The 2024 World Electronics Achievement Awards ceremony was held in Shenzhen, China on November 5 by AspenCore, a renowned media group in the global electronics technology field. The MIE1W0505BGLVH, MPS’s ultra-small, isolated power module, won the “Annual Power Management/Voltage Converter Product” award (see Figure 1). The various awards in the World Electronics Achievement Awards ceremony...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more ubiquitous each day, with plenty of countrywide and global incentives to make these vehicles more cost-effective for consumers (see Figure 1). This has resulted in more than 13 million electrified vehicle sales in 2023, which is a greater than 30% increase for battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) when compared to the ...

Signal transmissions are everywhere. In industrial applications, such as electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and automation systems with programmable logic controllers (PLCs), there is a high voltage (up to several kV) that can be dangerous to the human body. This type of hazardous voltage can also pass through the signal line, which can cause signal interference and could eventually destroy t...

As the world strives for carbon neutrality, electric vehicles (EVs) are rapidly taking market share from internal combustion engine vehicles. However, one of the issues with electric vehicles is range anxiety, as customers are unsure of how long they will be able to drive without the car needing to be charged. To combat this, governments around the world are massively investing in charging infrast...

Our lives are undergoing tremendous changes amidst the emergence of carbon neutrality, 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data. The advent of the 5G era has transformed the design concepts of many power supply products, in that it has significantly increased the demand for medium- and high-power power supplies. Due to the increase in data traffic, communication frequency, and transmission ...

Power modules form a core part of power electronics applications. In particular, micro-power power modules are widely used to power various signal isolator applications, such as RS485, CAN, and RS232. Industry applications — such as industrial automation, electric vehicle battery management systems (BMS), and charging piles — continue to increase standards for safety, power density, and reliabilit...

DC/DC instability occurs due to a variety of factors, such as improper compensation parameters or insufficient layout. This article will discuss subharmonic oscillations, a form of instability that can be generated when current mode switching regulators have a continuous inductor current and a duty cycle exceeding 50%. These oscillations then create unstable power supplies. To learn about subharm...

The revolution for a carbon-neutral era goes beyond an environmental commitment. With premiums on energy-saving solutions that reduce emissions, markets and individual companies are shifting their industrial and energy infrastructures to produce unique and environmentally conscious products. Across various power categories (e.g. photovoltaic and wind power generation, energy storage, battery manag...