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TDK Introduces Compact ThermoFuse Varistors for Surge Protection of up to 50 kA

TDK Introduces Compact ThermoFuse Varistors for Surge Protection of up to 50 kA

TDK Introduces Compact ThermoFuse Varistors for Surge Protection of up to 50 kA

TDK Corporation has introduced the MT40 series of ThermoFuse varistors (ordering code B72240M), a new generation of surge protection components (SPC) that combine a compact design with advanced safety features. Thanks to their patented overmolding technology and integrated th

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03/04/2026

Micross Introduces H+ Screened DC-DC Converters for LEO Constellations and New Space Missions

Micross Introduces H+ Screened DC-DC Converters for LEO Constellations and New Space Missions

Micross Introduces H+ Screened DC-DC Converters for LEO Constellations and New Space Missions

Micross Components, Inc. (“Micross”), a global provider of Hi-Rel microelectronic products and services for aerospace, defense, space, medical, and industrial applications, has expanded its DC-DC converter portfolio with the new Class H+ AFLS28XX Series. This series provides a cost-effective, radiation-tolerant po

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03/04/2026

MacLean Power Systems and Power Grid Components Complete Merger

Steve Scharnhorst, CEO of MacLean Power Systems

MacLean Power Systems and Power Grid Components Complete Merger

MacLean Power Systems ("MPS" or "MacLean Power") and Power Grid Components ("PGC"), two leading manufacturers of engineered components and solutions for electrical transmission, distribution, substation and communication infrastructure, today announced the closing of their previously an

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03/04/2026

GameChange BOS Transformers Achieve Short-Circuit Certification, Validating Resilience for Critical Grid Infrastructure

GameChange BOS Transformers Achieve Short-Circuit Certification, Validating Resilience for Critical Grid Infrastructure

GameChange BOS Transformers Achieve Short-Circuit Certification, Validating Resilience for Critical Grid Infrastructure

GameChange BOS, the transformer division of GameChange Energy Technologies, announces its successful completion of Dynamic Short Circuit Type Testing for its high-capacity, multi-winding transformers. The rigorous type test, conducted at the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) in Bhopal, India, validates th

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03/03/2026

Texas A&M System opens the STEM Education and Research Center at RELLIS

Texas A&M University System celebrated the opening of the STEM Education and Research Center

Texas A&M System opens the STEM Education and Research Center at RELLIS

The Texas A&M University System celebrated the opening of the STEM Education and Research Center at Texas A&M-RELLIS today. The new collaborative facility allows students, researchers and industry partners to work side by side to advance applied research and prepare the next generation of Texas’ ST

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03/03/2026

Trafag Highlights Three Picostat Mechanical Pressure Switches Tailored to Precision in Dynamic Demands

Trafag Highlights Three Picostat Mechanical Pressure Switches Tailored to Precision in Dynamic Demands

Trafag Highlights Three Picostat Mechanical Pressure Switches Tailored to Precision in Dynamic Demands

Trafag, a leading manufacturer of high-accuracy measurement devices, highlights its Picostat family of mechanical pressure switches with three complementary models, the PST4B 9B4, PST4M 9M4 and PST4K 9K4, engineered to deliver reliable, repeatable switching performance in demanding shipbuilding, en

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03/03/2026

Danisense Achieves Full ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation for AC Calibration Services

Danisense Achieves Full ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation for AC Calibration Services

Danisense Achieves Full ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation for AC Calibration Services

Danisense, the leader in high-accuracy current sense transducers for demanding applications, announces that its state-of-the-art in-house calibration laboratory has achieved full ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for AC calibration services. This milestone follows the laboratory’s ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for DC c

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Date:

03/02/2026

Nordic Semiconductor Accelerates Cellular IoT Leadership with Major new Product Releases

Nordic Semiconductor Accelerates Cellular IoT Leadership with Major new Product Releases

Nordic Semiconductor Accelerates Cellular IoT Leadership with Major new Product Releases

Nordic Semiconductor, a global leader in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, today announces a major expansion of its ultra-low-power cellular IoT products and technologies designed to deliver secure, global connectivity as networks and satellite NTN evolve. “Nordic is buildi

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Date:

03/02/2026

24V DC UPS

DC emergency power supply solution "Made in Germany": BICKER UPSI-2415DP3 (24V / 15A / 360W) with integrated LiFePO4 high-performance battery pack and USB-C / RS485-Modbus interfaces.

24V DC UPS "Made in Germany" for Critical Infrastructure

Bicker Elektronik GmbH, Donauwoerth/Germany, is expanding its portfolio of industrial UPS solutions with the high-performance DC UPS UPSI-2415DP3 (24V / 15A / 360W). This uninterruptible 24V emergency power supply reliably protects control and automation applications against power failures, voltage dips, or flick

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Date:

03/02/2026

Russia Renewable Capacity to Reach 18.4GW by 2035, Forecasts GlobalData

Russia Renewable Capacity to Reach 18.4GW by 2035, Forecasts GlobalData

Russia Renewable Capacity to Reach 18.4GW by 2035, Forecasts GlobalData

Russia is gradually expanding its renewable power capacity while maintaining a dominant reliance on conventional and nuclear generation to ensure system stability and energy security. The country’s cumulative renewable power capacity is forecast to reach 18.4GW by 2035, up from 9.8GW in 2025, registering a

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Date:

03/02/2026

All Things Good and Powerful

Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

All Things Good and Powerful

Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

We’re finally here! The show and the most exciting 5 days of the year for power engineers and the greater power industry. It’s the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), once more emanating from the cozy and historical confines of San Antonio. And given that APEC focuses on the “practi

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Date:

03/01/2026

Spring Exhibition Time

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Spring Exhibition Time

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Welcome to the March edition of Power Systems Design Europe. This is the month when new product launches go into full swing. Manufacturers often wait until important exhibitions before they release their most exciting products, hoping that coverage will increase visitor numbers to their stands. There are two

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03/01/2026

Revolutionizing Power Electronics: Silver Adhesive Pastes for Next-Gen Semiconductor Reliability and Thermal Performance

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Figure 1: Silver adhesive paste for die-bonding

Revolutionizing Power Electronics: Silver Adhesive Pastes for Next-Gen Semiconductor Reliability and Thermal Performance

Yoshinori Fushimi, Product Manager for Silver Adhesive Paste, TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd.

As power electronics evolve with the rise of wide-bandgap semiconductors like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), the demand for advanced die bonding solutions becomes increasingly critical. Die bonding solutions enable power systems that operate at significantly higher switching frequencies, de

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03/01/2026

Power Density vs. Reliability in Industrial Motion Systems

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Figure 1: High Power Density vs. High Reliability. An isometric view showing how compact designs increase thermal stress, while spaced layouts enhance cooling and reliability

Power Density vs. Reliability in Industrial Motion Systems

Rene Ymzon, Marketing Manager at Advanced Motion Controls

Manufacturers want smaller cabinets, lighter machines, and higher throughput, but they also expect equipment to operate for years in harsh environments, including heat, dust, vibration, and electrical noise. As automation spreads and switching frequencies rise, margins shrink. A few degrees of temperature or

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Date:

03/01/2026

The Shift in Power and the OEM Collaboration Opportunity

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Figure 1: ENNOVi-SealTech – ENNOVI’s shrinking method for sealing 3-phase busbars at a lower cost and faster processing time compared to conventional methods

The Shift in Power and the OEM Collaboration Opportunity

Till Wagner, Product Manager Energy Systems, ENNOVI

The automotive industry is undergoing significant change as hybrid and electric vehicles rapidly evolve. Instead of relying on Tier 1 supply partners for the manufacture and supply of systems and modules, OEMs are increasingly bringing development and manufacture in-house. This is particularly true for high-value sy

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Date:

03/01/2026

Powering Global Energy Resilience with Backup Solutions

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Powering Global Energy Resilience with Backup Solutions

Shaun Zeckmeister, Product Manager, Small Diesel, Rehlko

In an era where energy is essential even with increasingly extreme weather, backup power is no longer optional for critical operations. Power interruptions cost American businesses an estimated $150 billion each year. Add in recent regional outages, such as the 2021 Texas winter freeze that caused up to $130 bi

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03/01/2026

Gate Driver Power Supply Challenges for SiC and GaN Devices

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Figure 1: A few of the many RECOM DC/DC modules optimized for WBG gate driver applications

Gate Driver Power Supply Challenges for SiC and GaN Devices

Recom Technical Team

Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) are wide‑bandgap (WBG) semiconductor materials offering advantages over traditional silicon (Si) in power electronics because they switch faster with lower losses. They are gaining significant market share in applications where high efficiency and power density ar

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03/01/2026

Industrial PoE Switches: Powering the Edge Computing Revolution

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Figure 1: The IEEE has evolved PoE standards from 15.4W (802.3af) to 30W (802.3at) and up to 90-100W (802.3bt) to meet rising demand for power-hungry devices

Industrial PoE Switches: Powering the Edge Computing Revolution

Henry Martel, field application engineer, Antaira Technologies

The global edge computing market has reached a transformative inflection point. With valuations ranging from USD 21.4 billion to USD 554.39 billion in 2025 depending on market segmentation, and projected growth rates approaching 28-33.5% CAGR through 2035, the infrastructure demands of distributed computing ar

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Date:

03/01/2026

Silicon Reinvented: Architectural Innovations Beyond SuperJunction Power MOSFETs

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Figure 1: The evolution of semiconductor architectures from HEXFET (left) to SuperJunction (middle) and the latest SuperQ technology (right), with dielectric charge-balancing structure shown in red

Silicon Reinvented: Architectural Innovations Beyond SuperJunction Power MOSFETs

Ryan Manack, Vice President of Marketing at iDEAL Semiconductor

In the 1970s, the 1D power MOSFET, aka HEXFET™, was introduced. The 1980s saw the launch of the IGBT, and in the 1990s, reduced surface field (RESURF) devices – aka SuperJunction™ devices were introduced. Over the last two decades, improvements in silicon power devices have been largely evolutionary rather th

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Date:

03/01/2026

Parallelized Bidirectional Switches Drive Efficiency Higher

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Figure 1: BDS modes

Parallelized Bidirectional Switches Drive Efficiency Higher

Weijing Du, Director of Applications Engineering, Navitas Semiconductor

The push for efficiency in power conversion is unrelenting, especially in systems that need to deliver high power levels on a continuous basis. Though novel power-switching topologies have improved conversion efficiencies, high-power systems can benefit vastly from improvements in semiconductor technology. Topology Considerations

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Date:

03/01/2026

Solving High-Voltage Power Challenges

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Figure 1: A cyclotron application block diagram

Solving High-Voltage Power Challenges

Hafiz Khalid, Director of Product Marketing, XP Power

When integrating a high voltage power supply into equipment that requires very high voltage and high power, accuracy and reliability are critical. This applies whether the equipment is a medical cyclotron or an advanced manufacturing tool such as an e-beam welder. High voltage design presents its own set of ch

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Date:

03/01/2026

Using Output Discharge to Address Power Supply Systematic Failures

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Figure 1: Example autonomous mobile robot (AMR) subsystems

Using Output Discharge to Address Power Supply Systematic Failures

Bryan Angelo Borres, and Ino Lorenz Ardiente, Analog Devices

Power supply blocks provide one of the most critical functionalities in electronics systems, as their behavior affects how the system will behave during the different modes of operation—power-up, power-down, steady-state operation, and in the event of failures—which is critical in achieving the safe state in

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Date:

03/01/2026

The State of the Merchant Power Supply Market in 2026

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

The State of the Merchant Power Supply Market in 2026

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

The total revenue of the power supply market, valued at $37.24 billion in 2024, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.73% from 2025 to 2032, reaching nearly $ 53.90 billion, according to Maximize Market Research’s latest forecast. The merchant power supply market, comprising standalone power conversion products

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Date:

03/01/2026

Michigan Aims to Become Epicenter for Advanced Air Mobility

Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

Michigan Aims to Become Epicenter for Advanced Air Mobility

Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

America has intensified its efforts to keep Chinese drones out of U.S. markets (and our airspace), leaving the door open for a revitalized domestic market to fill the void. And one of the largest manufacturing epicenters in the U.S. is stepping up. Last summer, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Ex

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Date:

03/01/2026

Following the Money on Energy Storage

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Following the Money on Energy Storage

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

In the various blogs and columns I write for this publication, one of the subjects that comes up most frequently is battery technology. It’s not really surprising that it is so popular, and the amount of news on the research of new energy storage technology and processes is greater than almost any other to

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Date:

03/01/2026

A Reliable Power-Up and Power-Down Sequence

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Figure 1: Typical electronic system requiring eight voltages

A Reliable Power-Up and Power-Down Sequence

Frederik Dostal, Power Management Expert, Analog Devices

Today’s electronic applications often require more than just one supply voltage of 5 V or 3.3 V. The need for 10, 20, or more voltages is not unusual. Added to this are voltage domains that have the same voltage level but must be generated separately as domains—that is, these voltages must be generated tw

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Date:

03/01/2026

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