Würth Elektronik and STMicroelectronics jointly developed a demo using a Würth power tool. The design, which efficiently drives a low-voltage Brushless DC motor, is ideal for handheld power-tool applications. Moreover, the design includes all the necessary user interfaces required to control the motor’s trigger, speed, and direction.

This article summarises the findings of a paper presented by CEA Tech at the PCIM Digital Days conference, 2020; these describe an evaluation of different wide-band-gap semiconductor-based designs for compact solar micro inverters.

Two of the hottest sectors in the ESG revolution right now are hydrogen and absolutely anything that ties into the $5 trillion global transportation industry. Investors are piling into hydrogen – a potential solution for a clean energy future – and it's now predicted to become an $11 trillion marketplace by 2050.

Lithium-ion batteries are used globally in everything from basic consumer electronics to autonomous vehicles and aerospace and military applications. Now, researchers discovered a nanostructure, which enhances battery performance.

This article will illustrate how special converters equipped with PassThru mode can be useful when the circuit’s input voltage is too high or too low to power a load. It will give examples of how PassThru mode is used with buck-boost regulators and boost regulators to increase power supply efficiency and improve EMC behavior.

Power Integrations, a specialist in high-voltage integrated circuits (IC)s for energy-efficient power conversion, has announced that their online design tool, PI Expert™, now includes the capability to export schematics and netlists. This has been made possible by SnapMagic’s latest schematic export technology. For more information read the article below.

Diodes Incorporated has introduced two new synchronous buck converters. Targeted at automotive point-of-load (PoL) applications, the DIODES AP66200Q and DIODES AP66300Q cover a wide input voltage range – from 3.8V to 60V. This allows 12V-, 24V-, and 48V-based automotive systems to all be addressed.

How to evaluate the possible liefetime in application? The answer to this question is power cycling tests. Research has already produced numerous findings in this area, but a temperature swing below 30 K has not yet been taken into consideration. However, this range is very interesting for application use.

Ansys software and services reduce obstacles to enable customers to solve today’s complex engineering challenges. The new products, technologies, and tools that make up Ansys 2022 R1 enable experts to go deep with custom workflows for industry-specific applications while also extending broad ease-of-use features that turbocharge collaboration across teams.

Amber Solutions, a developer of patented technologies for the digital control of electricity in solid-state architecture, has closed a Series B funding round totalling more than US$8.5 million.