The trend toward e-mobility is finally gaining traction in the market, as more and more vehicles of all kinds are being outfitted with energy efficient and zero emission drives. Besides cars, they ...

More and more portable devices now use ceramic capacitors for filtering of dc/dc-converter inputs. Ceramic capacitors offer the advantages of small size, low ESR (equivalent series resistance) and ...

TDK Corporation recently announced the new B2568* series of EPCOS MKP dc link power capacitors, which offer robustness under harsh environmental conditions. The new capacitors are designed for ...

ISELIN, NJ--(Marketwired - Aug 18, 2016) - TDK Corporation today announced a new EPCOS DC link capacitor that has been specifically designed for the HybridPACK™ 1-DC6 Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor ...

KEMET has announced the C4AK high temperature, power film DC-Link capacitor designed specifically for continuous operation up to 1,000 hours at 135℃. The C4AK series joins the C4AU (harsh environment) ...

Switched Capacitor (SC) DC-DC converters are DC-DC switching regulators that use only capacitors and switches to transfer charges between the input and the output. This architecture is an alternative ...

Engineers often face design goals with conflicting requirements. For instance, take a design that requires an input capacitor to stabilize the bias voltage and present clean dc power to the device’s ...

Scientists in India have developed a 500 W seven-level inverter prototype based on switched capacitors. The device is reportedly able to achieve a high efficiency despite switching, conduction, and ...

YMIN’s Polymer Hybrid Capacitors Target OBC/DC-DC Power Loss Challenges in EVs. As new energy vehicles (NEVs) integrate two-in-one on-board charger (OBC) and DC-DC converter sys ...

In the past five to ten years, there has been a big shakeout in the capacitor industry with at least 15 major manufacturers ceasing production for various reasons. Product lines have also been ...

If you build electronic circuits on a regular basis the chances are you will have used capacitors many times. They are a standard component along with the resistor whose values are lifted off the ...