A chip shortage is a fairly rare occurrence in the semiconductor and integrated circuit industry that occurs when industry demand is higher than supply, and there’s currently a substantial one that has been in focus since January.

Renewable energy depends on safe, reliable, and efficient energy storage systems (ESSs) to provide buffering between supply and demand. However, proving that an ESS is fit for purpose while complying with all relevant legislation is not a straightforward task. This article looks at the issues involved, and possible solutions.

Motor-driven systems are a foundational element of industrial facilities and processes. Motor drives increase the need for better efficiency, smaller size, and higher intelligence – which is a daunting design challenge. ON Semiconductor and Xilinx’s Motor Development Kit (MDK) jump-starts your design with quick start-up out of the box and powerful resources and tools to implement your application-specific functions and AI. This webinar will introduce the MDK and walk through the design journey, showing the features that enable robust motor control and monitoring. Our partner, Xilinx, will join us to discuss control, algorithm, and programming.

What is on the menu? Live webinars with our experts, speaking opportunities at the PCIM conference and forums, an online demo room with demo videos and presentations on our exciting new industrial and automotive power solutions. STAY TUNED for more details!

All commercially available batteries are non-switching. But a new type of battery system from Switching Battery Inc. offers a glimpse of hope for electric vehicle charging from renewable energy directly.

STMicroelectronics has developed the amplifier TSV7722, which enhances energy efficiency in applications such as automotive smart mobility, solar panels, telecom infrastructure, and computer servers. The TSV7722 is included in ST’s 10-year longevity program that assures long-term component supply.

Electronic design automation (EDA) tools are available to engineers working at integrated circuit, printed circuit board, and system level. This article looks at how EDA has contributed to electronic product development until now, and how it might continue to do so in the future.

Intel and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today announced a three-year partnership to advance the development of domestically manufactured structured Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) platforms.

The 5G standard now being rolled out promises truly revolutionary advances in connectivity and communications. Equally, though, it is making significantly increased demands on the power electronics hardware that drives it. This article looks at why this is so, and how power electronics products are evolving to meet the challenge.