Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. NYSE: VSH today announced its technology lineup for PCIM Power Conversion Intelligent Motion Europe 2014, taking place May 20-22 in Nuremberg, Germany. In booth 9-212 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, the ...
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Based on a scenario where electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles (EV/HEV) begin adopting gallium nitride (GaN) in 2018-2019, the ramp-up of the GaN power device market will be quite impressive starting in 2016, at an estimated ...
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Featuring a dual safetyClass X capacitors are used in "across-the-line" applications where their failure would not lead to electric shock. Class X safety caps are used between the "live" wires carrying the incoming AC current. In this ...
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Old materials are new again as companies scramble to replace polycarbonate dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction and repulsion to ...
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. VSH today announced itstechnology line-up for ELECRAMA-2014, taking place Jan. 8-12 at theBangalore International Exhibition Center in India. In hall 3B, boothH3J12, the company will be highlighting its latest ...
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Aerovox Corp. has published a Savings and Application Guide for Power Factor Correction and Harmonic Solutions. The comprehensive application note covers power factor analysis, benefits in use, and guidance for calculating, specifying and ...
Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp has expanded its family of 650V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) with the addition of a 10A product to its existing line-up of 6A, 8A and 12A products (which operate with a forward voltage of 1.7V ...
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One of the challenges for designers of LED lamps is to create a lighting system that produces constant light output, without noticeable flickering. In systems that use a single-stage LED driver, flicker-free lighting can be hard to achieve, ...
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Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio, AC/DC and short-range wireless technologies, today announced a new SSL LED driver iW3623. The new iW3623 integrates boost and flyback converters into a single IC ...
GlacialPower, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce two new GlacialPower LED drivers for constant voltage (CV) and constant current (CC) LED lights—GP-RS45P and ...
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Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IXYS Corporation (NAS: IXYS) , announced the immediate availability of theIX9908 High-Voltage, The IX9908 is a quasi-resonant controller that is optimized for dimmable off-line LED lighting applications. ...
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Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd of Yokohama, Japan has released the MB51T008A, a silicon-substrate-based, gallium-nitride (GaN) power device with a drain-source breakdown voltage (V(BR)DSS) of 150V. Features of the MB51T008A include: (1) ...
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New driver IC architecture seeks to reduce bill of materials cost in 8–15W retrofit lamps while still supporting smooth dimming over a 1–100% range. iWatt has introduced the iW3202/08 LED driver ICs that primarily target ...
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Starting in late 2011, the power electronics downturn in 2012 was quite severe, exhibiting a 20% drop. The market suffered from the global economic downturn, combined with external factors such as China controlling what happened in some ...
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp says that it has begun shipping three new types of silicon carbide (SiC) power module for home appliances, industrial equipment and railcar traction systems. The modules, which use Schottky barrier ...
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