Electric motors offer numerous performance advantages over traditional internal-combustion engines (ICEs). One of the main advantages is the ability to provide maximum torque instantly, improving the ...

The step-down (buck) In DC/DC switching circuits, appropriately driven electronic switches and components are used to store energy, allowing it to be converted. A step-down, or buck, converter is a DC ...

Impact of the semiconductor industry Nowadays, there is a strong focus on sustainability in semiconductor manufacturing. If we look at emissions across the entire supply chain across all sectors, we ...

Dukosi’s chip-on-cell technology is designed to overcome these limitations by embedding a small chip directly onto each battery cell. Dukosi was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, U.K.

Wide bandgap materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) are emerging as the technology to take electronic performance to the next level. GaN -based electronic components offer a number of important ...

By applying the famous Ehrenfest Theorem, we obtain the effective mass of an electron propagating in a periodic potential energy field which schematizes the distribution of nuclei/ions in a metal or a ...

In general, there are three types of isolation technologies that can be used to separate systems galvanically from each other: Optical Inductive Capacitive An optocoupler consists of a transmitting ...

A powertrain is a system of components in a vehicle that converts the chemical energy of the fuel into mechanical energy that propels the motion of an automobile. It is a mechanical system comprising ...

Other improvements in the DC-DC converter include the replacement of the flyback diode with synchronous rectifier circuitry with power FET that has less resistance and decreases the losses during ...

Silicon Carbide (SiC) is a wide bandgap material that provides high-voltage and high-current components, contributing to the development of energy-efficient systems for modern power applications like ...

The Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) 2025 opened with a keynote address highlighting the event’s history, community, and ongoing contributions to the industry. This year’s conference marked ...

Diamond, along with gallium oxide (Ga 2 O 3), belongs to the class of Ultra Wide Band Gap (UWBG) semiconductors. Its dielectric breakdown strength is at least three times higher than SiC, along with a ...