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Amantys Ltd. announced the launch of a new IGBT gate driver operating at 3.3kV, 4.5kV and 6.5kV, with significantly improved reliability and protection in high power modules targeting the most demanding applications including wind turbines, locomotive, HVDC, and industrial drives. At these power levels the gate driver must provide reliable and effective protection mechanisms for a variety of fault conditions.

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Littelfuse, Inc. has introduced the SD and SD-C Series 450W Discrete Unidirectional and Bidirectional TVS Diodes, the latest additions to its line of TVS Diode Arrays (SPA® Diodes). Designed to protect against destructive electrostatic discharges (ESD) and lightning-induced surge currents, these fast-acting TVS Diodes are ideal for replacing multilayer varistors (MLVs) in low speed and DC applications because they can

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TDK Corporation today introduced the 60-A TDK-Lambda iJB series of Point of Load (PoL) dc-dc converters. Featuring intelligent auto-tuning technology, these converters provide better dynamic performance, improved system stability and extremely accurate current read-back. Operating from an 8 to 14Vdc input, the iJB series can provide output voltages of 0.6 to 2V, with a precision set point accuracy of 0.5%.

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Intersil Corporation today announced the ISL8240M, a dual 20A/single 40A step-down power module that sets a new standard for efficiency and power density in infrastructure and embedded computing applications. Capable of delivering up to 100W of output power in a 2.9 cm² footprint, greater than 90 percent power efficiency, and industry-leading thermal performance, the ISL8240M provides designers with a turnkey

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The far-out idea of replacing America’s asphalt roads with solar panels apparently has plenty of appeal. The Solar Roadways IndieGoGo campaign has raised some $1.5 million to use towards research and development of this cutting-edge solution to our world’s environmental woes. Designed by Scott and Julie Brusaw’, the IndieGoGo page has undergone a radical transformation since its debut over a

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Mitsubishi is looking to get back into the compact truck market with a sleek and efficient new design based off of the GR-HEV concept. Though it might not have the same radical look of drivetrain, but it could shake-up a truck market long dominated by big American trucks. Only recently has GM recommitted to the idea of a smaller truck,

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When it comes to electric cars, men and women take different approaches towards the same goal of zero emissions driving, says a new report. While women are most interested in saving money and not getting stuck, men approach electric cars in a more scientific and some might even say, daring way. A study conducted by the University of California Davis

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Today on Green Car Reports: Solar Roadways exceeds its crowdfunding target, a newbie drives the 2014 Nissan Leaf electric car, and Google shows an electric, autonomous test car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Google’s electric, autonomous test car takes human drivers completely out of the loop by foregoing a steering wheel. Learn why CVTs won–and direct-shift gearboxes

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The BYD Electric Bus is first 40-foot electric bus to complete the Federal Transit Administration’s sponsored testing. Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA: The Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center under the Larson Institute and sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), last week completed the FTA’s “new model bus testing program” of the first 40-foot, all-electric bus. The BYD Electric Bus has

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Over the past two years, we’ve seen a phenomenal growth in residential solar in the U.S., and, at the same time, a huge surge in nationally based installation companies. As GTM’s Mike Munsell pointed out in a recent article, the market share of the top six installers grew from 31 percent in 2012 to 46 percent in 2013. Some people

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