Power
Core components of a sustainable world
Power electronics has a vital role to play in the generation, distribution, and use of electrical energy in nearly all branches of industry, where it is contributing significantly to the efficiency of increasingly sustainable communities.
CUI Devices expands tactile switches line with new illuminated models
CUI Devices’ Switches Group has announced the addition of illuminated models to its line of tactile switches.
New portfolio of isolation devices from TI
Texas Instruments has introduced its new opto-emulator portfolio of signal isolation semiconductors, designed to improve signal integrity, consume less power, and extend the lifetime of high-voltage industrial and automotive applications.
Global 200mm fabs to reach record high capacity by 2026
Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are projected to increase 200mm fab capacity by 14% from 2023 through 2026, adding 12 new 200mm volume fabs (excluding EPI) as the industry reaches a record high of more than 7.7 million wafers per month (wpm), SEMI announces in its 200mm Fab Outlook to 2026 report.
QPT is a finalist in two categories of the Elektra Awards 2023
The finalists in this year’s Elektra Awards have been announced and QPT Limited is a finalist in both the Startup of the Year and the Power System Product of the Year categories.
Highly efficient motor and power control
Nuvoton Technology has launched its KM1M4BF series MCU and KM1M7AF/KM1M7BF series MCUs designed for motor and power control in wide-ranging consumer, enterprise, and industrial applications, such as air conditioning, heat pumps, white goods, tools, e-bikes, EV charging, solar invertors, energy storage, and power supplies.
Build Scalability in Cordless Power and Garden Tools Using Low-Cost MSPM0 MCUs
Today, cordless power tools (such as drills, saws, and impact wrenches) and cordless garden tools (such as leaf blowers, string trimmers, and lawn mowers) are smaller, lighter, more efficient, and more powerful due to advancements in battery technology and motor control techniques. All of these cordless tools require a microcontroller (MCU) to control direct current through a motor, and depending on the application, it may also control different ...
Automotive, dual-channel, high-voltage, power op amp with low distortion for resolver applications
The ALM2403-Q1 is a dual-power op amp with features and performance that make this device preferable for resolver-based applications. The high-gain bandwidth and slew rate of the device, along with a continuous high-output current-drive capability, make this device an excellent choice to provide the low distortion and differential high-amplitude excitation required for exciting the resolver primary coil.
Infineon and Infypower cooperate in new energy vehicle charger market
Power semiconductors based on silicon carbide (SiC) offer several advantages, like high efficiency, power density, voltage resistance, and reliability.
Innoscience shipments of InnoGaN chips exceed 300 million pieces
Innoscience Technology, the company founded to create a global energy ecosystem based on high-performance, low-cost, gallium-nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) power solutions, has shipped more than 300 million pieces of its InnoGan gallium nitride chips as of August 2023, helping customers achieve small size, energy efficient, and low loss product design.