Power | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/ Electronics Design & Components Tech News Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:49:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/ 125 75 Electronics Design & Components Tech News TDK extends smart motor driver family for vehicles https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/tdk-extends-smart-motor-driver-family-for-vehicles-2024-04/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/tdk-extends-smart-motor-driver-family-for-vehicles-2024-04/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:29:28 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=838835 TDK has announced automotive smart motor drivers that can handle 4 x 1A peak current and include an Arm Cortex-M3 processor core. HVC 5222D with 32kbyte of flash and HVC ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/tdk-extends-smart-motor-driver-family-for-vehicles-2024-04/feed/ 0 APEC 2024 – Meeting miniaturisation and saving energy, one design at a time https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/apec-2024-meeting-miniaturisation-and-saving-energy-one-design-at-a-time-2024-04/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/apec-2024-meeting-miniaturisation-and-saving-energy-one-design-at-a-time-2024-04/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:38:11 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=839410 This year was the first post-covid APEC, attracting 6,100 visitors (up from 5,800 in 2019). Report by Caroline Hayes. Integration and miniaturisation were key themes and Silanna Semiconductor introduced the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/apec-2024-meeting-miniaturisation-and-saving-energy-one-design-at-a-time-2024-04/feed/ 0 80V symmetric dual n-channel mosfet in 3 x 3mm https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/80v-symmetric-dual-n-channel-mosfet-in-3-x-3mm-2024-04/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/80v-symmetric-dual-n-channel-mosfet-in-3-x-3mm-2024-04/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:20:36 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=838714 New Yorker Electronics is aiming at displacing PowerPAK 1212 packaged mosfets by stocking a pair of symmetric 80V n-channel mosfets in a single 3.3 x 3.3mm package from Vishay. Called ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/80v-symmetric-dual-n-channel-mosfet-in-3-x-3mm-2024-04/feed/ 0 Electric vehicle charger hits half a megawatt https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/electric-vehicle-charger-hits-half-a-megawatt-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/electric-vehicle-charger-hits-half-a-megawatt-2024-03/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:47:04 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=838563 Delta has created a 500kW electric vehicle charger for trucks and busses. Called UFC500, it uses silicon carbide power transistors and charges two smaller vehicles simultaneously at up to 250kW ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/electric-vehicle-charger-hits-half-a-megawatt-2024-03/feed/ 0 Small top-side cooled automotive mosfets keep heat out of the PCB https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/smaller-top-side-cooled-automotive-mosfet-package-keeps-heat-out-of-the-pcb-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/smaller-top-side-cooled-automotive-mosfet-package-keeps-heat-out-of-the-pcb-2024-03/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:52:05 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=838387 Infineon is aiming at automotive power control with a 5 x 7mm top-side cooled surface-mount package, pitching it against the 5 x 6mm bottom-cooled SSO8. The package, SSO10T, has a ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/smaller-top-side-cooled-automotive-mosfet-package-keeps-heat-out-of-the-pcb-2024-03/feed/ 0 BASF picks 6MWh sodium-sulphur battery for solar power back-up https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/basf-picks-6mwh-sodium-sulphur-battery-for-solar-power-back-up-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/basf-picks-6mwh-sodium-sulphur-battery-for-solar-power-back-up-2024-03/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:02:15 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=838274 BASF Schwarzheide has installed a 1MW 5.8MWh sodium-sulphur battery to increase the amount of energy it can use from the solar park at its manufacturing site in Lusatia Germany, where ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/basf-picks-6mwh-sodium-sulphur-battery-for-solar-power-back-up-2024-03/feed/ 0 Wurth advocates press-fit PCB connections for high-voltage vehicle power distribution https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/connectors/wurth-advocates-press-fit-pcb-connections-for-high-voltage-vehicle-power-distribution-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/connectors/wurth-advocates-press-fit-pcb-connections-for-high-voltage-vehicle-power-distribution-2024-03/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:04:32 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=837881 Würth Elektronik is promoting PCBs with press-fit power connectors as the interconnection technology of choice for high-voltage power distribution in mobile machines and commercial vehicles. It has a design service ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/connectors/wurth-advocates-press-fit-pcb-connections-for-high-voltage-vehicle-power-distribution-2024-03/feed/ 0 E-peas and Epishine hook up https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/e-peas-and-epishine-hook-up-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/e-peas-and-epishine-hook-up-2024-03/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:09:22 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=837570 E-Peas, the Belgian energy harvesting specialist, and Epishine, the Swedish indoor solar cell developer, are collaborating to advance the development of energy-efficient and sustainable consumer electronics. The partnership emphasizes the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/e-peas-and-epishine-hook-up-2024-03/feed/ 0 High power battery connectors are polarised and sealed to IP67 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/connectors/high-power-battery-connectors-are-polarised-and-sealed-to-ip67-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/connectors/high-power-battery-connectors-are-polarised-and-sealed-to-ip67-2024-03/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:38:22 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=837597 Weidmuller has announced a series of battery connectors and battery connector cable assemblies. They are “engineered to handle high currents” and “designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions”, according to the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/connectors/high-power-battery-connectors-are-polarised-and-sealed-to-ip67-2024-03/feed/ 0 GaN, SiC and Si squeeze 4.5kW out of server PSU https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/gan-sic-and-si-squeeze-4-5kw-out-of-a-server-psu-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/gan-sic-and-si-squeeze-4-5kw-out-of-a-server-psu-2024-03/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:17:31 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=837527 Navitas Semiconductor has demonstrated a 4.5kW 54V server power supply using both GaN and SiC transistors. Claimed density is “over 130W/in3 with efficiency over 97%. The architecture replaces the standard ...

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