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September 2018
The Power and Evolution of GaN - Part 1

Figure 3: LiDAR car

The Power and Evolution of GaN - Part 1
Alex Lidow, CEO and Co-founder of EPC

Gallium nitride(GaN)-on-silicon low voltage power devices have enabled many new applications since commercial availability began in 2010. New markets, such as light detection and ranging (LiDAR), envelope tracking, and wireless power, emerged due to the superior switching speed of GaN. These new applications ha
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09/29/2018
AC/DC Smart Charger With Low Profile and High Power Density
AC/DC Smart Charger With Low Profile and High Power Density
The DBR/DBU-3200 is a 3.2KW single output rack-type/enclosed type AC/DC smart charger in 1U low profile and with high power density up to 37W/inch3. This series operates at 90-264Vac & 120-370Vdc input voltage and offers models with the DC output mostly demanded by the industry. Each model is cooled by a thermo
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09/27/2018
Low-side gate driver ICs prevent false triggering of MOSFETs
Low-side gate driver ICs prevent false triggering of MOSFETs
Infineon’s 1EDN7550/1EDN8550 EiceDRIVER™, 1-channel low-side gate driver ICs with truly differential inputs, prevent false triggering of MOSFETs as control signal inputs are largely independent from ground potential. Infineon Technology
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09/25/2018
Boost Controller Cascades Outputs to Regulate Beyond 200V
Boost Controller Cascades Outputs to Regulate Beyond 200V
NORWOOD, MA - Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear LTC7840, a 2-phase nonsynchronous boost controller that drives two stages of external N-channel power MOSFETs. It is configurable as single or dual output boost regulator or for higher voltages, the output of the first channel can feed the input of second
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09/25/2018
Digital Signal Controller Accelerates DSP Performance
Digital Signal Controller Accelerates DSP Performance
CHANDLER, Ariz.— System designers looking for digital signal processing power with the design simplicity of a microcontroller (MCU) can now utilize a new family of 16-bit Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) from Microchip Technology Inc.. Designed to deliver faster deterministic performance in time-critical co
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09/25/2018
Test Tools with Two True-Differential Time-Domain Reflectometers
Test Tools with Two True-Differential Time-Domain Reflectometers
Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.– Teledyne LeCroy announced the launch of Teledyne Test Tools (T3), a branded portfolio that adds a comprehensive range of test equipment to the Teledyne LeCroy product offering. T3 products complement and leverage Teledyne LeCroy’s decades-long leadership in oscilloscope technology and are
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09/25/2018
1 Ohm SiC MOSFET Enables Efficient Power-Control Applications
1 Ohm SiC MOSFET Enables Efficient Power-Control Applications
CHICAGO —Littelfuse, Inc. introduced its first 1700VSiC MOSFET, the LSIC1MO170E1000, expanding its portfolio of SiC MOSFET devices. An important addition to the Littelfuse SiC MOSFET product offering, the LSIC1MO170E1000 is a powerful addition to the company’s 1200V SiC MOSFETS and Schottky diodes already rele
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09/24/2018
DC/DC Converters Contribute to Safe Assisted Driving
DC/DC Converters Contribute to Safe Assisted Driving
Kyoto and Santa Clara, Calif. –  ROHM announced the availability of the BD9S series (BD9S400MUF-C, BD9S300MUF-C, BD9S200MUF-C, BD9S100NUX-C, BD9S000NUX-C). This series of automotive synchronous secondary buck DC/DC converters have a high reliability and low power consumption in a compact form factor with a t
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09/20/2018
Electro-Magnetic Sensor With Only 1.65mm Total Height Profile
Electro-Magnetic Sensor With Only 1.65mm Total Height Profile
PREMO has announced the 3DC14EM-ULP Series, the smallest in height (less than 50% of the parts in the market today). Most of the 3D-electromagnetic sensors in the market have a height around 3.2mm. The smallest height before ULP series was the PREMO 3DC06 invention, with 2.5mm. The 1.65mm height target ha
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09/19/2018
Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Manufacturing Line Improves Flexibility
(De Pere, Wis.) Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC (B&W MEGTEC) has launched a complete lithium-ion battery electrode manufacturing line in an operating layout that improves flexibility, quality, cost-effectiveness, and speed-to-market. Matched to meet application-specific production requirements, each line
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09/19/2018
A 98% Efficient Bidirectional Buck-Boost Controller
A 98% Efficient Bidirectional Buck-Boost Controller
NORWOOD, Mass.-- Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear LT8708/-1, a 98% efficient bidirectional buck-boost switching regulator controller that operates between two batteries that have the same voltage, which are ideal for redundancy in self-driving cars. The LT8708/-1 operates from an input voltage that can
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09/17/2018
Dartmouth's Formula Hybrid Wins Coveted Award
Dartmouth's Formula Hybrid Wins Coveted Award
The race car design competition Formula Hybrid has been awarded one of the most coveted prizes in engineering education, the ABET Innovation Award. Launched by the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth in 2007, the annual Formula Hybrid competition challenges teams of undergraduate and graduate engineeri
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09/17/2018
Resistors Offer Pulse Power Handling up to 3500 Watts
Resistors Offer Pulse Power Handling up to 3500 Watts
RALEIGH, NC - Stackpole is now stocking the MLFA AEC compliant metal film melf resistors. The MLFA is available in a 0.4W rated 0204 size in the MLFA25 and a 1W rated 0207 size in the MLFA1. The MLFA has exceptional stability demonstrated over life, biased humidity, and short time overload testing. In addition, th
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09/11/2018
Maintenance-free Supercap energy storage for modular DC UPS
Maintenance-free Supercap energy storage for modular DC UPS
The two new DC UPS modules Bicker UPSI-1208 (12VDC) and Bicker UPSI-2406 (24VDC) are available in combination with the maintenance-free Supercap energy storage units Bicker BP-SUC (up to 3.6 kJ). The supplied DC consumers are reliably protected against power failures, flicker or voltage fluctuations in unstable su
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09/11/2018
HARTING's M12 Magnetics: a robust transformer in a connector
The device contains all the necessary components that would otherwise have take up extra space on the circuit board - and all in the same size socket as before. Integral transformers in IP20 protected RJ45 sockets have been in industrial use for some time, but the HARTING M12 Magnetics offers customers the addition
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09/11/2018
TIs’ LMG1020 low-side GaN driver now shipping from Mouser

TIs’ LMG1020 low-side GaN driver now shipping from Mouser

TIs’ LMG1020 low-side GaN driver now shipping from Mouser
The single, low-side driver enables efficient, high-performance designs in speed-critical applications such as LiDAR, time-of-flight laser drivers, facial recognition, augmented reality, and class E wireless chargers. The Texas Instruments LMG1020 low-side GAN driver, available from Mouser Electronics, drives Ga
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09/11/2018
TRACO POWER Group opens TRACO POWER France

TRACO POWER Group opens TRACO POWER France

TRACO POWER Group opens TRACO POWER France
Having worked for 30 years in the power supply industry in strategic positions of engineering and sales positions, he aims to make TRACO POWER the undisputed leader of DC/DC and AC/DC power conversion products in the region. A promising market. TRACO POWER Group decided to establish the new office in France (
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09/11/2018
High Current Inductor for Automotive Applications

Würth Elektronik eiSos expands its portfolio of AEC-Q-qualified products with a high current inductor.

High Current Inductor for Automotive Applications
The patented ferrite core design of the new power choke has an air gap optimally centered to ensure a precisely defined saturation current. WE-CHSA can be used in the extended temperature range of -55 up to +150°C. The patented product design with air gap enables extremely high saturation currents up to 54 A. The magnet
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09/11/2018
Desktop medical & ITE 36-65-Watt power supplies

XP Power is launching its cost-effective AKM36/AKM45/AKM65 series of desktop AC-DC power supplies rated at 36W, 45W and 65W.

Desktop medical & ITE 36-65-Watt power supplies
The supplies are aimed at the healthcare, ITE and industrial markets. All versions meet the latest U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Level VI and EU CoC Tier 2 energy efficiency requirements while offering 2 x MOPP medical-grade isolation and very low no-load power consumption. AC input for all versions is 90 -26
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09/11/2018
Chassis Mount Ac-Dc Power Supplies in Low Profile Metal Case

CUI’s Power Group today announced a new line of compact, chassis mount ac-dc power supplies housed in an enclosed metal case.

Chassis Mount Ac-Dc Power Supplies in Low Profile Metal Case
The VGS‑B series offers power ratings from 35 to 350 W with low 30 mm profiles and compact packages as small as 99 x 82 x 30 mm (3.89 x 3.22 x 1.18 in). Delivering no-load power consumption as low as 0.3 W and an operating temperature range of -20 to +70°C, these rugged, metal enclosed power modules are ideal fo
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09/11/2018
Drones, Ride Sharers Could Team up for Package Delivery

Naira Hovakimyan, a professor of mechanical science and engineering, directs the Advanced Controls Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Drones, Ride Sharers Could Team up for Package Delivery
University of Illinois College of Engineering

In the future, when you hail an Uber or take the bus, you might not only be sharing the ride with another traveler, but perhaps with a drone out on delivery as well. That is the vision of Naira Hovakimyan, professor of mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who is
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09/11/2018
Chipset Supports Both DSRC and C-V2X Direct Communications
Kfar Netter, Israel - Autotalks announced the launch of the first ever global V2X solution. Autotalks’ deployment-ready, 2nd generation V2X (Vehicle to Everything) chipset is the only available solution capable of supporting both DSRC and C-V2X direct communications (PC5 protocol) at the highest security level. The
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09/05/2018
Testing Times
Testing Times
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Welcome to the September edition of Power System Design. I hope you managed to have a nice summer break and are ready for a busy backend to the year. Since this year is an electronica year, it is destined to be a lot busier than normal. Myself, I managed to get away for a couple of weeks to Tenerife. It was re
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09/04/2018
Rolling out the Red Carpet for Test and Measurement
Rolling out the Red Carpet for Test and Measurement
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Football, pumpkin spice lattes, and back to school – it’s the September issue of Power Systems Design! By the time you read this, you may have heard our PSDcast on a rather unique 3D-printing application. Rapid prototyping is poised to revolutionize our industry, and with 3D-printed guns stealing headlines
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09/04/2018
Rugged Connectors Designed for Automotive LED Light Systems
Rugged Connectors Designed for Automotive LED Light Systems
RICHMOND, VA -- ERNI connectors supporting advanced automotive headlamps systems deliver ruggedness, reliability, and long-term operation - all in a miniature and lightweight package. ERNI has established a connector offering that is designed to meet the needs of automotive lighting systems. The MiniBridge Kos
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09/03/2018
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