Tech Talk

    July 2024
    Faster Real-Time Control for Power Designs

    Joe Thomsen, corporate vice president of digital signal controller business unit, Microchip

      The digital control of power supplies has led to many benefits, including more efficient operation and higher power density through its enabling of complex power conversion topologies, such as resonant and quasi-resonant converters. It also provides better management of power and makes the power suppl
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    Date:
    07/31/2024
    PCIM - ­Upgrade for Popular Isolation Family

    Emmanuel Onyema, Product Line Manager, Skyworks

      Skyworks launched its Si86x family of capacitive isolators over ten years ago. It has proven popular with engineers over that time and the products are still selling well, but changes in demands from the industry have meant that newer solutions are required to fulfil them.   Emmanuel Onyem
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    Date:
    07/25/2024
    PCIM News - ­Speeding SiC Designs to Market

    Wolfspeed's three-phase SpeedVal Modular Evaluation Kit for electrical motor drive design

      SiC MOSFETs are superior to IGBTs in many ways. They are more efficient, they are tougher, they have much better thermal resistance, and they enable smaller designs. However, care needs to be taken when incorporating SiC MOSFETs in a design as the gate drive and circuit parasitics of the board be
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    Date:
    07/18/2024
    Lights Out For Optocouplers

    Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert, Power Management at Analog Devices

      Optocouplers are devices which have traditionally been heavily used in power systems. They allow a feedback signal to be fed from the output of the circuit to a controller that dynamically adjusts the circuit for better regulation. Optocouplers provide isolation by turning the electrical signal into a
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    Date:
    07/12/2024
    PCIM News – Microchip, PI and Nexperia

    An exhibitor demonstrates products at PCIM 2024

      According to the organizers, this year PCIM had 637 exhibitors, a record number, with 60% coming from outside Germany. In total, over 18,000 visitors attended the exhibition.   Nexperia As expected, the most popular vertical market at the exhibition was the automotive one. There
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    Date:
    07/03/2024
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    Apr 22,2026
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