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New gate driver IC ideal for latest three-level topology photovoltaic inverters and arrays

Power Integrations has announced an expansion of its SCALE-iDriver family of galvanically isolated single-channel gate driver ICs. The new devices support IGBT blocking voltages up to 1700V, which are generally used in 400VAC and 690VAC lin

Power Integrations | 18-05-2017

Dual MOSFET driver controller requires minimal external components for LLC topologies

ON Semiconductor has introduced an advanced SR controller optimised for LLC resonant converter topologies. The FAN6248 requires minimal additional components, delivers high efficiency, eases thermal management, improves overall system relia

ON Semiconductor | 18-05-2017

Medical AC/DC power supply series complies with 4th Edition EMC standards

AC/DC medical power supplies. The VMS-300A series, available in industry standard 3” x 5” open frame and metal enclosed packages, delivers efficiencies up to 94% and high power densities up to 14.5W/in3. Meeting EN 60601-1 edition 3.1 safet

CUI | 18-05-2017

Gate drivers simplify the switching of MOSFETs and IGBTs in motors and power supplies

Diodes Incorporated has introduced the DGD2103M, DGD2104M and DGD2304 gate drivers that feature a floating high-side driver to simplify the switching of two N-channel MOSFETs or two IGBTs in a half-bridge configuration. These drivers suit a

Diodes Inc | 18-05-2017

Ultra-compact power supplies offer high performance and reliability to OEMs

Luso Electronics has introduced Qualstar’s new N2Power-branded XL270 family of AC/DC modules that provide significantly more power in an ultra-compact 50.8mm x 101.6mm package than comparable solutions available in the market. The serie

Luso | 17-05-2017

Stand Alone Single Cell 3-A Fast Charger with High Input Voltage and Power Path

The Texas Instruments bq25606 device is a highly-integrated standalone 3A switch-mode battery charge management and system power path management device for single cell Li-Ion and Li-polymer battery. The low impedance power path optimizes sw

Texas Instruments | 16-05-2017

Impedance spectroscopy for lithium ion batteries

Rutronik together with the Chemnitz University of Technology are presenting their research project “Expanding monitoring and analysis functions in the battery management system based on impedance spectroscopy”. It allows impedance spectrosc

Rutronik | 16-05-2017

Small-size, high-density AC/DC units and DC-DC converters are added to power supplies range

RS Components is now stocking a new range of products from power supply manufacturer Cosel. Based on the distribution agreement between RS and Cosel, RS has already made hundreds of Cosel products available globally and is now introducing m

RS Components | 15-05-2017

Simple and easy to use synchronous Swift step-down converter

The Texas Instruments’ TPS561201 and TPS561208 are simple, easy-to-use, 1-A synchronous step-down converters in SOT-23 package. The devices are optimized to operate with minimum external component counts and also optimized to achieve lo

Texas Instruments | 15-05-2017

Isolated dual-channel gate driver offers high power density, high efficiency and robustness

The UCC21225A, from Texas Instruments, is an isolated dual-channel gate driver with 4A source and 6A sink peak current in a space-saving 5mm x 5mm LGA13 package. It is designed to drive power MOSFETs, IGBTs, and SiC MOSFETs up to 5MHz with

Texas Instruments | 12-05-2017

Gain differential amplifier broadens usefulness and performance in range of applications

Linear Technology’s LTC6432-15 is a wideband fully differential amplifier with 15dB gain, offering linearity of up to +50.3dBm OIP3 (output third-order intercept), very high OP1dB (output 1dB compression point) of +22.7dBm, and 3.2dB noise

Linear Technology | 12-05-2017

Small green energy-saving DC-DC converter in extremely compact package

FiDUS Power has launched the HCJ and HTJ series of very compact DC-DC converters. It is claimed to be the world’s smallest ‘green’ energy saving 30W DC-DC converter. Best in class with 1” x 1” footprint and a power density of 73W/in3, the H

FiDUS | 11-05-2017

New driver reduces design complexity and PCB area compared to discrete solutions

Allegro MicroSystems has a new motor driver IC designed for PWM control of DC motors. Their A5950 is capable of peak output currents up to ±3A and operating voltages up to 40V. This new device is targeted at the automotive market with end

Allegro | 11-05-2017

AC servo drives deliver market leading performance with lower production costs

A new range of AC servo drives which provide consistently simple and fast commissioning, maximum machine throughput and outstanding operational reliability has been introduced by Yaskawa. The compact Sigma-7 servos (200V Series and 400V Ser

Yaskawa | 11-05-2017

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