Power Electronics

Passive Components/Packaging/Interconnects

DSP-Based 20-bit Quasi-Absolute Encoder Suits Low Speed

A high-accuracy 20-bit resolution quasi-absolute encoder with DSP-based signal processing is housed in a dc stepper motor assembly, as shown in Fig. 1....

Magnetics

New Materials Permit Inductors to Keep Pace with Smaller System Sizes

Coil Inductors generally are used in power supplies and electric home appliances where large currents and high voltages are involved. Chip inductors,...

Microtransformer Isolation Benefits Digital Control

Designing a closed-loop, controlled power supply or motor-control system presents two main challenges...


Packaging

Leadless Power Package Cuts SO-8 Down to Size

Now available from multiple sources, a 3.3-mm x 3.3-mm MOSFET package reduces pc-board space requirements by up to 63% versus the SO-8, while offering similar thermal and electrical performance...

Printed Circuit Boards

Model PCB Thermals with Greater Accuracy

Electronics companies at the leading edge of performance are being forced to address board-level thermal requirements at the earliest stages of design....

Circuit Protection Devices

Circuit Protection Devices

Bourns, Inc announced availability of a line of Transient Blocking Unit (TBU) circuit protection devices that block transients using a current disconnecting mechanism rather than diverting or shunting the surge to ground....

PFC Circuit Halts Inrush Currents

The use of power-factor correction (PFC) is becoming more common in the design of power converters...


Connectors

Lessons Learned from Power Interconnect Design

The MicroTCA power-connector initiative illustrates how optimizing contact, housing and footprint design can be used to meet goals for power density and functional integration while still allowing for low-cost manufacturing. ...

Capacitors

Ultra-Thin 0402 Surface Mount Ceramic Capacitors for Low Profile Applications

AVX Corporation has developed the UT series of ultra thin ceramic capacitors targeted at applications where low profile is vital, such as smart cards, high-density SIM cards, and memory modules. ...

Switches & Electromagnetic Relays

Driving Piezoelectric Actuators

Extraordinarily fast devices that can produce precise motions in subnanometer increments, piezoelectric actuators make unusual demands on the power op amps required to drive them....

New Products: February 2006

This issue of Power Electronics Technology features battery-charger ICs, rectifiers, thick film resistors and inductors...


Resistors

Power Resistors Meet High Temperature Soldering Requirements

Bourns, Inc. introduced a power resistor specifically engineered to meet high temperature soldering requirements that enable improved automated board assembly. ...

Sensors & Transducers

DSP-Based 20-bit Quasi-Absolute Encoder Suits Low Speed

A high-accuracy 20-bit resolution quasi-absolute encoder with DSP-based signal processing is housed in a dc stepper motor assembly, as shown in Fig. 1....

Passive Component News

Product Library And Capacitor Models Are Now Available On The Simetrix/Simplis Simulation Tool

KEMET Corporation announced that it has released its full line of capacitor models to the SIMetrix/SIMPLIS simulation software...

Low-Profile Gate Drive Transformer With 1500Vdc Isolation

TT electronics BI Technologies has developed a family of gate drive transformers in miniature surface mount packages...

Low Height Shielded Surface Mount Inductors

Wurth Electronics Midcom Inc has released the WE-TPC (low height) line of small shielded surface mount inductors...

Infineon Introduces Third Generation Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes

Infineon Technologies AG introduced its third generation thinQ!(tm) SiC Schottky diodes...


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Product Library And Capacitor Models Are Now Available On The Simetrix/Simplis Simulation Tool

Low-Profile Gate Drive Transformer With 1500Vdc Isolation

Low Height Shielded Surface Mount Inductors

Infineon Introduces Third Generation Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes

Small Shielded Surface Mount Inductors

 
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