New high-voltage silicon carbide power modules aim to improve efficiency, reduce losses, and simplify next-generation power ...

Engineers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new ...

South Korea-based semiconductor company SEMIPOWER is developing next-generation power semiconductor module solutions centered on wide bandgap (WBG) materials including silicon carbide (SiC) and ...

As applications like hybrid and electric vehicles, industrial motor control, rail transportation, and renewable energy proliferate, power electronics devices and modules are emerging to serve in ...

Expands silicon carbide portfolio to capture growth in electrification and high-efficiency power marketsLAFOX, Ill., May 20, ...

A research team in the Netherlands investigated how copper planar air-core inductors can yield the required inductor properties to support sub-module power conversion in PV modules. The scientists ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FCA US has announced that it has awarded the production of the power electronics module for the Jeep Wrangler PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) to its Toledo Machining Plant. It says the decision ...