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Ep. 45 | The “Ideal Switch”? GE’s Spinoff, Menlo Micro, Looks to Disrupt the Power Industry

Ep. 45 | The “Ideal Switch”? GE’s Spinoff, Menlo Micro, Looks to Disrupt the Power Industry

Chris Keimel, CTO of Menlo Micro (a spinoff from General Electric), introduces the metal MEMS Ideal Switch®. Its ambitious goals merely include replacing the centuries-old electromechanical relay and disrupting the power and RF switching industries.


Rounding-up GaN-based Transistors for High-power and Frequency Applications

Rounding-up GaN-based Transistors for High-power and Frequency Applications

Targeting reliable high power and frequency electronic devices, manufacturers are looking into gallium nitride (GaN) to fabricate field-effect transistors (FETs) that have a high switching frequency.


News May 07, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
TRACO Power THM 60WI Medical 60W DC/DC Converters | New Product Brief

TRACO Power THM 60WI Medical 60W DC/DC Converters | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Microchip MCP39F511 Single-Phase Power-Monitoring ICs | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip MCP39F511 Single-Phase Power-Monitoring ICs | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


Automotive IC Solutions Roll for Enhanced Security and ADAS

Automotive IC Solutions Roll for Enhanced Security and ADAS

Next-gen automotive system design keeps getting more challenging. To help engineers keep pace, three chip vendors are serving up solutions aimed at enhanced security, ADAS, and simplified door control.


BOURNS IsoMOV™ Series Hybrid Protection Component | New Product Brief

BOURNS IsoMOV™ Series Hybrid Protection Component | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Ep. 44 | Blue Origin’s SVP Brent Sherwood on Engineering to Live and Work in Space

Ep. 44 | Blue Origin’s SVP Brent Sherwood on Engineering to Live and Work in Space

The audacious mission of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company is to develop space systems for everyone (not just trained astronauts) to use and live in; and Brent Sherwood, space architect and Senior VP, is here to bring us behind the scenes.


The Energy Quest Continues: Can Microbes Power Electronic Devices?

The Energy Quest Continues: Can Microbes Power Electronic Devices?

Researchers at the University of California San Diego are studying microbial fuel cells as a feasible solution to real-life engineering challenges.


News Apr 25, 2022 by Robert Keim
ANALOG DEVICES INC. LTM®4693 2A Buck Boost µModule® DC/DC Converter | New Product Brief

ANALOG DEVICES INC. LTM®4693 2A Buck Boost µModule® DC/DC Converter | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


TOSHIBA Automotive Small Signal MOSFET Device | Featured Product Spotlight

TOSHIBA Automotive Small Signal MOSFET Device | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


CUI INC. VMS-C/VMS-C-CNF Open Frame Power Supplies | New Product Brief

CUI INC. VMS-C/VMS-C-CNF Open Frame Power Supplies | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


“Magnetic Sandwich” Promises New Pathways in Lossless Electronics

“Magnetic Sandwich” Promises New Pathways in Lossless Electronics

Researchers have found a way to achieve a quantum anomalous Hall effect at elevated temperatures—potentially building new inroads to lossless electronics.


News Apr 16, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Three New Power Devices Cut Down Component Count and BOM

Three New Power Devices Cut Down Component Count and BOM

By reducing component counts, power system designs can achieve critical advantages such as lower costs and easier manufacturing. Three recently announced power solutions offer vivid examples of trend.


News Apr 15, 2022 by Ikimi .O
On-demand Solar Energy—Researchers Store and Use Energy from the Sun

On-demand Solar Energy—Researchers Store and Use Energy from the Sun

One setback to fully utilizing solar energy is how to successfully store it. Aiming to tackle this issue, researchers have successfully converted stored electrical energy into usable electrical power.


News Apr 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
ADI Pushes for a “Self-healing” Grid With Gridspertise at Its Side

ADI Pushes for a “Self-healing” Grid With Gridspertise at Its Side

With data loads higher than ever, manufacturers are looking to adaptable self-healing grids to keep pace with demands.


News Apr 06, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Addressing BMS Battery Pack Current and Voltage Measurement Requirements

Addressing BMS Battery Pack Current and Voltage Measurement Requirements

Learn about battery pack current measurement and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) requirements within battery management systems (BMSs). 


 Modern Motor Drivers Enable a Common Platform for Power Tool Designs

Modern Motor Drivers Enable a Common Platform for Power Tool Designs

With so many power tool options, designing for compatibility can be a struggle. Learn more about this challenge leveraging metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs).


Companies Vie for Title of “World’s Smallest GaN Charger”

Companies Vie for Title of “World’s Smallest GaN Charger”

To meet the demand for faster chargers, many companies are investing in GaN-based power converters—the smaller, the better.


News Mar 30, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Understanding Side Channel Attack Basics

Understanding Side Channel Attack Basics

Learn the basics of side channel attacks (SCAs), the threat they pose security for hardware-level security, and why they can be so powerful.


ANALOG DEVICES INC. LTC7804 Low IQ Synchronous Boost Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

ANALOG DEVICES INC. LTC7804 Low IQ Synchronous Boost Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.