Technical Features

February 2019
Smart Consideration of Inductor Thermal Performance for DC-DC Converter Performance and Reliability

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Figure1: Inductor Self-heating in the core vs the winding

The efficiency and the thermal properties of key components have very real implications for the success of any converter design. Switching FETs and inductors are generally the two most considered choices determining size and performance of any converter. Though made of vastly different materials of course, and with dif
Date:
02/28/2026
Slightly more than forty years ago, the silicon power MOSFET was a disruptive technology that displaced the bipolar transistor as the power conversion device of choice for the semiconductor industry – and a $12B market emerged. Click image to enlarge GaN Cube   The dynamics of this transition taught us that there a
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Date:
02/24/2019
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