While SiC isn’t yet a mainstream material in operational tokamaks, it’s on the radar as a plasma-facing material for fusion reactor designs. In the spasmodic quest for an inexhaustible and clean ...

In recent years, the European Union (EU) has implemented a range of strategic policies and financial initiatives aimed at fostering high-tech investments. These efforts are designed to strengthen ...

Monolithic Bidirectional Switches (BDS) are seen by many as an enabler for the next leap in power electronics performance. Conventional switches such as a MOSFET or IGBT typically have a forward ...

One of the more spirited seminars at APEC, due to its topic of GaN versus SiC, was an insightful discussion with many compelling arguments. Wide-bandgap semiconductors—specifically gallium nitride and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the rapidly evolving field of power electronics, thermal management has become a critical factor in ensuring device reliability, efficiency and longevity. In the rapidly evolving field of power ...

Silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power devices are revolutionizing the power electronics industry. EPC manufactures GaN devices with operational voltages ranging from 15 V to 350 V. PI ...

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 ...

Data centers must enhance power efficiency and cooling to meet AI demands, focusing on sustainability and advanced material science. Highlights showcased at the OCP Global Summit include the new HPR ...

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 ...

Microinverters are used to convert the DC energy from solar panels to usage AC energy. In contrast to centralized string inverters, microinverters are typically dedicated to a single photovoltaic (PV) ...