While microcontroller- and DSP-based approaches for implementing advanced motor control techniques, such as field-oriented control (FOC) for 3-phase motors, have gone a long way to simplify ...

In looking at any buck converter point-of-load regulator designed today, chances are that it uses synchronous rectification rather than a conventional diode for freewheeling Eric Persson, Executive ...

Power applications in the industrial sector are often based on powerful electric motors, used in fans, pumps, servo drives, compressors, sewing machines and refrigerators that operate continuously.

Over the years, low losses possible by high breakdown field made silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs extremely popular amongst engineers. At present, they are mostly used in areas where IGBTs (Insulated ...

Infineon Technologies has unveiled a diode family designed for modern IGBT applications. The Infineon Prime Soft features an improved turn-off capability which now rates at 5 kA/µs. Prime Soft is ...

NANJING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, SMC Diode Solutions, an American-led semiconductor design and manufacturing company, celebrated the opening of its second power discrete fab in Nanjing, China.

Fraunhofer IAF has developed a monolithic bidirectional switch with a blocking voltage of 1200 V using its GaN-on-insulator technology. The switch contains two free-wheeling diodes and can deliver ...

China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro) plans to hike pricing for power MOSFET and IGBT chips to reflect its fully utilized fab capacity, according to industry sources. As demand for automotive ...

The most basic diagrams depicting non-isolated DC-DC converters generally show two ideal switches and an energy storage inductor. In early designs, it was quickly realized that one switch could be ...