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Transphorm introduces Gallium Nitride diode; >99% efficient DC-DC boost converter

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is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency. Perreault, MIT). At APEC, startup Transphorm Inc. Energy loss that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and costs the US economy $40 billion per year. —Primit Parikh.

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Early Tesla Model S road warrior successfully passes 1 million mile mark

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Akku lief 671.000 Km, der jetzige hat 405.000 Km ohne Problem bewältigt allerdings mit nur 5% DC Ladung [link] pic.twitter.com/X0HZNzcpT8 — Hansjörg von Gemmingen – Hornberg (@gem8mingen) June 17, 2022. DU drin, die vierte lief 778.000 Km, der Rest war Schrott- die Letzte keine 100.000 Km. Deshalb kein Event wie 2019.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He wrote six lessons, which cover transformers, AC and DC motors, magnetism, binary basics, and solar power. Markus Zahn Professor emeritus at MIT Life Fellow, 75; died 13 March Zahn was a professor of electrical engineering for 50 years. He volunteered on projects in Guatemala and Honduras. Zahn, who was granted more than 20 U.S.

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USABC awards Cobasys $8.4M for the development of high-energy density Li-ion cells and packs for EVs

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Bosch has extensive experience in hybrid and electric drive technology as well as power electronics, electric motors, transmissions and DC/DC converters. Further, Bosch in the US is also engaging in research on the cell side as well.

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The Vacuum Tube’s Forgotten Rival

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Amplification occurs because a relatively small DC control current can modify a much larger AC load current. The influence of a magnetizable material, here taking the form of a toroidal core [tan], can be changed by applying a DC bias using a second coil [left side of toroid]. David Schneider. In 1956, the. Sperry Rand Co.

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Frost & Sullivan analysis suggests momentum toward supplementary 48V on-board power-net

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Starting in the mid-1990s, the auto industry began considering a 42V power-net (for reasons similar to those noted above), and created a formal consortium, headquartered at MIT—the MIT/Industry Consortium on Advanced Automotive Electrical/Electronic Components and Systems —to help implement the standard.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. Holt provided AC and DC voltage and current calibration instruments to all branches of the U.S.

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