CONTENTS www.power-mag.com Issue 3 2023 Power Electronics Europe 3 News and Features Editor Caroline Hayes Tel: +44 (0)7730 884462 Email: caroline@dfamedia.co.uk Publisher & UK Sales Ian Atkinson Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Email: ian@dfamedia.co.uk www.power-mag.com Production Editor Chris Davis Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Email: chris@dfamedia.co.uk Financial Manager Joanne Morgan Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Email: accounts@dfamedia.co.uk Reader/Circulation Enquiries Perception Tel: +44 (0) 1825 701520 Email: dfamedia@dmags.co.uk INTERNATIONAL SALES OFFICES Mainland Europe: Victoria Hufmann Norbert Hufmann Tel: +49 911 9397 643 Fax: +49 911 9397 6459 Email: pee@hufmann.info Eastern US Ian Atkinson Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Email: ian@dfamedia.co.uk Western US and Canada Ian Atkinson Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Email: ian@dfamedia.co.uk Japan: Yoshinori Ikeda, Pacific Business Inc Tel: 81-(0)3-3661-6138 Fax: 81-(0)3-3661-6139 Email: pbi2010@gol.com Taiwan Prisco Ind. Service Corp. Tel: 886 2 2322 5266 Fax: 886 2 2322 2205 Circulation and subscription: Power Electronics Europe is available for the following subscription charges. Power Electronics Europe: annual charge UK/NI £95, overseas $160, EUR 150. Contact: DFA Manufacturing Media, 192 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE Great Britain. Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340. Refunds on cancelled subscriptions will only be provided at the Publisher’s discretion, unless specifically guaranteed within the terms of subscription offer. Editorial information should be sent to The Editor, Power Electronics Europe, 192 High Street, Tonbridge TN9 1BE U.K. The contents of Power Electronics Europe are subject to reproduction in information storage and retrieval systems. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without the express prior written consent of the publisher. Printed by: Warners. ISSN 1748-3530 PAGE 4 Market News PEE looks at the latest Market News and company developments PAGE 8 Industry News PAGE 12 Prototype to practice power charging Is it possible to prototype a power bank charger application without building dedicated hardware? Yes! An application can be developed using existing evaluation boards. This articles discusses some of the challenges and outlines some recommendations for revisions and improvements. Diarmuid Carey, Staff Applications Engineer, Central Applications, Analog Devices PAGE 16 SiC soars to meet demand for small, lightweight power solutions Using SiC can improve both efficiency and reliability of aerospace applications. As the industry strives for lightweight, compact, high density efficient power, SiC is being propelled into the spotlight. Alain Calmels, Design Engineer, Microchip Technology PAGE 20 Ecofriendly choices shine through for clean energy As the world moves towards making more eco-friendly responsible choices, the demand for sustainable and renewable energy has driven consistent high growth in the solar inverter market. By Panasonic Industry PAGE 24 IoT call for a different approach to backup circuitry design Two backup options are compared and new backup circuitry is proposed to meet a 15ms holdup time for a 12V/60W flyback converter with a 9V to 60V wide input range. By Tiger Zhou, Applications Engineer Battery Charging Products, Texas Instruments PAGE 27 Products PAGE 30 Web Locator Technologies to harness wind power for net zero The offshore wind industry has a major role to play in reducing carbon emissions, but the industry faces a number of challenges. ABB Energy Industries discusses some technology developments which are being increasingly used to tackle these for a reliable sustainable renewable source. More details on page 9. FEATURE STORY
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