Your sump pump is your home’s first line of defense against flooding. Without battery backup during a power outage, your sump pump will stop working and your home will be placed at risk.
For anyone with a little mechanical aptitude, a DIY system consisting of an inverter/charger and one or more batteries...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
When considering gate drive requirements, the three most important parameters for eGaN FETs are (1) the maximum allowable gate voltage, (2) the gate threshold voltage, and (3) the “body diode” voltage drop.
eGaN FETs differ from their silicon counterparts because of their significantly faster switching...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
The electronics industry is used to riding waves of growth driven by the introduction of new categories of product. This happened with the PC in the 1980s, with networking gear in the 1990s and more recently with the smartphone. Now ‘wearable electronics’ has emerged as the next potential growth market, prompted...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Lithium-ion batteries, like other battery types, are subject to a process of wear and tear during charging and discharging due to chemical changes.
Without battery balancing, the weakest cell in a multicell battery always determines the capacity of the entire system. However, since individual cells age differently,...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
Gallium nitride transistors can be used to improve the efficiency of DC-DC conversion.
In this white paper we look at a new application that is being enabled by gallium nitride technology that has been difficult to implement using traditional silicon MOSFET power devices.
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Published: Jul 25, 2018
This paper presents the modeling results for prediction of thermal performance using synthetic jets ejectors. A synthetic jet is an intense, small-scale turbulent jet synthesized directly from the fluid in which it is embedded. A jet ejector consists of a primary high momentum jet inducing a secondary flow within a channel....
Published: Jul 20, 2018
Oncology is a field where high-end motorization is essential. Equipment is getting continuously more sophisticated and precise, creating the need for advanced motion and automation. Superior motorization solutions are required to meet medical industry standards as well as to provide a cutting edge differentiation and advantage...
Published: Jul 20, 2018
This white paper focuses on isolated digital interfaces conforming to RS-485, which continues to be the industry’s workhorse standard for data transmission. The paper provides an overview of RS-485’s common-mode voltage range (CMVR) definition, and explains how isolating a transceiver’s signal and...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
Heat Sinks are required to insure the proper operation and long term reliability of Solid State Relays because they provide a means to dissipate the power that is normally developed by the SSR into the surrounding ambient air and maintain a safe operating temperature.
This paper discusses “Why Heat Sinks...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Over the past few years, the technology of energy harvesting has emerged from the laboratory to the marketplace. In practice, however, it has been difficult to efficiently capture the ambient or "waste" energy generated by many practical devices suited for this purpose, due to their very low voltage and power...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
Even though the eGaN FET was designed and optimized as a power-switching device, it also exhibits good RF characteristics. The smallest 200 V eGaN FET, EPC2012, was selected for RF evaluation and should be viewed as a starting point from which the RF characteristics of future eGaN FET part numbers can be optimized for...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
There are generally two different methods used to protect the pressure transmitter and/or the pressure switch from high temperatures. These two proven methods are done through the use of cooling elements and standoff piping. Provided below are guidelines on how to protect the pressure devices from extreme temperatures...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
Most of us are familiar with the concepts of reliability and MTBF at a superficial level, without considering what lies behind the figures quoted and what significance should be attached to them. The subject deserves a deeper understanding, so, let us start by having a better look at the terminology.
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Published: Jul 23, 2018
Why is it that seemingly similar power supplies have significantly different performance and reliability characteristics? The answer may lie in the specification detail that can be missing from some data sheets, available only in the long-form data/application notes or may even be due to “specmanship”.
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Published: Jul 23, 2018