Technical Features

September 2012

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Figure 1 A single Vicor module is a complete DC-DC converter consisting of hundreds of tiny, integrated and optimized components

Future-Proof Automotive High-Voltage-to-SELV Conversion

Greg Green, Director of Automotive Marketing, Vicor

The legacy 12V architecture that has supported vehicles for decades is no longer capable of sustaining the rising electronic load in automotive systems. Current-generation vehicles rely on high-performance ADAS computers, multi-sensor perception stacks, electric chassis systems, zonal controllers and high-p

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Date:

12/30/2025

Integrated Current Sensing

Ann Starks, Applications Engineer, ON Semiconductor

Competitive markets put pressure on OEMs to improve energy efficiency in their product designs. Accordingly, it is important to be able to monitor accurately currents through critical paths

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Date:

09/21/2012

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Figure 1: Relative active power

Performance vs power in off-chip DDR SDRAM

Graham Allan, Senior DDR IP Product Marketing Manager, Synopsys

To deliver new features and higher performance in consumer-electronic products, SoC developers constantly look to integrate more functionality into their designs. SoCs with more features

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Date:

09/12/2012

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Figure 1a: Two TRIACs operating near their Tj(max): The BTB16-600CW standard TRIAC (a) and the T1635H-6T high-temperature TRIAC (b).

How high-TJ TRIACs benefit your applications

Laurent Gonthier and Martial Boulin, Application Development Managers, STMicroelectronics

High-temperature TRIACs present several benefits particularly useful in applications demanding high current density or imposing high-temperature environments. These applications include

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Date:

09/12/2012

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Figure 1: Redundant 8.46 kV lines power an industrial customer's facility.

IEC 61850 increases grid reliability

Howard Self, Program Manager - Cleber Angelo, Medium Voltage Global Outdoor Product Manager, ABB

A power industry consultant recently asked for assistance solving a reliability problem for a municipal utility. The utility had recently experienced disturbances on its system, negatively

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Date:

09/10/2012

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Figure 1: Micro-inverters convert direct current from individual solar panels into alternating current for the electric grid.

Test today your PV inverter for tomorrow

Erik de Jong, Managing Director, Flex Power Grid Laboratory, DNV KEMA

An increasing number of DERs (distributed energy resources), which include storage systems, are connecting to the grid by means of inverters. This is already evident in countries with dedicated

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Date:

09/10/2012

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Figure 1: A conscientious life-cycle design will consider threats at every step of product development and manufacturing.

Securing the life cycle in the smart grid

Kris Ardis, Business Director, Smart Grid Products, Maxim Integrated

Investment in smart meters and smart-grid end equipment continues to grow worldwide as countries try to make their electric delivery systems more efficient. As critical as the electric delivery

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Date:

09/07/2012

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Figure 1: Each stage of embedded-software validation for electric-motor simulation introduces new challenges for test engineers such as high-speed processing and high-power signals.

Improving electric-motor testing techniques

Nick Keel Product Manager, National Instruments, VeriStand - Frank Heidemann CEO, SET GmbH

The growing adoption of electric motors in the automotive industry creates new challenges for embedded-control-system developers and test engineers. Control algorithms for electric-drive

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Date:

09/05/2012

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Figure 1: EpiGaN deposits a unique in-situ SiN capping layer, grown by MOCVD on top of HEMT epi wafers.

New power electronics based on GaN MISHEMPTs

Marianne Germain, PhD, CEO - Stefan Degroote, PhD, COO - Joff Derluyn, PhD, CTO

GaN appears to be a highly suitable material for power switching devices operating at high frequencies without suffering major losses. The Promise of GaN This is due to the drastically

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Date:

09/04/2012