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Optimizing Residential Solar Energy Systems for Efficiency, Reliability, and Cost

Optimizing Residential Solar Energy Systems for Efficiency, Reliability, and Cost

Residential solar systems are becoming smarter, denser, and more energy efficient. Explore inverter architectures, SiC technologies, and storage strategies shaping next-generation home energy systems.


MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

Download the application guide to master Bode plot analysis and optimize the stability of your switching power supply designs.


The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

Bridge the gap between PCB manufacturing and real-world electronics design with Summit Interconnect’s Electrical Engineering Desk Guide, covering fabrication, stack-up, EMI, power delivery, and regulation fundamentals that drive manufacturable, high-performance hardware.


High Density Power Conversion: More Power in Less Space

High Density Power Conversion: More Power in Less Space

EV sales for both pure battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are accelerating rapidly.


Powering Industrial Image Sensors Tutorial

Powering Industrial Image Sensors Tutorial

Industrial image sensors require carefully designed power trees that deliver low-noise, thermally efficient, and tightly regulated voltage across multiple rails, using combinations of buck converters and LDOs to balance efficiency, accuracy, and heat dissipation. The tutorial explains how to evaluate conduction losses, dropout voltage, transient response, PSRR, and junction temperature to select the right regulators. It offers practical design guidance and real component examples—especially for onsemi Hyperlux sensor.


System Solution Guide: On Board Charger (OBC)

System Solution Guide: On Board Charger (OBC)

On-Board Chargers (OBCs) are key components in BEVs and PHEVs, converting AC grid power into DC to charge high-voltage batteries and supporting both Level 1 and Level 2 charging, with a growing trend toward high-power designs for 800 V architectures. This solutions guide explores how modern OBCs leverage silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, automotive power modules, and optimized gate drivers to improve efficiency, thermal performance, and power density.


Advanced Industrial Motor Control for Increased Power Efficiency

Advanced Industrial Motor Control for Increased Power Efficiency

Advanced Industrial Motor Control systems improve energy efficiency by using variable-speed motors and sophisticated inverter designs with IGBTs, SiC MOSFETs, and GaN HEMTs, along with integrated modules like IPMs and PIMs for compact, high-performance operation. In this white paper, learn how systems optimize power delivery through three-phase inverters, power factor correction (PFC), and brake circuits, balancing trade-offs between efficiency, switching speed, cost, and thermal performance.


Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

onsemi’s Top Cool MOSFET package enhances thermal performance by exposing the drain on the top side of the device, allowing direct heatsinking and freeing PCB space for additional components. Testing of the TCPAK57 Top Cool device showed up to 11× lower thermal resistance and greater power-handling capability compared to traditional SO8FL packages. This application note explains how this enables smaller, cooler, and more efficient designs for high-power applications in automotive, industrial, and energy systems.


Mastering Topology Selection: Optimizing Industrial Battery−Powered Equipment Design for Lithium Batteries

Mastering Topology Selection: Optimizing Industrial Battery−Powered Equipment Design for Lithium Batteries

This white paper addresses the design challenges of industrial lithium battery chargers and reviews power topologies like boost PFC, totem pole PFC, and LLC resonant converters optimized with onsemi’s 650 V M3S EliteSiC MOSFETs. These advanced SiC devices enable high-efficiency, high-frequency operation across power levels from 600 W to 12 kW, supporting compact, passively cooled charger designs. The paper also highlights onsemi’s simulation tools, which help engineers accelerate development by modeling real-world conditions and optimizing system performance.


System Solution Guide: Switched-Mode Power Supply (SMPS)

System Solution Guide: Switched-Mode Power Supply (SMPS)

Switched-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) enable efficient power conversion across a wide range of applications, using advanced components like SiC and GaN to improve performance and meet global energy standards. This solution guide covers key topologies, conduction modes, market trends, and offers detailed block diagrams to support system-level design. It also highlights recommended onsemi devices and tools like WebDesigner+ and the Elite Power Simulator to streamline development of next-generation SMPS systems.


Ultimate Guide to Power Supply for Industrial Applications

Ultimate Guide to Power Supply for Industrial Applications

Master power supply selection for industrial test equipment with this expert guide on noise mitigation, EMC compliance, efficiency, and reliability.


Programmable Power Supplies Boost Particle Physics at National Laboratories

Programmable Power Supplies Boost Particle Physics at National Laboratories

Discover how the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories are redefining the limits of science with advanced programmable power solutions. The U.S. National Laboratories faced a critical upgrade: replacing hundreds of DC power supplies for accelerator magnets. In our new Application Note, you’ll get an insider look at how AMETEK Programmable Power’s Sorensen SGX Series and Asterion DC Series were selected to support the creation of ultra-stable electron beams and fuel the search for new types of particles. Download the Application Note to see how precision power is shaping the next era of discovery.


How Much Can You Save With a Renewable Load?

How Much Can You Save With a Renewable Load?

Discover how much energy savings a facility can see when switching to a regenerative load.


Improving Renewable Energy with OMRON G9KA-E

Improving Renewable Energy with OMRON G9KA-E

Explore how high-capacity power relays answer key issues in renewable energy.


From the Lab to The Factory: How the EA Industrial Series Helps with the Development of High-Performance Applications

From the Lab to The Factory: How the EA Industrial Series Helps with the Development of High-Performance Applications

Discover the EA Elektro-Automatik Industrial Series: 21 models of 60 kW devices for high-performance applications, providing flexibility, safety, low energy consumption, and space efficiency.


ISOPLUS – SMPD: An Advanced Isolated Packaging to Fully Exploit the Advantages of SiC MOSFETs

ISOPLUS – SMPD: An Advanced Isolated Packaging to Fully Exploit the Advantages of SiC MOSFETs

Discover how SMPDs with Silicon Carbide MOSFETs outperform standard discrete packaging, reducing chip temperatures and thermal resistance for increased power output and cost savings.


EliteSiC M3S Technology for High−Speed Switching Applications

EliteSiC M3S Technology for High−Speed Switching Applications

This article discusses onsemi’s current 1200 V SiC MOSFET technology, known as M3S, developed specifically for high−speed switching applications, and compares it with similar parts from competitors under various conditions.


How to Choose the Optimal Programmable DC Power Supply

How to Choose the Optimal Programmable DC Power Supply

Discover essential features and specifications for DC programmable power supplies to avoid costly errors and ensure seamless integration into R&D, manufacturing, or test systems.


The Advantage of Using Metal Over Ferrite in Power Inductors

The Advantage of Using Metal Over Ferrite in Power Inductors

How improvements in metal-based power inductors meet today’s changing market requirements of power inductors.


Low Impedance Design in Power Circuits

Low Impedance Design in Power Circuits

Achieve lower impedance using PDN design, decoupling capacitor types and layout, and substrate design.