Piezoelectric transformers and power converters represent a frontier in power electronics, harnessing the direct electromechanical coupling of piezoelectric materials to transform electrical energy ...

For a PDF version of this article, click here. Power converters based on the forward topology offer high efficiency and good power-handling capability in applications up to several hundred watts. The ...

A new type of DC-DC converter based on Hybrid-switching Method™ and a novel Hybrid Transformer™ enables a high step-down voltage conversion and provides a regulated output voltage of 1V from a 48V ...

Mansfield, Mass. — Murata Power Solutions (formerly C&D Technologies' Power Electronics Division) has introduced a series of transformers that simplify implementation of isolated RS-485 and RS-422 ...

2 October 2008 – Following successful final acceptance testing at the Siemens transformer factory in Nuremberg, the world’s first 800kV transformer for extra-high-voltage DC transmission systems (HVCD ...

Several switching-converter topologies exist for power converters that operate from the ac mains and must maintain a power factor of 0.9 or better. One topology is a boost converter with a control ...

ABB has won orders worth over $100 million to supply converter transformers and components including wall bushings and circuit breakersfor the Lingzhou-Shaoxing ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC ...

Although it's generally recommended to travel light, every vacationer is likely to have one or two "must have" electrical items they want to take along. These might be for personal appearance – a hair ...