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    Melexis Expands Pico-Resolver Family with 5V Variant for Compact Motor Applications

    Melexis Expands Pico-Resolver Family with 5V Variant for Compact Motor Applications

    ­Melexis introduces the MLX90381 5V, expanding its compact Triaxis® pico-resolver to support a wider range of automotive, alternative mobility and robotics motor applications. Unlike rigid TMR solutions, this new 5V variant delivers unrivaled placement flexibility. This design freedom is exactly what enables en
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    09/02/2026
    Sensata Technologies Launches R290 Pressure + Temperature Sensor to Enable Adoption of Low-GWP and PFAS-free Refrigerants in EV Thermal Management Systems

    Sensata’s R290 Pressure + Temperature Sensor helps automotive OEMs adopt low‑GWP refrigerants by enabling safe, precise and reliable control of next‑generation EV thermal systems.

    ­Sensata Technologies today announced the launch of its R290 Pressure + Temperature (P+T) Sensor, designed to support automotive manufacturers adopting R290 (Propane) refrigerant in electrified vehicle thermal management systems. As OEMs evaluate low-GWP and PFAS-free refrigerant strategies, R290 is gaining in
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    09/02/2026
    Marotta Controls Selected to Support Next Generation Jammer – Low Band Program for the U.S. Navy

    Marotta Controls expands into airborne electronic warfare market with contract wins from L3Harris and CFD Research, supporting the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer – Low Band (NGJ-LB) program.

    ­Marotta Controls, a rapidly growing aerospace and defense contractor, today announced two contract awards in support of the Next Generation Jammer – Low Band (NGJ-LB) Engineering and Manufacturing Development program for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide technical expertise for a ram air turbine power ge
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    Date:
    09/02/2026
    CPP Investments and Equinix Complete atNorth Acquisition to Support Growth of Leading Nordic Data Center Platform

    CPP Investments and Equinix Complete atNorth Acquisition to Support Growth of Leading Nordic Data Center Platform

    ­atNorth, the leading Nordic high-density colocation and built-to-suit data center provider, today announced that Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Equinix, Inc., the world’s digital infrastructure company®, have completed the acquisition of atNorth. atNorth's footprint spans acro
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    09/02/2026
    Würth Elektronik Extends its Optocoupler Range

    WL-OCHS high speed optocoupler: High-speed digital signal transmission between galvanically isolated circuit sections.
    Source: Würth Elektronik

    ­Würth Elektronik is expanding its optoelectronics portfolio with the WL-OCHS high-speed optocoupler. This component is designed for high-speed digital signal transmission between galvanically isolated circuit sections. The optocoupler supports data rates from 1 MBd to 10 MBd and provides an isolation voltage of
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    09/01/2026
    KYOCERA AVX Releases New Ultra-Mini 0201 KGU Series RF MLCCs

    KYOCERA AVX Releases New Ultra-Mini 0201 KGU Series RF MLCCs

    ­KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, added a new ultraminiature 0201 case size to its KGU Series high-performance, ultra-low-ESR C0G (NP0) RF multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) to better se
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    New Study Finds Transmission Can Save Electricity Customers up to $15.3 Billion While Powering America's Economic Growth and Strengthening National Security

    Matt Satterwhite, Senior Vice President, Head of US Policy and Regulatory Strategy, National Grid

    ­As electricity demand accelerates across the United States for the first time in decades, a new study finds that strategic transmission investment can help meet that growth while lowering costs, improving reliability, and strengthening national security. The study, "Powering Growth and Affordability: The Role
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    PSDcast – Intelligent Asset Tracking with AI

    Scott Smyser from EMASS

    ­Driving most of the advances in asset tracking – as with many other contemporary technologies – is AI. Hence, intelligent asset tracking. Bosch Sensortec and EMASS just collaborated on the Self-Aware Asset Tag, a battery-powered edge-AI tracker that classifies its own situation on-device and transmits se
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Entering the Fall with Some Military Gusto

    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    ­It’s September, which means back to school, arrivederci to beach weather, and Halloween is right around the corner! At Power Systems Design, it means we’ve entered the conference season – including and especially the Battery Show & EV Tech Expo in Detroit and the grandaddy of them all, electron
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    When the Going Gets Tough, High-Reliability is Needed

    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

    ­Welcome to the September edition of Power Systems Design. It is hard to believe we are now three-quarters through the year. In this edition of the magazine, we look at military, aerospace and high-reliability electronics. To an extent, these are the industries that kept electronics alive in the west until th
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Why Smart Factories Are Still Leaving AI on the Table

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    Figure 1: AI adoption far outpaces confidence in system readiness.

    ­Yet despite billions in investment and years of experimentation, a striking number of manufacturers are still not realizing the full operational value of smart factories, artificial intelligence, spatial computing, autonomous robotics, and real time data processing. According to a 2025 State of AI in Man
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    09/01/2026
    The 800 V GaN Transition and the Protection Ecosystem

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    Figure 1: Simplified comparison of a traditional two-level SiC power stage and a three-level multi-level GaN topology

    ­The shift to 800 V electric vehicle (EV) power architectures is about more than just voltage rating. Moving to multi-level gallium nitride (GaN) topologies can improve system cost, thermal performance and power density compared with traditional high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) approaches. By dividing voltage st
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    How Compliance and Safety Standards are Reshaping High-Power Battery Connectors

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    Figure 1: An example using the Industrial Battery Connector from Anderson Power demonstrates that, at constant ambient temperature, connector temperature increases as applied current increases

    ­As airports, manufacturing facilities, and construction sites adopt electric equipment, modern safety and compliance standards are impacting the latest battery connector designs. Three emerging trends are influencing connectors: ·  Lithium-Ion Battery Adoption: Lithium-ion is replacing lead-acid as
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    GaN's Simplify Harmonic Reduction in High-Frequency Offline LED Drivers

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    Figure 1: THD optimization model embedded in HVLED101

    ­For more than a decade, solid-state lighting has become synonymous with lighting source. In fact, LEDs are used in almost every application field, including residential, outdoor, automotive and sanitization lighting. Smart algorithms have been developed to allow controllers to meet the requirements of dedicated st
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    09/01/2026
    Power Architectures Boost the Next Generation of AI-Enabled New Space Missions

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    Figure 1: New Space electronics need added layers of protection against radiation exposure in space. For Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites electronics are typically required to meet radiation tolerant standards

    Designers are putting high-performance compute in orbit for greater device autonomy and to process data before transmission. AI workloads, adaptive beamforming, dynamic spectrum management and onboard analytics all need processors that rival terrestrial edge devices in complexity and power demand. As these features be
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Reliably Predicting Supercapacitor Service Life

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    Figure 1: Relative capacitance over time for different batches, including the model curves. The model for the short-circuited 50 F batch (without DC) uses the same set of parameters as for the 50 F batch under voltage

    ­Product reliability and sustainability are becoming increasingly essential for both consumers and manufacturers. Even though electrolytic capacitors such as electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) may not cause a significant environmental impact or total cost compared to other electronic components, degradation in
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Powering the Next Generation of Aerospace Testing

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    Figure 1: MEA architectures have resulted in the growing adoption of high-voltage power distribution and the need for enhanced test equipment such as programmable power supplies

    The drive to create lighter, quieter, and more efficient aerospace platforms has driven an industry-wide trend toward more electric aircraft (MEA). In the commercial sector, for example, there has been a rapid increase in onboard electrical systems, which support a broad range of functions. These include power g
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    No Fear of Short Circuits

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    Figure 1: The completely new compact fuse can be welded directly to a cold plate

    ­The energy transition is giving birth to numerous new DC applications that require protection against overloads and short circuits. These news applications are challenging for current fuse design. Furthermore, clearing a fault current in a DC circuit is harder than clearing a fault current in an AC circuit. To
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Power Electronics are Driving Next-Generation Mil-Aero Systems

    Kevin Parmenter, Pins Out Engineering, for TSC America, Inc.

    ­The military aerospace (Mil-Aero) electronics market is undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by increasing platform electrification and mission-system power demands, as well as the emergence of directed-energy capabilities. While avionics, sensors and communications remain central to these increasingly co
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    The Rapidly Expanding Domain of AI

    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    ­In a move that’ll probably surprise no one, Zoom has begun offering a dedicated AI receptionist service within their business telephone system. And though changes like this seem inevitable, it’s also a potentially troubling sign of the times. Let’s face it – automation is nothing new. Ever since the
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Can AI Data Centres Ever Compensate for Their Environmental Damage?

    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

    ­For quite some time, much of the excitement in the industry has been around data centres. These massive facilities have been planned all around the world, and most of the talk has been how to provide the power required through ageing energy grids. The main problem is that data centre operators want to deploy th
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Why Realistic Voltage Sources Should Be Considered When Designing a Reliable Power Supply

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    Figure 1: A step-down switching regulator shown together with the (DC) voltage source of the system

    ­A power supply’s source, in actual use, is never ideal. The real behavior, including parasitics, needs to be considered to build a reliable power system. When we use power supplies, we ensure that a DC-to-DC converter, such as a switching regulator, can withstand a certain input voltage range and that it ca
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
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