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Pasternack has announced the launch of its new 1.0mm test cable assemblies. These cables deliver exceptional performance in high-frequency environments up to 110 GHz, addressing the critical needs of industries such as telecommunications, aerospace, and defense, where precision and durability are paramount.
Silicon Carbide: The Power Semiconductor Game Changer
Dec 9, 2024 · Silicon carbide is a notoriously hard and complex material. Wafer production for fabricating SiC power semiconductors leverages intensive engineering of manufacturing processes, specifications, and equipment to achieve commercial quality and cost-effectiveness.
MIM/MOM capacitor extraction boosts analog and RF designs
Apr 29, 2020 · Metal-insulator-metal and metal-oxide-metal capacitors popular in analog/RF designs because of their desirable characteristics. By extracting parasitics from your models that are important in your design, you'll get a robust circuit.
Mitigate reverse recovery overshoot in MOSFET body diodes
Nov 12, 2024 · These advantages stem from the unique electrical and material properties of SiC-based devices — snappy reverse recovery inherent to the structure of the MOSFET body diode
Bipolar junction transistors show their muscle
Oct 30, 2024 · Recent enhancements to the classic Bipolar junction transistors show that the classic transistor has plenty of life left and can challenge SiC and GaN devices in some power applications.
How do directed energy weapons work?
Dec 23, 2024 · Directed energy weapons (DEWs) use electromagnetic (EM) energy, such as high-energy lasers (HELs), high-powered microwaves (HPMs), or high-power millimeter waves (HPMMs), to degrade or destroy targets.
FAQ on pull-up/pull-down resistors: part 1
Sep 16, 2024 · Even this relatively simple circuit arrangement has subtleties that affect performance. In the crisp, clean, theoretical binary world, signals exist in only two unambiguous states, generally called 1 and 0 (one and zero). However, when engineering students, hobbyists, and digital-only professionals get into the hands-on …
TVS diodes protect automotive SiC circuits
Dec 18, 2024 · Littelfuse, Inc. announced the launch of its TPSMB Asymmetrical TVS Diode Series, the first-to-market asymmetrical transient voltage suppression (TVS) diode specifically designed for the protection of Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET gate drivers in automotive applications. This innovative product addresses the increasing demand for reliable overvoltage protection in next-generation electric ...
The basics: What is EMC? - Electrical Engineering News and Products
Jan 12, 2022 · EMC stands for Electromagnetic compatibility, which means that a device is compatible with (i.e., no interference is caused by) its electromagnetic (EM) environment. It does not emit levels of EM energy that generate electromagnetic interference (EMI) in other devices in the vicinity. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is the interference caused by one electrical or electronic device […]
EV Battery Production: Comparing Joining Methods - Electrical ...
Jan 10, 2025 · Wire bonding utilizes ultrasonic energy and pressure to create a metallurgical bond between a thin wire and a substrate. This technology has been adapted for EV battery production, connecting individual cells to form battery modules (Figure 3).The process involves laser cleaning of terminals, placement of wire bonds, and testing of wire bonds.