ ADE9000 AFE for Power Quality Monitoring, Now at Mouser
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the ADE9000 analog front end (AFE) from Analog Devices. The ADE9000 is a highly integrated polyphase AFE with power quality analysis des
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05/31/2017

Redefining Alternative Energy and the Smart Grid

Renewable energy is booming in the United States.

Redefining Alternative Energy and the Smart Grid
Jason Lomberg, Editor, North America, PSD

“We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It's just not in usable form yet.” - Peter Diamandis, author and founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation We’ve never been closer to commercializing viable replacements for
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05/31/2017
CES 2018 to Spotlight the Future of Smart Cities
Arlington, VA, May 31, 2017 -The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) today announced that Smart Cities will be a new area of focus at CES, as the show launches a dedicated Marketplace (exhibit area) and a full schedule of related conference programming. Owned and produced by CTA, CES 2018 is the world's gather
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05/31/2017
Cold Conversion of Food Waste into Renewable Energy and Fertilizer
Concordia University

Researchers from Concordia's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the fight against global warming to colder climes. Their weapon of choice? Cold-loving bacteria. In a study published in Process Safety and Environmental Pro
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05/31/2017
Study Shows Big Smart Meter Investment Yielded 'Very Small' Electricity Savings
University of Waterloo

Smart meters and time-of-use electricity pricing have only modestly reduced residential energy demand during the most expensive peak periods, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Waterloo compared data for nine months before and nine months after time-of-use rates were introduced in Novemb
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05/31/2017
Magnetoelectric Memory Cell Increases Energy Efficiency for Data Storage
American Institute of Physics

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today's computers provide storage of tremendous quantities of information with extremely large data densities, but writing and retrieving this information expends a lot of energy. More than 99 percent of the consumed power of information storage and processing is wasted in the form of heat, a b
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05/31/2017
The Future of Transport is Magnetic
In advance of a CWIEME Berlin seminar, project leaders from two prestigious universities reveal their exciting experiences in developing magnetically-propelled transit pods for the SpaceX Hyperloop. Click image to enlarge MIT’s pod carries out its test run at the SpaceX Hyperloop tunnel in Californi
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05/31/2017

eRamp

"eRamp" strengthens Germany and Europe in power electronics
One of the most important European research projects for energy efficiency, “eRamp”, is coming to a close. Over the past three years, 26 partners from business and science have explored innovative electronics components for using energy even more efficiently. Their focus was on the rapid introduction of new pr
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05/30/2017
The Elusive “Break-Even” Point for Alternative Energy
Jason Lomberg, Editor, North America, PSD

How did my lovely, talented, infinitely kind and caring wife end up with a schlub like me? Luck, I guess. I like to think she made an investment in her future (and one amazing son later, I’d say the ROI was fantastic!). And that’s the quandary the smart grid/alternative energy market finds itself in, whethe
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05/30/2017
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Introduces 200 V Gallium Nitride Power Transistor 12 Times Smaller Than Equivalently Rated MOSFETS

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Introduces 200 V Gallium Nitride Power Transistor 12 Times Smaller Than Equivalently Rated MOSFETS

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Introduces 200 V Gallium Nitride Power Transistor 12 Times Smaller Than Equivalently Rated MOSFETS
EPC announces the EPC2046 power transistor for use in applications including wireless power, multi-level AC-DC power supplies, robotics, solar micro inverters, and low inductance motor drives. The EPC2046 has a voltage rating of 200 V and maximum RDS(on) of 25 mΩ with a 55 A pulsed output current. C
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05/25/2017
ABB’s new microgrid technology lights up rural communities and businesses
ABB is bringing affordable, safe and reliable electricity to remote communities thanks to its new integrated microgrid solution, MGS100, that enables solar power and battery energy storage. The MGS100 has been built to perform in extreme environments, and has the ability to transform lives and businesses for the b
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05/25/2017
Infineon starts volume production of first full-SiC-module, announces additional devices for its CoolSiC™ family

Infineon starts volume production of first full-SiC-module, announces additional devices for its CoolSiC™ family

Infineon starts volume production of first full-SiC-module, announces additional devices for its CoolSiC™ family
Higher efficiency, increased power density, smaller footprints and reduced system costs: these are the main advantages of transistors based on silicon carbide (SiC). Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) is starting volume production for the EASY 1B, the first full-SiC module announced during PCIM 201
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05/17/2017
LEM reinvents the fluxgate technology for high accuracy current measurement with a low noise level, over a wide temperature range

LEM reinvents the fluxgate technology for high accuracy current measurement with a low noise level, over a wide temperature range

LEM reinvents the fluxgate technology for high accuracy current measurement with a low noise level, over a wide temperature range
LEM reinvents the fluxgate technology, announcing the new IN 2000-S high accuracy current transducer for non-intrusive and isolated measurement of DC, AC and pulsed nominal current of 2000 A. This is the first model of a future family that will cover a range of different primary currents. Click image to
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05/16/2017
Compact, Efficient SCALE-iDriver™ IC Family from Power Integrations Supports 1700 V IGBTs

New gate driver IC targets applications from 400-690 VAC, including three-level topology inverters

Compact, Efficient SCALE-iDriver™ IC Family from Power Integrations Supports 1700 V IGBTs
Power Integrations, the leader in IGBT and MOSFET driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, today announced an expansion of its SCALE-iDriver™ family of galvanically isolated single-channel gate driver ICs. The new devices support IGBT blocking voltages up to 1700 V, which are generally us
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05/16/2017
TRENCHSTOP™ Advanced Isolation package for discrete IGBTs

TRENCHSTOP™ Advanced Isolation package for discrete IGBTs

TRENCHSTOP™ Advanced Isolation package for discrete IGBTs
Infineon Technologies introduces the new package technology TRENCHSTOP™ Advanced Isolation. It is available for TRENCHSTOP and TRENCHSTOP Highspeed 3 IGBTs for best-in-class thermal performance and simpler manufacturing. The two versions are performance optimized to replace both fully insulated packages (FullPA
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05/11/2017
New PIC32 Family of 32-Bit Microcontrollers Optimized for Motor Control and General Purpose Applications

Microchip’s PIC32MK Family is Packed with Analog Peripherals, Dual USB Capabilities and Support for up to Four CAN 2.0 Ports

New PIC32 Family of 32-Bit Microcontrollers Optimized for Motor Control and General Purpose Applications
The newest family of PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs) is now available from Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP). The PIC32MK family features four highly integrated MCUs for precision dual Motor Control applications (PIC32MK MC) and eight MCUs packed with serial communication modules for General Purpose
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05/11/2017
15dB Gain Differential Amplifier Delivers up to +50dBm OIP3 Linearity and Low Noise from 100kHz to 1.4GHz

An Ultralow Distortion 15dB Gain Wideband Differential Amplifier Extends Outstanding Dynamic Range to Low Frequencies

15dB Gain Differential Amplifier Delivers up to +50dBm OIP3 Linearity and Low Noise from 100kHz to 1.4GHz
Analog Devices announces the LTC6432-15, a wideband fully differential amplifier with 15dB gain, offering linearity of up to +50.3dBm OIP3 (output third-order intercept), very high OP1dB (output 1dB compression point) of +22.7dBm, and 3.2dB noise figure at 150MHz. In addition to its outstanding signal-to-noise
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05/11/2017
New Opportunities at PSD
Jim Graham, Editorial Director, PSD

This is the busy time of the year for those of us in the Power Electronics Industry. APEC was a great show and PSD held their 8th annual golf tournament along with sponsors, Mouser Electronics and Coilcraft.  Congratulations goes to United Silicon Carbide who proudly was the recipient of the perpetual tro
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05/05/2017
Riedon Expands its DC Current Shunt Resistor Portfolio with Current Ranges from 1 Amp to 10,000 Amps

DC Current Shunt Resistors

Riedon Expands its DC Current Shunt Resistor Portfolio with Current Ranges from 1 Amp to 10,000 Amps
Riedon, a specialist manufacturer of cutting-edge power and precision resistors, has expanded its portfolio of precision current shunts to provide one of the broadest range of current ratings available today. Responding to increases in the output levels from renewable energy sources, higher capacity batteries that req
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05/04/2017
Designing Batteryless Devices for Industrial and IoT Applications

Batteryless EPD (Source: Toppan Printing)

Designing Batteryless Devices for Industrial and IoT Applications
Scott Soong, CEO, Pervasive Displays

The IoT has a battery problem. IoT implementations require large numbers of small devices deployed in areas without easy access to mains power. These devices therefore need to be low power and battery powered. But battery-powered devices present challenges. Batteries need to be recharged or replaced regularly, an
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05/03/2017
Using SPICE model blocks – Part Two

Relative timing of all edges for the input clock (CLK) and the two outputs (HS & LS)

Using SPICE model blocks – Part Two
Steven J. Goldman, Applications Engineer

This article is Part Two of a mini-series, presenting useful SPICE model blocks to help motor control and power supply designers perform effective simulations.  Part One introduced a block called “DUALCLOCK” that generates two floating clock outputs (see PSD, March 2017) for driving half-bridge circuit
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05/03/2017
Balancing energy efficiency and ease-of-use in a world of high power demands

Schematic drawing of conventional HV planar MOSFET and SJ MOSFET

Balancing energy efficiency and ease-of-use in a world of high power demands
Dr. Stefan Gamerith: Senior Expert Product Marketing & Tamara Krappinger: Product Marketing Manager / MSc.

We are surrounded by electrically powered devices. The mobile phones in our pockets, the laptop computers we use on the job, the television in our living rooms, the servers powering the Internet, or even the EV car in our garage - all require electricity to operate and drive the demand for power supplies which ar
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05/02/2017
Power quality monitoring technology - helping industrial equipment stay healthy

See the different sources of power quality problems in the United States (left) and Europe (right). Source: Melhorn et al., 2005, McNulty et al., 2002, Manson & Targosz, 2008

Power quality monitoring technology - helping industrial equipment stay healthy
Chandrappa Niranjan & Banerjee Swarnab , Analog Devices

According to a recent study published by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), large industrial facilities in the US lose over $100 billion every year due to power problems including power supply variations and voltage disturbances.  When the lights flicker at home, it’s an annoyance. But when po
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05/02/2017
Avoiding Voltage Rail Blind Spots

LTC3886 Schematic Converting 48VIN to 5V/15A & 12V/15A

Avoiding Voltage Rail Blind Spots
Bruce Haug Sr. Product Marketing Engineer, Power Products, Linear Technology Corporation

Knowing the condition and operating status of a voltage regulator is perhaps the last remaining blind spots in today’s modern electronic systems since they do not normally have the means for directly configuring or remotely monitoring key operating parameters. It’s usually critical for reliable operation wh
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05/02/2017
Unleashing SiC MOSFETs to Extract their Maximum Performance in Power Converter Designs

Dynamic characterization platform

Unleashing SiC MOSFETs to Extract their Maximum Performance in Power Converter Designs
Xuning Zhang, Principal Application Engineer & Levi Gant, Application Engineer Monolith Semiconductor, Inc.

Silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs switch up to five to ten times faster than silicon (Si) IGBTs and can operate at higher junction temperatures. Because they can switch on and off so quickly, they enable higher switching frequencies and therefore allow those designing inverters and other power converters to shrink th
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05/02/2017
Small Leadless-SMD Packages Replacing Large Modules for High Power GaN and SiC Products

μMaxPak Smart Single-Switch Cross-Section

Small Leadless-SMD Packages Replacing Large Modules for High Power GaN and SiC Products
Courtney R. Furnival – Semiconductor Packaging Solutions

Power WBG Package Requirements The power Wide Band Gap (WBG) market is ramping with SiC and GaN devices replacing Si FETs and IGBTs for higher power and higher voltage products. These WBG materials will not only provide far superior performance and speed, but provide higher power densities, efficiency, rel
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05/02/2017
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