California’s Power Grid Continues to Set New Records for Fossil-Free Operation

By: lgoldberg@green-electronics.com (Lee Goldberg)

22 July 2026 at 18:05

Wind, water, solar, and grid-scale battery storage enabled California’s power grid to spend 99 of the past 100 days running completely fossil-free for an average of 5.4 hours per day.

Evaluating Power Supplies with Different Compensation Settings

Electronic Design

By: (Frederik Dostal)

21 July 2026 at 21:09

Designing a power supply's compensation network is often a labor-intensive, time-consuming process. But new tools can dramatically simplify the task.

Pressure Sensors Propel Liquid Cooling in EVs and AI Data Centers

Electronic Design

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21 July 2026 at 18:06

Melexis’ sensors can measure subtle changes in gas and liquid pressure, targeting thermal-management loops for EV batteries and low-pressure liquid cooling in AI data centers.

Stacked Power MOSFETs Bring Half-Bridge Inside the Package

Electronic Design

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20 July 2026 at 19:30

Using its AmpStack vertical die-stacking technology, AOS can integrate high- and low-side MOSFETs into a single package.

Battery-Management IC Uses EIS to Monitor Cells Inside and Out

Electronic Design

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16 July 2026 at 21:34

The EIS engine embedded in TI’s latest battery cell monitor could make a big difference in battery energy storage systems.

Power MOSFETs Suppress Noise in Motor-Control Circuits

Electronic Design

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15 July 2026 at 18:14

The 40-V MOSFETs developed by Vishay are geared to prevent false triggering and reduce noise in motor-control circuits.

Diving into ESD and EOS Protection in Electronics Design

Electronic Design

By: (Andrey Solovev)

14 July 2026 at 22:21

A single invisible spark can render costly hardware useless. But there are ways to protect electronic designs against ESD and EOS, even the most unpredictable environments.

Connectors are a Major EMI Weakness

Electronic Design

By: (Evaluation Engineering)

10 July 2026 at 18:30

Mitigating EMI is critical for good system design and connectors are a good place to start.

11 Myths About Power Line Communication

Electronic Design

By: (Zeev Collin)

9 July 2026 at 15:29

Power line communication (PLC) is poised to play a central role in secure, scalable, AI-ready smart grids and industrial networks.

Low-Side 9-A Gate Driver Has Separate Source and Sink Outputs

Electronic Design

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8 July 2026 at 15:44

The right gate driver enables a SiC or IGBT device to realize its performance potential in automotive applications.

Measuring High-Frequency Noise in Buck-Regulator Output-Voltage Ripple

Electronic Design

By: (Yu Yan)

16 June 2026 at 16:09

Probe orientation and shielding can separate real buck-regulator output-voltage ripple from radiated switching noise.

Lithium-Air: The Next Technological Leap in Battery Chemistry?

Electronic Design

By: (Murray Slovick)

15 June 2026 at 14:36

Chinese battery giant CATL has indicated its next-generation battery development will focus on lithium-air batteries, mainly due to their extremely high energy storage density.

DC-Link Capacitors Cater to SiC Power Conversion

Electronic Design

By: (undefined)

12 June 2026 at 19:00

TDK's film capacitors can handle high-frequency power converters driven by SiC while limiting parasitic losses.

From Concept to Prototype: The Tools of Power-Supply Design

Electronic Design

By: (Frederik Dostal)

11 June 2026 at 17:20

These tools generally fall into five categories: power-system designers, power-supply calculators, digital power-supply configuration tools, circuit simulation tools, and hardware evaluation platforms.

Applying Edge AI to DC Arc Fault Detection (Part 3): Compiling and Deploying Models on MCUs

Electronic Design

By: (Adithya Thonse)

9 June 2026 at 19:45

Can a trained arc-fault model survive the jump from lab bench to tiny controller? This article shows how to make edge AI work in the real world.

High-Current Chip Beads Suppress EMI in High Density Power Designs

Electronic Design

By: (undefined)

8 June 2026 at 19:18

The ferrite beads developed by Bourns can carry more than 10 A of current with minimal resistance and a wide impedance range.

Rugged, Resilient Nylon Withstands Abuse While Energy Harvesting

Electronic Design

By: (Bill Schweber)

8 June 2026 at 17:13

A unique version of common nylon fabric delivers stress-driven energy harvesting.

GaN-Based Auxiliary Power Supplies Gear Up for Data Centers

Electronic Design

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5 June 2026 at 15:33

Power Integrations said its GaN-based auxiliary power supplies bring space and component savings to 800-V DC AI systems.

A Bode Diagram to Display a Control Loop

Electronic Design

By: (Frederik Dostal)

4 June 2026 at 15:12

Testing a power supply at different load currents and different input voltages is important, but it only shows part of the truth. A Bode plot can reveal the rest.

“Hybrid” Hall Current Sensors Have Higher Bandwidth

Electronic Design

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3 June 2026 at 16:52

Infineon said its new coreless current sensor can handle higher frequencies than traditional Hall-based current sensors.

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