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VisIC Technologies demonstrates GaN-based 3-phase traction inverter with an automotive-grade PMSM motor

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has successfully tested its 2.2mΩ 650V half-bridge power module, consisting of 4 parallel 8mΩ Power FET, in a 3-phase configurationon a dyno-testbench using a PMSM motor at a major automotive OEM. VisIC Technologies was founded in Israel in 2010 with the goal of advancing Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology into mainstream usage.

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VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Israel-based VisIC Technologies Ltd., D 3 GaN technology has been shown to reduce the power losses by at least 50% while benefiting from the high-yield, low-cost proprietary design of GaN transistors. It also simplifies the system solution and enables high-efficiency and affordable power train solutions.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

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Mo-Shing Chen , a world-renowned power engineering educator and researcher, died on 1 May at the age of 91. program in electrical engineering in 1969, and it quickly became one of the nation’s largest and top-rated graduate programs in power systems engineering. as a power engineer in Wulai. Chen created UTA’s first Ph.D.

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Israel’s RFISee unveils long-range high resolution 4D imaging radar on a chip

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Israel-based RFISee , a developer of affordable imaging radars for the automotive industry, is unveiling the first Phased Array 4D imaging radar on a chip. Unlike many traditional and new types of radar, RFISee’s patented 4D imaging radar uses a powerful focused beam based on proprietary Phased Array radar technology.

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Adgero signs €3.5M deal with ultracap manufacturer Skeleton for road freight KERS

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The Adgero KERS unit consists of a bank of five high-power Skeleton Technologies SkelMod 50F 160V ultracapacitors, working alongside an electrically driven axle to capture energy loss and use this energy to re-power the vehicle.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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Greico, Stimson Center Back in 1981, Israel sent modest contraptions sporting surveillance cameras in its war against Syria, to some effect. But a technologically powerful country needn’t count the cost; the United States certainly didn’t. “We Every military power is now staring at these numbers, not least the United States and China.

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Economics Drives Ray-Gun Resurgence

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General Atomics , a military contractor in San Diego, is also developing a laser of this power for the Army based on what’s known as the distributed-gain design , which has a single aperture. The old standby for powerful lasers employed chemical reactions in flowing gas. Both systems offer the prospect of being inexpensive to use.

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