Power IC company Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has signed a deal to develop power adapters and data centre PSUs with Chicony Power Technology of Taiwan, and Cambridge University Technical Services (CUTS). “Chicony Power is one of the leading SMPS manufacturers in the world, so this agreement represents an incredible milestone in CGD’s journey,” said CGD CEO Giorgia Longobardi. “Chicony Power ...
A plan to temporarily get the milling machine going, by hooking up an external speed controller, has turned into a semi-permanent solution. I ordered a ‘DC-51’ speed controller – an enclosed controller pcb with paired screw connections on the back for: mains in, dc motor out and a stop switch. They seem to be all over ebay and Amazon, some ...
The University of Nottingham has been awarded £9.4 million by the Higher Education Funding Council for England through the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF). Money will go towards to the development of the University’s new ‘Research and innovation centre for power electronics and machines’. In detail, it will be added to £4.5m from the University to create a 4,500m2 ...
TT Electronics introduces coupled inductors with high temperature rating and AECQ200 certification for use in automotive power converter applications.
Schurter’s has increased the current rating of its current compensated chokes which can now be PCB-mounted. Designated the DKIH series, the chokes are available for single and three phase applications with rated currents from 10A to 50A. To meet EMC requirements there are advantages to design a filter on PCB with discrete components, according to the supplier. “Capacitors and a ...
SiC and GaN-on-Si can halve the energy loss in switched mode power supplies for PCs and can increase the efficiency of power electronics by a third, suggest findings from the Euros 3.4 million NeuLandproject funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
ABB has agreed to acquire US-based power firm Power-One in a deal valued at $1,028m. Swiss firm ABB is bidding to strengthen its position as a supplier of solar inverters used in photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems. “Solar PV is becoming a major force reshaping the future energy mix because it is rapidly closing in on grid parity,” said ABB’s ...
The European semiconductor industry is smaller, but it is more focused and more productive, Peter Bauer, former CEO of Infineon, told this week’s European Nanoelectronics Forum. The European semiconductor industry accounts for only 5% of worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales and 10% of worldwide IC production, said Bauer. Nonetheless the European semiconductor industry is very important in that it supplies ...
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