Power | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/ Electronics Design & Components Tech News Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:16:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/ 125 75 Electronics Design & Components Tech News SiC half-bridge handles 1.8MW in under 500ns https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/sic-half-bridge-handles-1-8mw-in-under-500ns-2024-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/sic-half-bridge-handles-1-8mw-in-under-500ns-2024-09/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:59:41 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=848064 Aiming at vehicle traction, Infineon has put a pair of 3,300V 1,000A 1.9 mΩ silicon carbide trench mosfets into its 100 x 140 x 40mm ‘XHP 2’ module housing, calling ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/sic-half-bridge-handles-1-8mw-in-under-500ns-2024-09/feed/ 0 Hungary buys battery grid storage https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/hungary-buys-battery-grid-storage-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/hungary-buys-battery-grid-storage-2024-08/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:50:31 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847447 Hungarian state-owned energy company MVM Balance has ordered a 4.35MWh 750kW sodium-sulphur battery from NGK for a grid storage demonstration project. Due to be operational in May 2025, it will ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/hungary-buys-battery-grid-storage-2024-08/feed/ 0 112 x 62mm IGBT module for 1kV flying capacitor boost converters https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/112-x-62mm-igbt-module-for-1kv-flying-capacitor-boost-converters-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/112-x-62mm-igbt-module-for-1kv-flying-capacitor-boost-converters-2024-08/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:41:59 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847199 Onsemi has announced a 112 x 62mm power module for flying capacitor boost converters up to 1kV. It combines 1kV silicon IGBTs and 1.2kV silicon carbide diodes in the company’s ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/112-x-62mm-igbt-module-for-1kv-flying-capacitor-boost-converters-2024-08/feed/ 0 Precision shunts from 1A to 6,000A https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/passives/precision-shunts-from-1a-to-6000a-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/passives/precision-shunts-from-1a-to-6000a-2024-08/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:21:36 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847185 Bourns has added six shunt resistor types its Riedon range, that it acquired in April last year when it bought Riedon Inc. Construction is with brass end-caps holding Manganin resistance ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/passives/precision-shunts-from-1a-to-6000a-2024-08/feed/ 0 Automotive ideal diode protects against -65V https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/automotive-ideal-diode-protects-against-65v-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/automotive-ideal-diode-protects-against-65v-2024-08/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:47:19 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847114 It seems to be Ideal Diode Week at Electronics Weekly (here and here) as Diodes is also promoting one, this time an ideal diode that can cope with ±65V on ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/power-supplies/automotive-ideal-diode-protects-against-65v-2024-08/feed/ 0 Chokes for CCM PFC up to 3.3kW https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/chokes-for-ccm-pfc-up-to-3-3kw-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/chokes-for-ccm-pfc-up-to-3-3kw-2024-08/#respond Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:01:44 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846567 Power factor correction with CCM (continuous conduction mode) boost converters is where ITG Electronics is aiming its latest choke family. Specifically, the series is for converters operating at between 100 ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/discretes/chokes-for-ccm-pfc-up-to-3-3kw-2024-08/feed/ 0 London’s Hurst-Crayford power tunnel energised https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/londons-hurst-crayford-power-tunnel-energised-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/londons-hurst-crayford-power-tunnel-energised-2024-08/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:32:48 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846224 National Grid has energised its 2.5km 275kV power tunnel between Hurst substation and Crayford, one of the transmission circuits in the 32.5km LPT2 route across south London. “The previous cables ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/power/londons-hurst-crayford-power-tunnel-energised-2024-08/feed/ 0 Streamlining battery cells drives efficiency improvements for EV batteries https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/streamlining-battery-cells-drives-efficiency-improvements-for-ev-batteries-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/streamlining-battery-cells-drives-efficiency-improvements-for-ev-batteries-2024-08/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:31:13 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846674 If the consumer appeal of electric vehicles is to be maximised, keeping down the total cost of ownership is imperative, urges Till Wagner. One of the key areas where a ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/streamlining-battery-cells-drives-efficiency-improvements-for-ev-batteries-2024-08/feed/ 0 The challenge of electrifying HGVs https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-challenge-of-electrifying-hgvs-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-challenge-of-electrifying-hgvs-2024-08/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:31:08 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846662 The progress made in the electrification for passenger vehicles has led to an examination of batteries and charging technology for HGVs, observes Mark Patrick. Good progress has been made with ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-challenge-of-electrifying-hgvs-2024-08/feed/ 0 32bit dsPIC DSP-enabled MCUs from Microchip https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/micros/32bit-dspic-dsp-enabled-mcus-from-microchip-2024-07/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/micros/32bit-dspic-dsp-enabled-mcus-from-microchip-2024-07/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:00:24 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=845687 Microchip Technology has announced a 32bit 200MHz version of its dsPIC33 series of DSP-heavy MCUs. dsPIC33A, as the family will be called, is aimed at fast closed-loop control of PSUs ...

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