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AspenCore Guide

to Gallium Nitride

A New Era for Power Electronics

600 V CoolMOS™ S7 Family Now Available: R-TOOLS MAXX
Expanded with MOSFETs for Static Heat Sink Calculator As silicon reaches its theoretical performance limits for power electronics,

Switching Applications industry is shifting toward wide-bandgap materials like gallium nitride
Mersen has announced the availability of (GaN), whose properties provide clear benefits in power converters for
Infineon Technologies is enhancing the 600 V R-TOOLS MAXX, Mersen’s heat sink calculator. consumer and industrial electronics. This book delves into GaN technology
CoolMOS™ S7 family with two new optimized R-TOOLS MAXX is a no charge, on-line simulation and its importance for power electronics professionals engaged with its
devices for static switching applications: the in- software that allows users to model the optimum implementation in power devices.
dustrial-grade CoolMOS S7 10 mΩ and the auto- air-cooled heat sink solution tailored to their
motive-grade CoolMOS S7A. The CoolMOS S7 10 project requirements. It is completely interac-
mΩ has a unique low on-resistance (R DS(on) ) for tive and available online 24/7. Users can enter Foreword: Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient

600 V superjunction MOSFETs, making it ideal for the boundary conditions, heat source details, Power Conversion (EPC)
applications where minimal conduction loss- and choice of flow boundaries for a project and
es are critical, such as off-the-shelf solid-state the tool will choose a heat sink that best fits the Market Overview: Yole Développement
relays (SSR). criteria. Technology Analysis: Elena Barbarini, System Plus
Consulting; Filippo Di Giovanni, STMicroelectronics;
FOR MORE INFORMATION > FOR MORE INFORMATION > Alex Lidow, EPC; Chris Lee, Power Integrations; Dilder
Chowdhury, Nexperia; Stephen Oliver and Dan
Kinzer, Navitas Semiconductor; Stefano Lovati and
Davide Di Gesualdo, EEWeb; Paul Wiener, GaN Systems;
Integrated 1.5A Synchronous Buffer Modules Offer an Extra and Professor Alex Q. Huang, Tianxiang Chen, and
Regulators Simplify High- 380ms Hold-up in an Open Frame Ruiyang Yu, University of Texas at Austin. In addition,
there are reports from Jens Tybo Jensen, Jun Honda,
Efficiency Power Conversion Package for 12V, 15V and 24V and Pawan Garg, Infineon Technologies; Max Zafrani,

Power Supplies EPC Space; Kasyap Patel, Wolfspeed, a Cree Company;
STMicroelectronics has introduced L6981 syn- Andrea Vinci, Tektronix; and Gerald Deboy,
chronous step-down regulators, extending the TDK Corporation has announced the introduc- Infineon Technologies.

family of high-efficiency converters that simplify tion of the TDK-Lambda brand ZBM20 12V, 15V Tech papers: Keysight, ON Semiconductor, Cadence,
power-supply design by integrating power ele- and 24V 20A rated open-frame buffer modules. United Monolithic Semiconductors, Transphorm,
ments, feedback circuitry, and safety features The ZBM20 series provides an extended 380ms Nexperia, and CEA-Leti
on-chip. Rated to deliver up to 1.5A, with 90% hold-up time to power supplies preventing data
typical efficiency at full load, the L6981 convert- loss during brief power interruptions or allowing
ers are available in two variants optimized for equipment to safely shutdown. ONLINE BOOKSTORE:
light-load efficiency and noise performance. www.eetimes.com/shop

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