21 September 2021 This year, during APEC 2021, the virtual exposition unveiled several high-voltage gallium nitride (GaN) FETs from old and new players in the market. Key amongst them was Power Integrations, a strong believer in silicon. The company displayed an off-Line CV/CC ZVS flyback integrated switcher IC with 750 V PowiGaN FET, active clamp drive and synchronous … [Read more...] about More Suppliers Unveil High-Voltage Integrated GaN FET Solutions
Powering the IOT with 5G Efficiently
The Virtuous Circle of 5G, IoT and Energy Harvesting
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
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
