The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $30m in funding for 21 projects as part of the CIRCUITS program (‘Creating Innovative and Reliable Circuits Using Inventive Topologies ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications – says that its transistors are being used by power ...
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Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) has started the mass production of its new 2017 Ridgeline pickup truck. The pickup truck is anticipated to go on-sale soon at Honda dealerships nationwide. It will be manufactured in the same ...
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Fabless high-temperature and and extended-lifetime semiconductor firm CISSOID of Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium has delivered the first prototypes of a three-phase 1200V/100A silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET intelligent power module (IPM) to ...
American car manufacturer General Motors (GM) has selected LG Electronics as its partner in developing the next generation Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle (EV) at its Orion township, Michigan, US. As per the partnership, LG will provide ...
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At the Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM) Europe 2015 event in Nurnberg, Germany (19-21 May), president Girvan Patterson of GaN Systems Inc in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power ...
Google and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS) have launched the Little Box Challenge, an open competition with a $1m prize to create a much smaller but higher-power-density ...
Tags: inverters, GaN SiC, Power Inverter
American automaker Chrysler Group has issued a voluntary recall for 4,141 units of its Fiat 500e electric cars in the US due to a defect in the power inverter module. All the recalled units are said to be manufactured from 24 September ...
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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) ...
Eaton has launched an addition to its established SOL30-SAFETY PV fireman's switch and now offers turnkey solutions in the form of ready to install and connect device combinations. The new SOL30X PV fireman's switch features 2, 3, 4 or 6 ...
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The global market for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters is forecast to decrease by 5% to US$6.7 billion in 2013, according to research firm IMS Research. Despite PV inverter shipments rising to 34.2 gigawatts in 2013, average global ...
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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 ...
Power-One, Inc. and Panasonic Corporation have announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to develop, produce and market energy storage systems for the residential and non-residential markets worldwide combining Power-One ...
Having flown into the SEMA show from a newly reopened JFK airport in New York City in the wake of hurricane Sandy, it's fair to say that my perspective on the auto aftermarket's annual celebration of chrome, metal flake paint, lift kits, ...
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Chicago – Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS: LFUS), the worldwide leader in circuit protection, today announced the addition of the TMOV34S Varistor Series to its Thermally-Protected MOV (TMOV) line of products with UL1449 recognition to ...
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