21st Century Technology Propels Electric Aircraft into the "Blue Yonder"

The manned electric aircraft industry has emerged by employing high-performance batteries, fuel cells, and solar panels, as well as using efficient motors and light weight composite materials for the fuselage...

Single-Stage Isolated Bridgeless PFC Converter Achieves Over 98% Efficiency, 0.999 Power Factor

Until now, it was considered impossible to have an AC-DC converter with PFC and isolation features provided in a single power processing stage and without...

Next-Generation Shunt Resistors Meet Critical Circuit Protection Needs for Motors Controls

To control system operation, motors require a current measurement, which can be achieved using shunt resistors that provide a simple and cost-effective solution...

High-Voltage Tantalum Capacitors for +28 V Applications

A new dielectric formation process for solid tantalum capacitors provides improved reliability in higher-voltage designs. That is, 50% voltage derating can now be fully achieved in 28 V to 37.5 V applications with the use of 63 WVDC and 75 WVDC SMD solid...

Fail-Safe Wirewound Resistors For Robust Applications

Fusible wirewound resistors have a reliable, repeatable fusing characteristic that allows them to be used in many high-temperature, power-hungary applications where a standard wirewound resistor would fall short in performance...

OPD October 2000: Laminated Bus Bar Assemblies Improve Power Distribution in High Power Electronic Systems

Compared with traditional cabling for high power electronics systems, laminated bus bars provide better electrical and mechanical performance, while reducing installed cost and improving overall reliability...

OPD Update: Reducing Inductance In Power Distribution Systems

Laminated bus bars provide better electric performance, an ability to handle higher currents with less voltage drop, lower noise and inductance...

Plus and Minus 35V LDOs Support Bi-Polar Analog Apps

Two low dropout regulators for powering precision bi-polar analog circuits improve efficiency and accuracy in noise-sensitive applications...

Passive Components Holding its Own as Unsung Tech Heroes

THE AUGUST 23, 2010 issue of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) highlighted Japan's passive component industry with a headline of Kyoto's Unsung Tech Heroes....

New Alternative Energy Source: Electricity Collected From the Air

A REPORT PRESENTED at the recent 240th meeting of the American Chemical Society described the capture of electricity from the air - much like how solar...

NEI, UC San Diego Ink Pact On Li-Ion Battery Materials

NEI Corporation and The University of California, San Diego have announced that NASA has awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer contract...

Patents

MITIGATION OF UNBALANCED INPUT DC FOR INVERTER APPLICATIONS United States Patent 7,800,925 Eldery, et al. September 21, 2010 Mitigating the DC content...

New products

Battery-Monitoring IC Reduces BMS Cost By 80% In Hybrid, Electric Vehicles MAXIM INTEGRATED Products introduces the MAX11068, a high-voltage, 12-cell,...