Cable sizing in power electronics is not a mere detail, but the primary design constraint. It determines safety, efficiency, costs, and reliability. Let’s delve deeper into some concepts related to ...

A research team at at Tokyo University of Science developed a wide-band, high-sensitivity Barkhausen noise measurement system. Iron losses are divided into three components: hysteresis loss, classical ...

With the increasing adoption of EVs and a growing focus on environmental sustainability, electric motors are expected to be used more extensively. Electric motors are the beating heart of sustainable ...

The technological results obtained by electric motors and batteries have required developing power conversion systems and motor control techniques capable of maximizing efficiency and reliability.

2024 has been a crucial year for the power electronics sector in terms of development, preparing for radical changes in 2025 and beyond. 2024 has been a crucial year for the power electronics sector ...

Lower-voltage GaN FETs are reducing size, minimizing cooling requirements and improving efficiency. Applications for 100-V (and lower) GaN FETs are numerous, from reducing distortion in Class D audio ...

While the failure mechanisms in gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have been widely studied and significant improvements made in their reliability, this field is still ...

The heart of EVs is an electric motor that supplies mechanical power and torque to the wheels. The heart of electric vehicles is an electric motor that supplies mechanical power and torque to the ...

GaN transistors are significantly faster and smaller than silicon MOSFETs. GaN switching devices are available in two different types. Silicon power MOSFETs have not kept pace with the evolutionary ...

In sensorless control systems, the magnetic angle of the motor is estimated from the motor phase voltages and currents. Its position is determined by monitoring certain electrical parameters of the ...

Future Electronics’ power system design laboratory, based in London, has implemented a SiC-MOSFET-based design for a 3-kW LLC power supply, which steps a nominal 390-VDC input down to a 49-VDC nominal ...

Gallium nitride (GaN) power devices have been in production for over 10 years and, beyond just performance and cost improvements, the most significant opportunity for GaN technology to impact the ...