Figure 1: The new Vicor BCM6135 enables the size and weight of an active suspension system to be reduced by half and provide symmetrical bidirectional power for highly efficiency energy recuperation.
Chris Levasseur, Automotive Research Assistant, Vicor
Picture this. You are taking a trip to the city with some friends in your economy car, and you encounter an atrocious stretch of road. As you endure the bumpiest ride you have ever faced, you are passed by a sleek sedan, easily going twice your speed. ‘That can’t be comfortable’ you think to yourself, bu
Michael Bean, Global Product Manager, High Current Power, Molex Incorporated, Lisle, Illinois
Taming the heat is one of the biggest design challenges facing system architects and power supply manufactures today. Free air flow through the power supply is critical for improving performance
Jeff Marvin, Design Center Manager and Brian Jadus, Senior Design Engineer, Mixed Signal Products, Linear Technology Corporation
RS485 networks provide the backbone for communications in applications ranging from industrial control systems to roadside traffic message boards. In environments where high voltages are present,
Marc Buschkühle and Thilo Stolze, Infineon Technologies AG, Warstein, Germany
Customers of power electronics increasingly require new, easy connection and mounting technologies. PressFIT technology creates the possibility of solderless mounting combined with an improved
Steve Willis, Deputy UK Managing Director, XP Power
Despite the best intentions at the outset of an electronic product's design, it is commonplace for the power supply specification to evolve during the process and to only be finalized late on.
Kory Schroeder, Director of Marketing, Stackpole Electronics Inc
Over the past few years, several manufacturers have developed high-power handling general purpose chip resistors covering a wide resistance range. Most of these high-power chip resistors are extensions
