Power
PowerFlex 840 W dual power supply adds flexible interfaces
The new CPX400DP is the latest in the CPX series of PowerFlex regulated power-supply units from TTi, and is the first to incorporate digital remote control interfaces.
IR Introduces Online IGBT Selection Tool to Optimize Power Management Design
International Rectifier has introduced a new online Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) selection tool that enables design optimization in a wide range of applications including motor drives, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), solar inverters, and welding.
NOVEL SENSORS AID TIDAL TURBINE DEVELOPMENT
Non-contact torque sensors from Sensor Technology are playing a key role in the development of commercial-scale in-stream tidal turbines produced by Irish company, OpenHydro. The company is using these novel sensors, which are based on surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology, to accurately measure rotational speed and frictional forces in a simulator for the turbine bearings, thereby allowing it to optimise the performance and reliability of its i...
Battery-monitoring IC reduces BMS cost by 80% in hybrid and electric vehicles
Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX11068, a high-voltage, 12-cell, battery-monitoring IC for hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, and any system that stacks long series strings of batteries. This highly integrated solution employs a proprietary SMBus(TM)-laddered communication bus that allows multiple MAX11068s to be daisy chained together without expensive isolators. This approach reduces battery-management system (BMS) co...
100V Isolated Flyback DC/DC Controller Simplifies Design & Eliminates Optocoupler
Linear Technology announced the LT3748, a high input voltage isolated flyback DC/DC controller that significantly simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter. No opto-isolator, third winding or signal transformer is required for feedback since the output voltage is sensed from the primary-side flyback signal. The LT3748 operates over a 5V to 100V input voltage range and drives an external N-channel power MOSFET, making it well suited for...
Renesas Electronics Introduces Seven New Power MOSFET Products with 8-Pin HSON Package for More Compact Automotive Electronic Units
Renesas introduced seven new power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (MOSFET) products equipped in HSON packages for use in automotive electronics control units for applications including direct injection engine management and electric pump motor control.
Chassis Mounting DC-DC Converters From Powersolve Provide Up To 300W
Leading power supply specialist Powersolve announces the TZL Series of high performance DC-DC converters that can provide between 60 and 300W output power from a compact chassis mounting metal cased unit. They are designed for those applications requiring a very reliable power source with a long MTBF.
Infineon Introduces 30V MOSFETs with 180A Current Capacity and Best-in-Class On-Resistance of less than 1 Milliohm for Automotive Applications
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today introduced a 30V Power MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) with the world’s lowest R DS(on) for high current automotive applications. The new OptiMOS™-T2 30V MOSFET is a N-channel device with drain current of 180A and R DS(on) of just 0.9mΩ at 10V gate-to-source voltage. The IPB180N03S4L-H0, which comes in a D2PAK-7 package, addresses customer needs for Powe...
Summit’s Tiny Programmable Single and Dual Integrated Buck Regulators Support “Green” Standards in Multimedia Consumer Electronics
Summit Microelectronics, has announced new programmable power manager (PPM) integrated circuits that will bring sophisticated digital power control and programmability to a much wider range of high-volume consumer applications than previously available. Summit’s new SMB20X family supports advanced power management for “green” and EnergyStar® applications, including digital LCD/LED televisions, cable/satellite/IP set-top boxes, and other mu...
Latest Ariane 5 ECA launch marks 50th satellite to use Saft Li-ion technology
Saft, the world leader in the design and manufacture of hightechnology industrial batteries, has supplied its advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery modules to power the latest satellites to be successfully launched into space – Arabsat 5A, which will provide a broad range of satellite communication services to the Middle East and Africa, and COMS (Communications, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite), a South Korean multimission satellite.