The Internet of Things (IoT) offers disruptive potential to address the most urgent challenges of our world - from climate change to ensuring clean energy, safe food and caring for our health and well-being. Wireless IoT sensory devices can be placed on, in or near people, equipment, infrastructure and our environment to gather and enable such services. Analysts predict a 1 … [Read more...] about The Virtuous Circle of 5G, IoT and Energy Harvesting
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Meeting the Power and Magnetic Design Challenges of Ultra-Thin, High-Power Density 48 V DC-DC Converters for Ultra-Thin Computing Applications
Over the past decade computers, displays, smart phones and other consumer electronics systems have become thinner while also becoming more powerful. As a result, the market continues to increase its demand for thinner power supply solutions with greater power density. This article examines the feasibility of adopting various non-isolated dc-dc step-down topologies for an … [Read more...] about Meeting the Power and Magnetic Design Challenges of Ultra-Thin, High-Power Density 48 V DC-DC Converters for Ultra-Thin Computing Applications
Heterogeneous Integration: A Promising Technology to Future Integrated Power Conversion Electronics
Since its renaissance, heterogeneous integration (HI) where unique merits of different silicon or III-V technologies, has been widely explored in many power electronics and achieved remark- able success. It is known that the success of power conversion electronics is mostly attributed to the low-power, fast-response, and accurate mixed-signal control circuitry and the low-loss, … [Read more...] about Heterogeneous Integration: A Promising Technology to Future Integrated Power Conversion Electronics
Maximum Power Point in a Single Step: A Novel Method for PV Industry
The environmental concerns linked to traditional power generation methods have driven solar photovoltaic (SPV) systems to be established as a clean and viable alternative power solution [1]. However, SPV systems are associated with low energy conversion efficiency attributes. This highlights the need for an efficient power conversion system [2]. SPV sources showcase a nonlinear … [Read more...] about Maximum Power Point in a Single Step: A Novel Method for PV Industry
Virtual APEC 2021 Illuminates Emerging Technologies and Trends
For safety and well-being of conference participants, the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) was held virtually from 14–17 June, 2021, on the virtual event platform Social27, with on demand access starting the week of 7 June. The on-demand recordings include technical session lectures and dialogues (poster sessions), industry sessions, and … [Read more...] about Virtual APEC 2021 Illuminates Emerging Technologies and Trends
