Technical Features

November 2013

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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.

Active Suspension Comes of Age Bolstered by High Density Power Modules

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

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Date:

12/31/2024

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Figure 1. A simple Zener regulator circuit

High-performance resistors in custom power supplies

Phil Ebbert, Riedon

The subject of power supplies is potentially very broad and the application of resistors in power supplies is quite diverse. Here we will focus on power supply units (PSUs) designed for use in electronic appliances that nominally require fixed DC outputs ranging from just a few volts up to a few kV. Whether

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Date:

11/19/2013

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Figure 1: I-V Characteristics of Normally Off GIT GaN and Conventional Normally On GaN

Normally-Off and Current Collapse Free by Unique GIT Technology Realize Commercialization of GaN Transistor

Howard Sin, Panasonic

For more than thirty-five years, the power MOSFET dominated the power management systems due to its constant technological evolution from its device structure to its applications to circuit topologies. However, at the dawn of the new millennium, power MOSFET reached its theoretical limitations that it became un

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Date:

11/14/2013

Power Mgmt. in Health Care Applications

Frederik Dostal, Analog Devices

Different health care applications require different power management solutions. From a power management view, health care is a very interesting market. Though design cycles within health care are quite long, a high level of innovation is fueling the need for new health care electronics. These do not only replac

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Date:

11/05/2013