The Energy Harvesting Committee of the Power Supply Manufacturers Association (PSMA) recently published a white paper on Energy Harvesting (EH) for a green internet of things (IoT). In that paper, the potential for converting ambient energy into electrical energy to enable green power supplies of IoT key components, such as autonomous sensor nodes is evaluated. The white paper … [Read more...] about Industrial Adoption of Energy Harvesting: Challenges and Opportunities
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EV Battery Chargers, Inverters, Bidirectional Switches, and Passive Components Take Center Stage at ECCE 2022
This year, the fourteenth annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2022 was a hybrid event with an in-person meeting in Detroit, MI, USA from 9–13 October. The virtual meet-the-authors sessions took place 17-19 October via Zoom. After two years of virtual meetings, it was encouraging to see researchers, engineers, and professionals from around the world … [Read more...] about EV Battery Chargers, Inverters, Bidirectional Switches, and Passive Components Take Center Stage at ECCE 2022
Accelerating the Transition to Vehicle Electrification
Globally, governments are mandating a switch from internal combustion engine (ICE) technology to electric-drive vehicles in 100s of millions of vehicles to combat climate change. For example, on 29 June 2022, the European Union (EU) agreed to a framework to eliminate carbon emissions from new cars and vans by 2035, effectively removing the ICE option for large-scale auto … [Read more...] about Accelerating the Transition to Vehicle Electrification
Supercapacitor Assisted Surge Absorber Technique: high performance transient surge protectors for consumer electronics
Invention of the transistor in 1947 made a radical change to the path of the development of electronic products and systems. In the mid-1950s, integrated circuits (ICs) started evolving rapidly, creating miniaturized analog, digital and mixed signal circuits. By the 1960s to 1970s, microprocessors, memories and power semiconductors entered the electronic marketplace. During the … [Read more...] about Supercapacitor Assisted Surge Absorber Technique: high performance transient surge protectors for consumer electronics
Entrepreneur Viewpoint: IEEE Empower a Billion Lives: An Opportunity for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
In 2018, the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) launched a biennial global competition known as Empower a Billion Lives (EBL). As a global initiative, EBL aims to crowdsource regionally relevant innovation to accelerate deployment of energy access solutions at scale to nearly three billion people who live in severe energy poverty. Providing affordable energy access to them … [Read more...] about Entrepreneur Viewpoint: IEEE Empower a Billion Lives: An Opportunity for Innovation and Entrepreneurship