Design Tips

April 2017
Increasing inverter efficiency

Complete motor inverter for a power output of up to 150 kW.

TDK has joined forces with Infineon Technologies to develop a design for xEV inverters that achieves a very high efficiency of over 98% over a power range of 10 kW to 150 kW. This success has been achieved by matching of the Infineon IGBT module and the EPCOS and TDK passive components. The new Infineon HybridPAC
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Date:
04/08/2017
Driving industrial sensors

Proximity sensors in a factory environment

Sensors play a major role in enabling Industry 4.0 applications, but their underlying electronics are complex. On-board voltage regulators are typically needed to deliver power more efficiently with minimum heat generation. One big challenge, however, lies in safely delivering low voltage power to these tiny se
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Date:
04/04/2017
This article is Part One of a mini-series, presenting useful SPICE model blocks to help motor control and power supply designers perform effective simulations.  Brushless DC motors are appearing in more medical equipment these days, and designers in that industry are replacing older technologies and learning ne
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Date:
04/04/2017
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