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New Rad Hard MOSFET Technology Drives Higher Power Efficiency and Reliability in Space

When designing a robust and high-density power architecture for space systems like satellites, engineers must grapple with a variety of design complexities, including limited board space, power dissipation requirements, and damaging radiation effects. To address these challenges and reach peak operational per

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Date:

02/28/2025

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Figure 1. The various BMS functional blocks can be tested using the instruments listed in the parentheses.

Testing Battery-Management-System ICs

David Butkiewicus, Product Manager, Advantest

Batteries are the ubiquitous powerhouses running portable electronics, power tools, energy-storage systems, e-bikes and e-scooters, and electric automobiles and buses. For optimum performance, battery packs in such products require sophisticated battery-management-system (BMS) ICs to optimize performance and ma

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Date:

03/01/2025

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Figure 1: Communication breakdown: Communication between the rear right camera (red) and rear left camera requires a trip to the front of the car in domain architectures and connection to the right front brake (yellow) is impossible. In zones, it is a direct connection....

The Data Center on Wheels

Amir Bar-Niv, Vice President of Marketing, Automotive, Marvell

EVs can contain 3x or more chips than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles depending on the complexity of the vehicle. The growth of the silicon footprint in cars has paved the way for things like lane change sensors, infotainment consoles, downloadable apps, etc. - electronics have fundamentally changed th

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Date:

03/01/2025

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Power Interconnects from Hybrids to Electric Vehicles

Dominik Pawlik, Product Portfolio Director Power Interconnects, ENNOVI

The ongoing evolution in hybrid and electric vehicles (EV) will involve improving the performance and efficiency of inverters, on-board chargers, batteries, and traction motors. With hybrids and EVs, there is a direct relationship between weight and range, so automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM) ar

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Date:

03/01/2025

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Figure 1 - Dukosi chip-on-cell technology applied to prismatic battery cells

Demystifying EV Batteries

Joseph Notaro, Vice President Global Sales & Marketing at Dukosi

The electric vehicle (EV) is widely seen as critical to the reduction of global emissions, but mass-market adoption can be hindered by concerns over the safety and performance of the battery packs which power them. This article will examine how technical advancements in battery technology are addressing these li

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Date:

03/01/2025

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Fig 1: Hospital beds typically require medical-grade power supplies that comply with the IEC 60601-1 standard to prevent electrical shock to patients and healthcare workers.

Essential Power Supply Considerations for Medical Equipment Design

Andrew Bryars, Senior Product Manager at XP Power

This article explores a variety of factors that must be considered when choosing the power supply for medical applications, from the fundamental requirements of voltage and current specifications to more nuanced aspects like daily usage patterns, and more. Volts, amps, and efficiency Although it is important to ensure that vo

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Date:

03/01/2025

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Figure 1: Residential heat pump inverter block diagram with silicon carbide

SiC is Redefining the Landscape in HVAC Power Systems

Kevin Dykyj, senior digital marketing specialist for Microchip Technology’s silicon carbide business unit

In today’s world, the demand for efficient, reliable, and eco-friendly heating and cooling solutions has never been higher. Among these, the residential heat pump stands out as a groundbreaking innovation. These systems, particularly the popular air-source heat pumps, harness energy from outside air to heat or

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Date:

03/01/2025

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Figure 1. Six D2PAK MOSFETs with a total footprint area of 1,107 mm2

Using Fewer Parallel MOSFETs to Meet Thermal Demands

Christopher Liu, Aanas Sayed, and Aniket Kulkarni, Nexperia

Today's automotive and industrial applications are faced with ever increasing performance demands. Power applications like inverters for electric vehicles (EV) and light electric vehicles (LEV), brushless DC motors, DC-DC converters, power switches and battery management systems can easily dissipate several kil

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Date:

03/01/2025

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Power Management in AI Data Centers

Mattias Jansson, senior vice president of Embedded & Critical Power at Flex

AI’s capabilities are revolutionizing industries and contributing to a dramatic surge in data center power consumption. Fueled by the rapid growth in AI workloads and other GPU and CPU power-intensive applications, data centers’ electricity consumption is forecast to double from 2022 to 2026, reaching mo

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Date:

03/01/2025