Power

Astute Group has signed a distribution agreement with Silanna Semiconductor to distribute its Plural ADCs in Europe and India. According to Astute, Plural ADCs offer a more affordable and versatile option with shorter lead times compared to current market alternatives. They are factory-configurable, providing over 150 ADC variants with sample rates ranging from 20 to 250Msps. The ADCs are available ...

The rapid growth of the data centre liquid cooling sector is driven by high-density servers, AI workloads and efficiency needs, says Aashi Mishra Do you know that global emissions from cloud computing range from 2.5%-3.7% of all global greenhouse emissions? It has been estimated that there are almost 10,970 data centre locations globally as of December 2023. Researchers have suggested ...

STMicroelectronics has made an eight-channel low-side driver for vehicles with extra functional safety hardware that “eases system-level ISO 26262 certification up to ASIL-B”, said the company. The nominal ratings of L9800, as it will be known, are: 12V power rail and 260mA per output. L9800 outputs can drive resistive, capacitive or inductive loads like relays, solenoids and LEDs,” said ST. ...

Did you ever dream of surface-mounting wire-wound power resistors? If you do, Vishay has turned that into reality with a series of pick-and-place-friendly cemented wire-wounds. They are actually the company’s existing 3W AC03-CS series of fuseable resistors, with the legs bent into what the company is calling its WSZ lead-form (see photo), available from 1Ω to 100Ω ±5%, with ±200ppm/°C ...

Modular SiC intelligent power modules and inverter control modules by Cissoid are now available from Rhopoint Components. The Cissoid CMT-PLA3SB12340A SiC mosfet intelligent module is available from the distributor with reference designs for customisation. Applications include power systems for electric cars, buses, trucks, lorries and heavy-duty industrial plant equipment as well as electric boats, aviation and industrial motor control. TheSiC ...

Infineon Technologies has announced a rad-hardened GaN transistor designed to operate in harsh space environments. It “is the first in-house manufactured GaN transistor to earn the highest quality certification of reliability assigned by the United States Defense Logistics Agency to the JANS specification MIL-PRF-19500/794”, according to the company. “The gallium nitride hemts [high electron mobility transistors] are engineered for mission-critical ...

Aiming at aircraft, Powell Electronics is offering high power connectors and cables from Glenair. The 972 series is designed for up to 2kVac, 1,500Hz and between 150 and 800A. With stainless steel bodies and shells, “the connectors feature a +230°C maximum operating temperature”, according to component distributor Powell, which added that rope-lay cables optimised for the connectors are available at ...

US car maker Rivian has signed up Infineon to supply traction inverter power modules, microcontrollers and power ICs for its ‘R2’ vehicle platform, expecting to start in 2026. The power modules will be in Infineon’s HybridPack Drive G2 format (pictured) and include both silicon and silicon carbide components. Along with these, Rivian has picked infineon’s established TC3x MCUs, not not ...

ABLIC claims that its S-19116 Series automotive high-voltage detector has the industry’s fastest detection response time of max. 6.8μs while achieving ultra-low current consumption of 2.0μA typ The detector is also claimed to significantly reduce system standby current. It comes in an  HSNT-6 (1.96×2.46×t0.5mm) package. Overvoltage protection is essential when supplying voltage from a battery through a regulator to MCUs ...

At PCIM in Nuremberg this week, Texas Instruments announced an automotive-qualified LLC controller for light electric vehicle charging, and demonstrated it in a three-stage ac-dc battery charger for electric two-wheelers. (LLC is an inductor-inductor-capacitor topology, see diagram) “But despite the benefits that the LLC topology can offer, including minimal standby power and low audible noise, electric vehicle manufacturers have been ...