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Fast and Reliable Power Measurements in Satellite Industry

Fast and Reliable Power Measurements in Satellite Industry

In the satellite sector, components, subsystems and entire satellites must be qualified in a thermal vacuum chamber before they can be used in space. With the adoption of new, higher frequency bands and accuracy requirements, precision is key. This document explores a new practical approach for reliable power measurement for these tasks.


Understanding Power Integrity in PCB Design: Power Analyzer by Keysight

Understanding Power Integrity in PCB Design: Power Analyzer by Keysight

This white paper explores the importance of power integrity in PCB design and demonstrates how the Power Analyzer by Keysight, integrated with Altium Designer, helps engineers identify and resolve voltage drop and current density issues early in the design process.


Sensors in the Energy Systems of the All Electric Society

Sensors in the Energy Systems of the All Electric Society

Learn how sensing technologies drive renewable energy, grid stability, and intelligent energy management in the emerging All-Electric Society.


Powering the Next Generation of High-Efficiency Power Systems with onsemi EliteSiC Technology

Powering the Next Generation of High-Efficiency Power Systems with onsemi EliteSiC Technology

Discover onsemi’s EliteSiC cascode JFET design toolkit — 33 resources to help engineers design higher-efficiency, higher-density power systems.


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.


Choosing the Right Semiconductor Technology for 800 V AI Data Center Power

Choosing the Right Semiconductor Technology for 800 V AI Data Center Power

This application note compares GaN HEMTs, SiC MOSFETs, and SiC cascode JFETs for high-voltage intermediate bus converters in AI datacenters, highlighting their conduction, switching, and gate-drive characteristics at high frequencies. While all three technologies achieve similar overall efficiency in resonant LLC converters, CJFETs stand out for their lower cost, simpler gate drive, and minimal snubber requirements. The note also shows that a three-phase LLC topology offers the best system-level advantages.


Memory Innovation at the Edge: Power Efficiency Meets Green Manufacturing

Memory Innovation at the Edge: Power Efficiency Meets Green Manufacturing

Discover how Winbond’s low-power memory and Customized Memory Solutions (CMS) advance sustainable, high-performance design for AI, automotive, and industrial applications. Download the white paper to learn more.


Advanced Programmable Power Supply Features Boost Productivity

Advanced Programmable Power Supply Features Boost Productivity

Learn how cutting-edge advanced programmable power supplies enhance productivity with remote control, regenerative capabilities, and high-frequency options. Download this AMETEK Programmable Power's White Paper Today!


Power That Fits: Cincon Rugged LFM Series

Power That Fits: Cincon Rugged LFM Series

Compact, rugged AC/DC power supplies with big performance — the Cincon LFM series delivers reliable, thermally efficient power in just a 1-inch profile.


Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Download the eBook to discover how Advantech’s Wi-Fi 7 solutions are driving industrial connectivity and accelerating AIoT innovation.


Robotic Arms Reach for a New Horizon

Robotic Arms Reach for a New Horizon

Download the white paper to explore how software-driven platforms and AI are reshaping the future of robotic arm design and performance.


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.


System Solution Guide: AI Data Center

System Solution Guide: AI Data Center

AI data centers require specialized power solutions to support high-performance servers, networking equipment, and storage systems, with rising energy demands driving the adoption of efficient wide bandgap (WBG) materials like SiC and GaN. The guide explores AI data center architecture and power systems, covering components such as racks, PSUs, UPS, BBUs, Solid State Transformers, PDUs, and the shift to high-voltage DC bus bars for improved efficiency and power density. onsemi provides advanced power solutions for AI data centers.


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.


Design Considerations for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems

Design Considerations for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems

Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) enable homeowners to store excess solar or grid energy for use during peak demand, reducing costs and dependence on fossil fuels. This white paper details key design aspects—including grid-tied, hybrid, and off-grid architectures, AC/DC coupling, BMS functionality, and safety standards—while highlighting advanced components like SiC and GaN-based inverters and MPPT-enabled controllers. It also explores modern converter topologies, smart energy management, and more.


Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

This tutorial guides engineers on optimizing SiC MOSFET performance in high-power applications like EV chargers, solar inverters, and BLDC motors by minimizing conduction and switching losses while ensuring safety and EMI compliance. It covers gate driver selection, voltage swing requirements, gate charge, and timing strategies to improve efficiency and avoid issues such as runt pulses during high-frequency PWM operation. The tutorial also provides practical guidance on onsemi gate driver products, block diagrams, and application examples.


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.


Exploring the Future of UWB — Comprehensive Insights into IEEE 802.15.4ab

Exploring the Future of UWB — Comprehensive Insights into IEEE 802.15.4ab

Discover how the new IEEE 802.15.4ab standard is shaping the next generation of UWB technology — with enhanced precision, sensing, and power efficiency that unlock innovative applications from secure access to vital sign detection. Download the white paper to explore the key technical upgrades driving UWB’s evolution.


Electronics in Medical Equipment: Component Choices Driven by Forces of Regulation, Miniaturization and Data Sharing

Electronics in Medical Equipment: Component Choices Driven by Forces of Regulation, Miniaturization and Data Sharing

Access Panasonic’s whitepaper to optimize your component choices and build a stronger foundation for the future of medtech.


From Stationary Arms to Humanoids: The Journey of Mobile Robotics

From Stationary Arms to Humanoids: The Journey of Mobile Robotics

Access this whitepaper to explore key advancements and challenges in robotics, from stationary robotic arms to a new generation of humanoid, agile, and versatile robots.