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Melexis Expands Groundbreaking Triphibian Technology for Low-Pressure Applications
Melexis introduces new low-pressure variants across its Triphibian® pressure sensor family, supporting configurable pressure spans as low as 2 bar. Available for the MLX90830, MLX90833, and MLX90834, the new variants extend Triphibian technology, which uniquely measures both gas and liquid pressures, into th
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Date:
07/09/2026
Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD
Welcome to the July issue!
This month, we celebrate the semiquincentennial of a very special little experiment that most of us call home. She may not be perfect (who is?), but she’s afforded me and countless others a wealth of opportunities over 2 ½ centuries, and I consider myself extraordinarily fortunate
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Date:
07/01/2026
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Figure 1: Simplified three-phase flying-capacitor inverter topology
The global transition toward a decentralized renewable energy infrastructure has fundamentally changed the voltage and density requirements of utility-scale Energy Storage Systems (ESS). To reduce conduction losses, minimize cable cross-sections, and optimize structural balance-of-system (BOS) costs, modern ES
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Date:
07/01/2026
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Figure 1: Impact of capacity-mismatched cells during battery pack charging and discharging
In a BMS, multiple individual cells are typically connected in seriestoformahighvoltagebatterypack.Thishighvoltagebattery pack is the supply for various systems, including electric vehicles, high-voltage energy storage systems, and uninterruptible power supplies. In these series-connected cells, the ideal op
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Date:
07/01/2026
Kevin Parmenter, Pins Out Engineering, for TSC America, Inc.
The global batteries and energy storage device market is expanding rapidly, driven by electrification, renewable energy adoption and the proliferation of portable and connected technologies. There are roughly 360 global battery-related events each year—a volume reflecting the scale of industry attention an
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Date:
07/01/2026
Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD
Singaporean-based commodities company Trafigura just signed a massive $1.1 billion, 10-year offtake agreement with US-based refiner Nth Cycle. The goal – to recover 2,000 metric tons of nickel in mixed hydroxide precipitate and 1,500 metric tons of lithium carbonate from mostly lithium-ion batteries and so
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Date:
07/01/2026
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
Anyone who has a Facebook account has likely come across at least one post that describes how electric vehicles are unsustainable, usually followed by a bullet list of points that are supposed to prove the argument. It has previously been difficult to find actual data to either support or counter this claim. Mo
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Date:
07/01/2026
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