What Prompted the Influx of Toyota HEV Patents?
Toyota Motor Corp. announced a plan to start granting royalty-free licenses on the company’s closely guarded hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)…
JA Solar supplies Malaysia’s Sabah solar plant
The utility-scale solar project in Sabah, Malaysia is expected to resolve the power shortage problem in the state.
Temperature sensor runs on 113pW
A technological breakthrough may pave the way for a new class of devices that can be powered by energy harvested…
Solid-oxide fuel cell achieves 3kW rating
By utilising exhaust heat from power generation, the new system delivers 52% generation efficiency and total energy efficiency of 90%…
Hydrogen sensor consumes 100μW
The sensor detects hydrogen at a power consumption level in the order of 100μW because it does not require continuous…
Jagged nanowires boost fuel cell performance
Altering platinum nanoscale wires from a smooth surface to a jagged one could dramatically reduce the amount of precious metal…
Going smaller, smarter in powering flyback designs
HV MOSFETs play a fundamental role in flyback topology, which means that finding the right MOSFET is critical to meeting…
Power PROFETs replace relays, fuses in cars
Infineon claims its FETs offer over 1 million switching cycles and replace several components, including relays, fuses, relay drivers, cables…
Microsemi, ADI partner on SiC-based ref design
The reference design provides a highly isolated SiC MOSFET dual-gate driver switch for evaluating SiC MOSFETs in a number of…
Si-dominant Li-ion batt bags safety certs
Enevate’s HD-Energy technology delivers 4x energy density to products and processes now certified to UN 38.3, UL 1642, UL 2054,…