Power Systems Design (PSD) Information to Power Your Designs

March 2011

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Figure 1: Measuring power-train efficiency in an electric vehicle, showing four DC measurements (1 to 4) with the corresponding mechanical power measurements (M1 to M4)

Precision Power Analysis

Anoop Gangadharan, Yokogawa Europe

In the rapidly evolving area of power electronics, the need for reliable testing to enhance safety, efficiency and performance has never been greater. In sectors as diverse as renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy-efficient technologies, changing application needs and evolving industry standards call

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Date:

12/01/2018

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Figure 1: I-V characteristics of 10ms half sine pulses at different peak currents. Curve (c) is slightly above, curve (d) is far above the destruction threshold.

Surge Current Limitations

Thomas Hunger, Oliver Schilling, Frank Wolter, Thomas Schütze Infineon Technologies AG Warstein, Germany

The ability of silicon power diodes to withstand a rapid forward current load, described by its i2t-value, is an important criterion that has to be regarded in the selection of the proper devices

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Date:

03/24/2011

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Figure 1 - Typical wind farm configuration

Grounding Transformers

Curt Collins, Director of Sales, Pacific Crest Transformers Medford, Oregon

The grounding transformer is an often neglected component of the wind farm - shunted off to a sidebar issue. However, those who neglect to adequately plan for grounding transformers do so at their

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Date:

03/24/2011

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PV Off-the-Roll

Dr. Florian Schwager, Product Manager, Solar Barrier Films, Performance Polymers, Evonik

Thin-film solar cells are developing into a rapidly growing market segment. If their commercial potential is to be fully exploited, the solar modules must be produced in a roll-to-roll manufacturing

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Date:

03/24/2011

ITT Interconnect Solutions' EVC series connectors

Effective Contact

Ted Worroll, Product Manager, ITT Interconnect Solutions

This advanced charging in electric vehicles (EV) requires highly efficient power contacts to provide flexible functionality, with minimal modifications, across a power range from a low of 15 amps/120

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Date:

03/24/2011

Digital POL Power

Dan Tooth PhD, Field Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments

An engineer designing with FPGAs or Processors often has to provide some serious amount of power at high efficiency over load. Not only must the rails be regulated correctly and not overheat, but additional functionality may be required. Recent evaluation boards from Xilinx (ML605 and SP605) for Virtex-6

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Date:

03/15/2011

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