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Siemens Rolls Out Multi-Discipline Simulation Tool for EV Designs

Siemens Rolls Out Multi-Discipline Simulation Tool for EV Designs

The new software solution can predict e-machine performance, including that of axial flux electric drive units.


News Feb 13, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Understanding How GMR Sensors Enhance Vehicle Performance and Safety

Understanding How GMR Sensors Enhance Vehicle Performance and Safety

Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) technology offers key advantages for a range of automotive applications. Learn how it works, how it compares to alternative approaches, and the types of GMR sensor solutions available.


12 Major Japanese Firms Team Up for Automotive SoC Research Initiative

12 Major Japanese Firms Team Up for Automotive SoC Research Initiative

As automobiles get more complex, the "Advanced SoC Research for Automotive" (ASRA) initiative teams up a dozen automotive, electrical, and semiconductor companies to further develop automotive SoCs.


News Jan 05, 2024 by Duane Benson
Choosing the Best Wide Bandgap Technology for Your Application

Choosing the Best Wide Bandgap Technology for Your Application

Understanding the unique advantages provided by silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) can help you select the optimal technology to meet your products’ power, thermal, and size requirements.


Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Looking back on the year, here’s a review of the most popular News articles on All About Circuits.


News Dec 31, 2023 by Jeff Child
Frank J. Sprague, the Man Behind the Motors That Remade the Urban Landscape

Frank J. Sprague, the Man Behind the Motors That Remade the Urban Landscape

Navigating the burgeoning cities of the early twentieth century would have been a very different experience without the electromechanical railway and elevator systems designed by Frank Sprague.


News Dec 24, 2023 by Robert Keim
Infineon Says New 4.5 kV IGBT Modules May Transform Transport Designs

Infineon Says New 4.5 kV IGBT Modules May Transform Transport Designs

Infineon has released XHP 3 IGBT modules to simplify parallelization in complex designs without sacrificing efficiency.


News Dec 21, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan
New Microchip MCU Family Tackles System Noise, Vibration, and Harshness

New Microchip MCU Family Tackles System Noise, Vibration, and Harshness

Microchip’s newest MCUs include advanced timer/counter modules to streamline motor control, predictive maintenance, home automation, and more.


News Dec 14, 2023 by Aaron Carman
NXP Aims New Motor Control MCU at Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP Aims New Motor Control MCU at Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP’s S32M2 IC enables software reuse across a variety of small vehicle motors, such as fans, pumps, sunroof openers, trunk openers, and more.


News Nov 07, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Navitas Technology Takes GaN to New Power Heights

Navitas Technology Takes GaN to New Power Heights

A new and improved GaN technology is moving from the cell phone charger market into higher power, high-reliability applications. EE Power spoke with Navitas’ Stephen Oliver to find out how, and we’ve got everything engineers need to know.


Infineon Puts More Under the Hood of New MCU-embedded Power ICs

Infineon Puts More Under the Hood of New MCU-embedded Power ICs

Built for automotive motor control, the new chips pack power electronics, microcontrollers, and communications circuitry in one chip.


News Aug 11, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Exclusive—Titan Haptics Debuts Clustered Array to Serve Non-standard Designs

Exclusive—Titan Haptics Debuts Clustered Array to Serve Non-standard Designs

Launched here today, Titan’s clustered array motor approach enables engineers to combine multiple haptic motors into an array that meets their exact application needs.


News Jun 20, 2023 by Jeff Child
Renesas Unveils Over 35 New Motor Control MCUs

Renesas Unveils Over 35 New Motor Control MCUs

With over 35 new MCU offerings across 3 families, Renesas hopes to make motor control easier for designers.


News Jun 01, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Vehicle Networking Startup Ethernovia Secures $64 Million Funding

Vehicle Networking Startup Ethernovia Secures $64 Million Funding

As validation of its technology, Ethernovia recently raised a large sum in its A-round financing.


News May 26, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Analyzing a Negative Voltage Charge Pump in LTspice—Source and Load Resistance

Analyzing a Negative Voltage Charge Pump in LTspice—Source and Load Resistance

Learn about using LTspice simulations to provide important insight into the performance of a switched-capacitor voltage-inverting power supply.


SiTime Unveils Precision Timing ICs to Meet In-Car Connectivity Needs

SiTime Unveils Precision Timing ICs to Meet In-Car Connectivity Needs

With car designs getting ever more advanced, timing ICs are playing a big role. SiTime’s new devices aim to meet the special challenges of automotive timing.


News Apr 22, 2023 by Jeff Child
Targeting Automotive, Infineon Spins Industry’s First LPDDR Flash Memory

Targeting Automotive, Infineon Spins Industry’s First LPDDR Flash Memory

To meet the new demands of automotive zonal architectures, Infineon marries flash memory with an LPDDR interface to enable more performance and scalability than xSPI NOR flash.


News Apr 20, 2023 by Jeff Child
GaN-based Solutions Emerge To Meet Control and Charging Needs

GaN-based Solutions Emerge To Meet Control and Charging Needs

Aiming to bring the benefits of GaN technology into play, power IC vendors are rolling out new devices for control and automotive charging applications.


News Apr 08, 2023 by Ramsha Jawaid
Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are generated and why they are useful in circuit design.


Seeing the Big Picture of Vehicle Electrification with Texas Instrument’s Fern Yoon

Seeing the Big Picture of Vehicle Electrification with Texas Instrument’s Fern Yoon

Fern Yoon has always loved the big picture. This focus serves her well in her current role as Director of Automotive Systems Engineering and Marketing at Texas Instruments, as she brings together customer and company initiatives to solve big challenges.