A new digital interface upgrade brings intelligent monitoring, programmable control and simplified integration to ...

A new class of medium-voltage power modules has been introduced to support next-generation energy infrastructure, offering ...

Wolfspeed is bringing the power-handling properties of silicon carbide (SiC) to the renewable energy, energy storage, and high-capacity EV fast-charging sectors with its new family of 2,300-V power ...

Demonstrator of a bidirectional single-phase 3-kW DC charger with GaN power electronics. Researchers at Fraunhofer IAF developed the power electronics module (top) using gallium nitride (GaN) power ...

Tigo Energy announced a new line of module-level power electronics (MLPE), the Tigo TS4-X line. The MLPE product line is designed to support newer high-powered solar modules with power ratings up to ...

Damage to a relay contact after cyclic current loading. A better understanding of inverter reliability will help boost performance and reduce costs. Image: Fraunhofer IMWS. Inverters are critical to ...

IHS Markit said it expects the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands to be the top three markets for cumulative shipments of module-level power electronics in the 2022-26 period. Cumulative ...

As integration and switching rates increase rapidly, the concentration of heat losses is similarly changing. The continuous trend to shrink die size steadily increases the amount of heat to be ...

Emerging markets such as renewable energy, plug-in electric vehicles and smart grids are driving new demand for power electronics of ever-shrinking size, weight and cost that can boost performance in ...

Power modules are the foundation of modern electrical systems, especially within electric vehicles (xEVs), industrial motor applications, and renewable energy solutions such as wind and solar power.

Cost remains one of the biggest challenges of electric vehicles and the single most expensive piece in an EV is the battery, followed by the power electronics module (PEM) and drive units. Electricity ...

I recently came across a really well thought out and technically valid paper that constructed a possible future road for power electronics. This paper 1 was solidly based on sound engineering ...