Power Electronics Europe Magazine April/May 2026

CONTENTS www.power-mag.com Issue 2 2026 Power Electronics Europe 3 News & Features Editor Leslah Garland Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Email: leslah.garland@dfamedia.co.uk Publisher Damien Oxlee Tel: +44 (0)1732 370342 Email: damien.oxlee@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: cs@perception-sas.com 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 Damien Oxlee Tel: +44 (0)1732 370342 Email: damien.oxlee@dfamedia.co.uk Western US and Canada Damien Oxlee Tel: +44 (0)1732 370342 Email: damien.oxlee@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 News PEE looks at the latest News and company developments PAGE 8 Market News PAGE 11 PCIM 2026 PCIM Expo & Conference 2026: Discover the Future of Power Electronics PAGE 16 Power with purpose: How today’s charging systems are shaping safety-critical design By Dag Pedersen, Marketing Manager, Mascot AS PAGE 18 Rethinking Data Centre Power Infrastructure for the AI Era PAGE 20 APEC 2026 Review PAGE 22 How to Optimise a Second-Order Output Filter for an Ultralow Noise µModule Regulator George (Zhijun) Qian, Senior Analog Design Engineering Manager, and Jennifer Florence Joseph Benedicto, Senior Design Evaluation Engineer, Analog Devices PAGE 26 Shrinking automotive audio system designs with Class-D amplifier 1L modulation Mark Ritchey, Product Marketing Engineer at Texas Instruments PAGE 28 Switchgear shortage – mind the power gap! PAGE 29 Web Locator 11 ways to fine tune your high-voltage-to48V power conversion By Maury Wood, VP Strategic Marketing at Vicor More details on page 12. FEATURE STORY Subscribe for your FREE copy now

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