EDN

600V GaAs Schottky Diodes for High Power Density PFC Applications

A new 600V GaAs Power Schottky diode is compared with Si and SiC diodes in a 200W CCM-PFC system. With both, GaAs and SiC, the PFC system losses were reduced up to 25%. Higher on-state losses of GaAs ...
EDN

PFC IC simplifies high-density designs

The IR1150 µPFC power-factor-correction chip claims to cut PFC control board space in half, enabling a simplified high-density solution for computing, consumer electronics, and home appliances from 75 ...
Electronic Design

Apply Power-Density Fundamentals to Enhance Power-Management Systems

Relationship of power density and field strength. Some of the more uncommon power-density apps. RF designers frequently need to know the true power density or field intensity at a particular distance ...
Digi Times

Wise Integration Launches First Digital Controller, WiseWare 1.1, for GaN Totem Pole PFC with High Switching Frequency Up to 2 MHz

Wise Integration, a pioneer in digital control for gallium nitride (GaN) and GaN IC-based power supplies, today announced the release to production of its first fully digital controller, WiseWare 1.1 ...
Electronic Design

Boost Power Density by Picking the Right Core Materials

Decades ago, the entrance to the somewhat sleepy Francis Bitter National Magnet Lab at MIT was decorated with a movie poster from The Magnetic Monster, a 1953 American science fiction film. Since then ...