Test & Measurement

    May 2020
    Buck-Boost DC-DC Converters Have Output Adjustment to 48V
    TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the i7C series of 8A 300W rated non-isolated DC-DC converters, packaged with the industry standard 1/16th pinout. The output voltage of these step-up and step-down converters can be adjusted from 9.6 to 48V and accept a wide range input voltage of 9 to 53V. The converters sea
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    Date:
    05/28/2020
    UTAC, AEM to develop Next-Gen CMOS Image Sensor Test Systems

    John Nelson, President and CEO of UTAC and Chandran Nair President of AEM signing the collaboration agreement

    UTAC Holdings Ltd and AEM Holdings Ltd (AEM) jointly announced a plan to collaborate and jointly develop the next-generation, cost-effective test system solutions for CMOS Image Sensor products. Fuelled by the growing need in the fields of security, automotive safety, autonomous vehicles and industrial application
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    Date:
    05/18/2020
    Cost-Optimized 1 Amp POL Converters with 6~36 Input Range
    TRACO Power's new TSR 1E non-isolated / point-of-load DC/DC converters consist of the two most common input /output combinations and are specifically designed to offer a low-cost solution while maintaining a high-quality standard The two cost-optimized models are the TSR 1-2433E (6~36Vin / 3.3 Vout @1A) and the T
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    Date:
    05/18/2020
    Monolithic 65 V, 8 A Step-Down Regulators with Fast Transient Response

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    Figure 1. 12 V, 8 A application using LT8645S at 400 kHz

    The LT8645S and LT8646S are 65 V synchronous step-down monolithic regulators capable of supporting 8 A outputs. Their Silent Switcher 2 architecture enables exceptional EMI performance regardless of layout. The LT8646S features RC external compensation to optimize transient responses. Wide In
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    Date:
    05/03/2020
    Solar Inverter Design

    Figure 1: Replacing a SJ with a SiC MOSFET, switching loss decreases significantly

    Due to the ever-increasing demand for a clean and renewable source of energy, installing solar systems has accelerated significantly in the last decade. Contemporary solar applications require very highly efficient, power-dense and lightweight grid-tied inverters. Traditionally, IGBT has been the device of
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    Date:
    05/03/2020

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