Power

The Neutrik Group, Schaan, Liechtenstein, 6th February 2024. CONTRIK showed a comprehensive range of new Power Multicore solutions for the first time at ISE; offering the professional AV and lighting, and broadcast and film location production sectors a wide range of power connectivity solutions from new multicore cable and stringer box series, optimising power cabling costs and complexity in the field.

VMAX has selected the new CoolSiC hybrid discrete with TRENCHSTOP 5 Fast-Switching IGBT and CoolSiC Schottky Diode from Infineon for its next-generation 6.6 kW OBC/DCDC on-board chargers.

StoreDot announced an important achievement on its path to commercialisation with the successful manufacturing of its first-ever prismatic XFC silicon-dominant battery cells.

Pickering Electronics has added a 5kV stand-off, up to 1.5kV switching version to its single-in-line Series 104 reed relay family.

BYD BatteryBox has again been recognised for its efficiency in the Berlin-based HTW (Berliner Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) energy storage system evaluation. This marks the seventh year in a row that the product has achieved this distinction. 

Bel Fuse has announced one of the industry’s only surface mount, PPTC resettable fuse, line-volt-rated to 240VAC.

Nissan has extended its long-term partnership with Zapmap, the UK's leading charge point mapping service, to continue ensuring the EV charging process remains straightforward and hassle-free.

Electronic Specifier takes a look at the top 5 power products to have been released in January 2024.

Power Integrations has announced the launch of its InnoSwitch5-Pro family. These high-efficiency, programmable flyback switcher ICs achieve over 95% efficiency.

Although there have been significant advances in competing capacitor technologies such as hybrid types, electrolytic capacitors may still remain the best solution for many applications, explains Shahrokh Kananizadeh, Senior Product Manager, Panasonic Industry Europe.