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This is the holy grail a low cost, non-toxic, environmentally friendly way to produce high performance lithium ion battery anodes, said Zachary Favors, a graduate student working with Cengiz and Mihri Ozkan, both engineering professors at UC Riverside. The idea came to Favors six months ago. He was relaxing on the beach after surfing in San Clemente, California when he

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The new MOSFETs, which feature ultra-low on-state resistance (Rds(on)), are designed for a wide range of industrial applications including power tools, Light Electric Vehicle (LEV) inverters, DC motor drives, Li-Ion battery pack protection, and Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) secondary-side synchronous rectification. Available in through-hole and surface mount packages, the expanded 60V StrongIRFET family includes the IRF7580M. Housed in a

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Linear Technology Corporation introduced the LTC3124, a dual-phase, 3MHz, current-mode, synchronous boost DC/DC converter with output disconnect and inrush current limiting.  Dual-phase operation significantly reduces peak inductor and capacitor ripple currents, minimizing external component size while delivering lower output ripple versus an equivalent single-phase device. This architecture enhances output drive capability with its internal 2.5A per phase capable switches together

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This article describes three different clock domain crossing (CDC) verification methodologies and how they can best be used in verifying SoCs being designed today. Growing design size, proliferation of internal and external protocols, and aggressive power requirements are driving an explosion in the number of asynchronous clocks in SoCs. This demands that design and verification teams spend an increasing amount

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Anderson Power Products announced the addition of a 5-Position offering to the Mini SPEC Pak connector family. This environmentally-sealed and touch-safe connector houses up to 5 contact positions in a compact latching shell. Power handling capabilities up to 23A and 600V ac or dc per pole allow more power in a smaller waterproof (IP68) shell than other solutions. A unique

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Fremont Micro Devices USA Inc. announced the FT8260 family of primary-side drivers for LED applications. The first three members of the family include the FT8260 (30W), FT8260DD (18W) and FT8260B (7W). These high precision devices simplify LED lighting system design by eliminating the secondary side feedback components and opto-coupler. The FT8260DD has an integrated 650V 4A power MOSFET and the

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For high-wattage industrial power applications, Mean Well Enterprises Co. Ltd. has offered units up to 3kW. In order to satisfy demand for an even higher power, the new single-output 5000W RST-5000 series has been unveiled. This model has the built-in active power factor correction, accepting the wide range 3-phase ac input (3-phase, 3-wire/Delta 196- to 305-Vac or 3-phase 4-wire/ Y

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The BMW i3 represents that Bavarian’s brands first attempt to move into the “affordable” EV market, and they’ve done so with a car built from the ground-up to be electric. It’s little wonder then that BMW i3 sales have been solid enough to help push the brand past 1 million units sold in the first half of 2014. BMW sold

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If San Francisco has developed a reputation as the perfect mix of clean tech and environmentalism, it’s because it’s true – the Bay Area just keeps getting greener and greener. A coalition of Bay Area-public agencies has just made what they claim is the largest single governmental electric vehicle (EV) fleet purchase so far in America. The total purchase of

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Deutsche Bank is planning to lend nearly one billion dollars for three to six Japanese solar projects during the next 12 or 18 months. Of course, it’s Japan’s feed-in tariff (FiT) that is helping generate interest, but a Deutsche Bank director named Hans Van Der Sande said that because the rate has dropped, the real players are staying after the

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