A new class of medium-voltage power modules has been introduced to support next-generation energy infrastructure, offering ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF have developed a gallium nitride (GaN)-based ...

Silicon carbide (SiC) continues to carve out a place for itself in power electronics after decades of dominance by silicon. SiC-based power switches are becoming the gold standard in the three-phase ...

Ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors exhibit advantageous electronic properties that make them promising for high-voltage, high-power electronics applications. Building on over a decade of progress in ...

Sungrow Renewables, a division of Chinese inverter and storage system manufacturer Sungrow, has launched its first solar module at on June 1 at its 2026 smart technology conference in Shanghai. Dubbed ...

Note: This course requires purchase of a parts kit in order to complete assignments. The kit will be used from the first experiment in the 2nd week of class and throughout the course and the following ...

Modern-day graphics processing units (GPUs) and other AI chips are massive. The unfortunate tradeoff is that they also consume an enormous amount of power, and their power needs are rising ...

Demonstrator of a bidirectional single-phase 3-kW DC charger with GaN power electronics. Researchers at Fraunhofer IAF developed the power electronics module (top) using gallium nitride (GaN) power ...