Technology Articles

2024-06 Connectors Vector Electronics

[Jun 4 2024] Vector Informatik has expanded its product portfolio in e-mobility charging infrastructure with the vCharM.edge hardware. Operators of charging parks can employ it to implement dynamic load management. This avoids expensive grid expansions and guarantees full charging without expensive peak loads for all vehicles. The solution is a hardware that is installed locally in the charging park. It conne ...

2024-06 Power MikroElektronika

[Jun 4 2024] MikroElektronika has announced a click shield for the Red Dragon Fruit engineering platform, often referred to as the "Swiss Army penknife" of engineering. The size of a credit card, Red Pitaya combines the capabilities of multiple lab instruments - oscilloscopes, signal generators, and spectrum analyzers - with plenty of programming power and open source software to jump-start any project. Click ...

2024-06 Connectors Fair-Rite Products

[Jun 3 2024] Fairview Microwave has introduced its latest product line: RF fixed attenuators and terminals operating at frequencies up to 26GHz. With the SMA connection design, these components are designed to set new standards for high frequency performance. The product range includes attenuators and terminals with maximum power ratings ranging from 2W to an impressive 20W, ensuring a wide range of power req ...

2024-06 Connectors Nexperia

[Jun 3 2024] Nexperia has announced several new MOSFETs to expand its range of discrete switching solutions for a variety of applications across multiple end markets. This release includes a 100V ASFETs for PoE, eFuse and relay replacement with a 60% reduction in DFN2020 package size, and a 40V NextPowerS3 MOSFETs with improved EMC performance. PoE switches typically have up to 48 ports, and each port require ...

2024-06 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[Jun 3 2024] Infineon Technologies AG has introduced the 750V G1 discrete CoolSiC MOSFETs to meet the growing demand for higher efficiency and power density in industrial and automotive power applications. The product family includes industrial and automotive grade SiC MOSFETs optimized for totem pole PFC, T-type, LLC/CLLC, DAB, HERIC, buck/boost, and PSFB topologies. Mosfets are ideal for typical industrial ...

2024-06 Power Power Integrations

[Jun 3 2024] Power Integrations announced the InnoMux-2 series of single-stage, independently regulated multi-output offline power ics. Typical applications include TVS, monitors, appliances, networking, home and building automation, LED emergency lighting, and industrial power supplies. Ic integrates AC/DC and downstream DC-DC conversion stages into a single chip, providing up to three independently regulate ...

2024-06 Power Melexis Technologies NV

[Jun 1 2024] Melexis has announced the launch of its latest single-coil brushless direct current (BLDC) fan driver chip. This new driver chip is designed to meet the growing demand for efficient, low noise and high reliability fan applications, especially in applications where space is limited and energy efficiency requirements are stringent. Technical background With the increasing miniaturization and functi ...

2024-06 Sensors LEM

[Jun 1 2024] LEM has introduced two new coreless high current sensors that can accurately measure high DC currents ranging from 2kA to 42kA, without any limits caused by surge currents. The Open Loop Coreless Integral (OLCI) sensors have a wide opening that allows for precise measurement of high currents on large busbars. These sensors can handle high frequency applications with a bandwidth of up to 1MHz. In ...

2024-06 Power XMOS

[Jun 1 2024] X-FAB is one of the world's leading specialty semiconductor foundries, focused on providing customers with high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions. As technology continues to advance and market demands continue to increase, X-FAB continues to innovate and improve on its technology platform to meet the diverse needs of its customers. Recently, X-FAB announced the introduct ...

2024-05 Power AKM Semiconductor Inc.

[May 31 2024] University of Michigan (U-M) research indicates that devices capable of converting heat into electricity are approaching the theoretical maximum efficiency, making them increasingly viable for usage on the grid.Thermal solar cells can be used to convert intermittent renewable energy into electricity and store it in heat batteries during peak production hours. Andrej Lenert, an associate professor ...

2024-05 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[May 31 2024] Infineon Technologies AG has introduced two new iterations of high voltage (HV) and medium voltage (MV) CoolGaN devices. These advancements allow customers to utilize Gallium Nitride (GaN) in voltage ranges spanning from 40 V to 700 V. This expanded range of applications contributes to the promotion of digitalization and decarbonization. Both of these product families are produced using advanced ...

2024-05 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[May 31 2024] Due to the growing power demands of Artificial Intelligence (AI) processors, server power supply (PSUs) need to provide increasing amounts of power while still fitting within the specified dimensions of server racks. The increase in energy demand for high-level GPUs is the main driving force behind this trend. It is projected that by the end of the decade, each chip could consume 2 kW or more. In ...