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Silicon carbide is a route 99% efficiency in induction heating drivers, claimed Cree as it introduced a 300A, 1.2kV half-bridge module. Bolting straight into a industry-standard 62mm footprint, it includes two 5mΩ SiC mosfets and two SiC free-wheeling Schottky diodes, that drop 1.7V at 300A. “The power module is pin-compatible to 62mm half-bridge modules, including IGBT modules rated at 450A

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Linear Technology has introduced a 2.5W output DC/DC converter with 2kVAC galvanic isolation in a 9mm x 15mm x 4.92mm ball grid array (BGA) package. The isolated transformer, control circuitry, power switches, and a modest amount of input and output capacitance are encased in the BGA package. A minimum creepage distance of 4.3mm on the package exterior supports operation at

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In a typical ac-dc power supply, diode bridges do not control inrush current due to the output capacitor sudden charge at line plug-in. A high inrush current can cause several issues for the system like component failure (fuse, bridge diode, etc.), but it also represents an excessive current stress for the power grid. If nothing is implemented to limit the

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Astrodyne Corporation now offers a medical grade dc-input power adapter that provides isolated power to medical devices used in cars and trauma patient transportation vehicles. Designed to help support better patient mobility, this 75W medical-grade power adapter can be used with a car or truck 12 CAP DC power connector. Designed to help power left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), infusion

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The Wireless Power Consortium today announced significant advances to the resonant extension of the Qi specification to offer even more options to the wireless charging industry. As wireless charging capabilities become ubiquitous in portable consumer electronics, many consumers will wish to charge all of their devices at a single location. Qi chargers have always been capable of multiple-device charging, but

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Texas Instruments, Inc. today introduced the next-generation of its integrated triple-output synchronous step-down switching regulators with smaller footprint and higher efficiency. The TPS65261 and TPS65262 dc-dc converters feature small QFN packages and up to 96 percent efficiency for such applications as digital television, set-top boxes, home gateway and access point networks, wireless routers, point-of-sale machines, and surveillance equipment. The TPS65261

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Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere because today’s technology allows them to hold the most electricity of any other portable power source. But they could hold more if they ditched the ion in the battery’s anode and used only lithium. But lithium alone makes for an unstable battery – until today. Stanford University researchers say they’ve taken a major step toward developing

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California, already the epicenter of distributed solar PV, is also a growth market for behind-the-meter energy storage. Companies like Stem, Green Charge Networks, Coda and the dynamic duo of SolarCity and Tesla are installing big batteries in buildings, mainly on the business case of reducing demand charges for commercial and industrial customers. In the future, those batteries could also help

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New analysis from business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan shows that the global solar power market earned revenues of nearly $60 billion in 2013, and estimates that by 2020 this figure will double to $137.02 billion. According to the report, “Frost & Sullivan estimates that global solar market revenues will grow between 2014 and 2020 despite the economic uncertainty in

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