Power applications

Electromobility is fast becoming a reality. In fact, every seventh car produced today is operating on a form of electrification. Demonstrating the power and convenience of an electric vehicle (EV), Volkswagen of America has teamed up with long-distance driving expert Rainer Zietlow for the VW ID.4 USA tour that recently kicked off at Volkswagen of America’s headquarters […]

To back up the company’s expertise in creating advanced semiconductor technology for USB power delivery purposes, FTDI Chip has now announced a new development solution. This hardware is based on its FT4233HP multi-channel interface ICs. The new FT4233HP high-speed USB serial/FIFO evaluation board will enable engineers to get started much quicker on implementing USB power […]

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) introduced the industry’s first high-voltage microcontroller (MCU) with USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.1 support. The EZ-PD™ PMG1 (Power Delivery Microcontroller Gen1) is Infineon’s first generation of USB PD MCUs targeting any embedded system that provides or consumes power with high-voltage up to 28 V (140 W). […]

Silicon carbide portfolio with 1700V MOSFET die, discrete and power module devices extend designers’ options for efficiency, power density

Cost-effective dimmable and intelligent LED systems are expected to increase the market share disproportionately in the coming years. Introducing the ICL8800, ICL8810 and ICL8820 single-stage flyback LED controllers for constant output voltages, Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) addresses the need of LED driver manufacturers in this regard. With their unique features, the ICs meet the necessary performance requirements for LED […]

BMZ Germany GmbH and KOSTAL Solar Electric GmbH are excited to announce that within a long-term cooperation BMZ’s high-voltage energy storage system HYPERION is now compatible with KOSTAL‘s inverters PLENTICORE plus and PLENTICORE BI. Through an intensive collaboration of BMZ’s and KOSTAL’s R&D Teams compatibility of BMZ’s lithium-ion high-voltage energy storage system HYPERION and KOSTAL’s […]

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, today announced a partnership with Rapac Communication & Infrastructure Ltd. – a leading corporation based in Israel – to install its 200kW ultra fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers UFC200 series in Israel. Under the terms of the partnership, Delta and Rapac have supplied Delta’s UFC200 […]

Aiming high: KEMET‘s KONNEKT™ technology is a high-density package technology that enables components to be interconnected without the use of metal frames, thus reducing ESR, ESL and thermal resistance of capacitors. This uses an innovative Transient Liquid Phase Sintering (TLPS) material to create a surface mount multi-chip solution. The capacitors are available at https://www.rutronik24.com. The […]

CIPOS™ Maxi SiC IPM is a 55 mΩ three-phase CoolSiC™ MOSFET-based open emitter intelligent power module in a 36x23D DIP package. It offers a full-featured compact inverter solution with excellent thermal conductivity and a high range of switching speeds (up to 80 Hz). This makes the series suitable for applications such as three-phase and permanent […]

In the quest to increase power utilization efficiency and to achieve the computation of more data in smaller spaces, the computing industry investigated alternative solutions to forced air-cooling. Cold wall and baseplate cooling methods, helped by liquid or gas exchangers have been used for decades and from a laptop, datacenters and on to radio base […]