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2022-03 Power Power Integrations

[Mar 26 2022] Power Integrations announces the HiperPFS™-5 family of Power Factor Correction (PFC) ICs with internal integration of 750V PowiGaN™ GaN switches. The new ICs are 98.3% efficient, deliver up to 240W of output power without a heatsink, and achieve a power factor of better than 0.98. HiperPFS-5 ICs are ideal for high power USB PD adapters, TVs, game consoles, all-in-one PCs and home appliance applic ...

2022-03 Semiconductors Microchip Technology

[Mar 26 2022] Microchip Technology Inc. announces the expansion of its SiC product portfolio with the industry's lowest on-resistance [RDS(on)] 3.3 kV SiC MOSFETs and highest current rated SiC SBDs, allowing designers to take advantage of its robustness, reliability sex and performance. Microchip's expanded silicon carbide product portfolio facilitates the development of smaller, lighter and more efficient sol ...

2022-03 Power Littelfuse

[Mar 25 2022] Littelfuse Corporation announces the launch of the industry's first 1000 Vdc rated voltage automotive grade fuse product - the new EV1K series fuses. This product has been carefully designed and tested to meet the overcurrent circuit protection needs of the e-mobility market, especially in electric vehicle (EV) applications. EV1K series fuses provide overcurrent protection in EV high voltage powe ...

2022-03 Sensors Infineon Technologies

[Mar 25 2022] Infineon Technologies AG has launched a new family of OptiMOSTM 5 25 V and 30 V power MOSFETs in a PQFN 2 x 2 mm2 package, aiming to set a new industry standard for discrete power MOSFET technology. Using thin wafer technology and innovative packaging, these new devices offer significant performance advantages in extremely small dimensions. The OptiMOS 5 25 V and 30 V power MOSFET product family ...

2022-03 Semiconductors Microchip Technology

[Mar 25 2022] Microchip Technology's new WFI32E01 Wi-Fi MCU module includes a general-purpose, low-cost 32-bit microcontroller with Wi-Fi and network connectivity, hardware-based security accelerators, transceivers and power management units. The WFI32E01 is a fully RF certified wireless module containing the PIC32MZ1025W104 SoC and integrated front-end module with PCB antenna and U.FL connector external anten ...

2022-03 Semiconductors Texas Instruments

[Mar 25 2022] The field of power electronics has received renewed attention in recent years as systems such as electric vehicles have grown in popularity. Since many of the subsystems in EVs that affect efficiency, cost, and weight are power electronics-related, improved power solutions are necessary to ensure EVs maintain high performance and low prices in the future. Texas Instruments has released two new bu ...

2022-03 Power Power Integrations

[Mar 25 2022] Power Integrations announces the energy-efficient HiperLCS™-2 chipset, a new IC product family that greatly simplifies the design and production of LLC resonant power converters. The new dual-chip solution consists of an isolation device and an independent half-bridge power device. The isolation device integrates a high-bandwidth LLC controller, synchronous rectifier driver and FluxLink™ isolated ...

2022-03 Power Inventus Power

[Mar 24 2022] Power Integrations, a well-known company in the field of high-voltage integrated circuit high-efficiency power conversion, announced the launch of the HiperPFS™-5 series of power factor correction (PFC) ICs with integrated 750V PowiGaN™ gallium nitride switches. The new ICs are 98.3% efficient, deliver up to 240W of output power without a heatsink, and achieve a power factor of better than 0.98. ...

2022-03 Semiconductors ON Semiconductor

[Mar 24 2022] Leading the way in smart power and IntelliSense technology, ON Semiconductor has introduced the latest mixed-signal controller dedicated to bridgeless totem-pole power factor correction (TP PFC) topologies. The target application for the NCP1681 is ultra-high density offline power supplies. The new controller builds on the success of the NCP1680 for designs up to 350 W, extending power capability ...

2022-03 Sensors Diodes Incorporated

[Mar 24 2022] Diodes Corporation announces an ideal diode controller product for protecting systems from reverse discharge. The DZDH0401DW controller drives a P-channel MOSFET to emulate an ideal diode, providing the high-side rail isolation required to block reverse current in systems up to 40V. The compact size and outstanding performance make it ideal for use in cordless power tools and self-operated home/g ...

2022-03 Sensors TDK

[Mar 24 2022] TDK Group has launched a new PCM120T series of shielded SMT power inductors. PCM inductors are specially optimized for high saturation current and low DC resistance applications. The PCM120T series can provide 14 inductance values ranging from 0.4 μH to 10 μH, and the maximum saturation current can reach 80 A, depending on the inductance value L. The new components offer many features and benefit ...

2022-03 Semiconductors Infineon Technologies

[Mar 24 2022] Infineon Technologies AG announces the launch of the new EDT2 IGBT in the TO247PLUS package. The device is optimized for discrete automotive traction inverters, further enriching Infineon's product lineup of automotive-grade discrete high-voltage devices. Thanks to its outstanding quality, EDT2 IGBTs meet and exceed AECQ101, the automotive-grade semiconductor discrete device stress test standard, ...