Protecting PV system components, in particular inverters, from the damaging effects of overvoltage surges is both crucial and necessary. Here Tony Garlinge-Warren, senior applications engineer, Eaton's Bussmann business, examines what ...
Tags: PV system components, PV, Electrical, Electronics
Allied Wire & Cable expands its hard-to-find mil-spec and aerospace cable stock, as well as its value-added capabilities with the purchase of all inventory and machinery from California-based distributor, Alan Wire. As of February 14, ...
Tags: mil-spec cable constructions, expanded in-house value-added service
At this year’s Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), taking place March 17-19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX, API will be showcasing our Power Systems and Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions (EIS) ...
In space electronics, reliability and payload budget are driving factors in system design. Mission-critical applications require dependable components with a proven electrical and mechanical track record in harsh environments. However, as ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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 ...
Direct Current (DC) ratings for current and voltage are not easy to come by. A review of Industry Standards shows that AC current and voltage ratings are abundant while DC ratings receive little attention. So here are a few guidelines. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
In booths 901/903 at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting in Denver (3-7 March), Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc of Westerville OH, USA, which makes scientific sensors, instruments and systems for measurement and control, is to ...
Tags: scientific sensors, terahertz system, integrated platform
Institute of Electronic, Microelectronic and Nanotechnology (IEMN) in France and EpiGaN nv in Belgium have claimed a record combination of specific on-resistance and breakdown voltage for a double heterostructure field-effect transistor ...
The goal of making cheap organic solar cells may have gotten a little more approachable with a new understanding of the basic science of charge separation presented in a paper published online today, February 3, in Nature Communications. ...
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DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc.has introduced a GK3-7 Iridium Saver Plug for natural gas engines featuring a three-prong design to physically block rapid gas flow,which allows the proper spark to be generated. The company says ...
Tags: Denso, Gas Engines, Spark Plug
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has realized junctionless (JL) gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowire field-effect transistors (NWFETs) "for the first time" by implantation-free source/drain metal-organic chemical vapour deposition ...
Washington: Your small electric car may soon become faster and more efficient thanks to ‘super capacitors’ that are capable of storing far greater chargeThe amount of electricity present upon the capacitor's plates. Also, the ...
Tags: Electronic Car, Supercapacitors
When molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) entered the conversation related to two-dimensional (2-D) alternatives to graphene in electronic applications, some thought that MoS2 had an edge as a transistor material. That thought was inspired by the ...
Tags: MoS2, Nature Communication, semiconductor, CVD
Washington: Your small electric car may soon become faster and more efficient thanks to ‘super capacitors’ that are capable of storing far greater chargeThe amount of electricity present upon the capacitor's plates. Also, the ...
Tags: Raghvendra Pandey, CCTO, Electronic Car, TSU, super capacitors
The capacitors of electronic circuits function something like batteries – storing electrical chargeThe amount of electricity present upon the capacitor's plates. Also, the act of forcing of electrons onto the capacitor's plates. See ...
Tags: AIP Advances, CCTO, AC, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb