Power News this week

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk



. Shell backs Ionity for European fast charging network

. Trio team up for hybrid electric aircraft

. Transphorm raises $15m from major customer for GaN development



TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH

. Smart window doubles as solar panel

. Printed batteries enable IoT wireless nanotag

. 3D graphene balls boost lithium battery fast charging

NEW POWER PRODUCTS
. Bidirectional constant power 15kW supply


. 5A gate drivers scale up to 60A peak current


. 25V n-channel power MOSFET with lowest on-resistance

TECHNICAL PAPERS
. Minima/ARM: Dynamic margining in near-threshold design


. Intersil: Inside a new architecture for USB Type-C applications


. Protection against thermal runaway