Here is a simple but inexpensive inverter for using a small soldering iron (25W, 35W, etc) In the absence of mains supply. It uses eight transistors and a few resistors and capacitors. Transistors Q1 ...

In power converters, pulse-drive circuits transmit the pulses a controller generates to the power transistor. Driver circuits must both transmit the controller's switching on/off signals with galvanic ...

Toshiba's Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company has announced the launch of the TB9150FNG, an opto-isolated IGBT gate pre-driver IC with various enhanced protective functions for the ...

Now that we’re deep into the push to electrify transportation, be it automobiles/EV chargers, buses, trains, or trolleys, there’s more of an imperative than ever to hasten development of highly ...

A German research team has developed a semiconductor-based protection concept tailored to renewable energy systems that forces a permanent short circuit in less than 1 millisecond in the event of a ...

CCFL backlights are the most common backlight technology and are used in displays ranging from 5.7 to 23 in. or more diagonal. They can have from one to 24 or more lamps mounted along the edge of the ...

BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IXYS Integrated Circuits Division (ICD), Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS), today announced that the IXD_614SI family has been added to ...