Inverter

Navitas Semiconductor has introduced its 5th-generation GeneSiC silicon-carbide (SiC) technology platform, featuring 1200-V Trench-Assisted Planar (TAP) MOSFETs designed for high-voltage power conversion applications. Applications include electric … [Read more...]

Editor’s note: Although the analysis references battery energy storage systems, the electrical behaviors and control strategies examined, particularly switching frequency effects and ripple-induced degradation, are directly relevant to electric … [Read more...]

Turntide Technologies, a provider of high-performance axial flux motors, power electronics, and energy storage announced that its automotive-grade inverter has been integrated into Dust Moto’s electric motorcycles. When designing its compact, … [Read more...]

BorgWarner, a global manufacturer of electrified propulsion and powertrain systems, has expanded its collaboration with automaker Great Wall Motor in the field of electrified propulsion. Building on two previously announced dual-inverter programs, … [Read more...]

izmomicro, a division of izmo Ltd., has introduced a galvanic isolated hex-bridge inverter with integrated controller and drivers for three-phase Servo/BLDC motors. The system is designed for applications requiring compact, efficient, and safe motor … [Read more...]

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chatbots, tools, and techniques are being deployed across various stages of electric vehicle (EV) design and simulation to support validation and manufacturing. AI can be used as an assistant to increase the … [Read more...]

ROHM Semiconductor and Schaeffler have begun mass production of a new high-voltage inverter brick equipped with ROHM’s silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFET bare chips. The subassembly is designed as a key power electronics building block for electric vehicle … [Read more...]

Infineon Technologies will supply Rivian’s R2 platform with power modules for traction inverters. The R2 platform will use silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon (Si) modules from Infineon’s HybridPACK Drive G2 family. Supply is expected to start in … [Read more...]

TDK Corporation has introduced the xEVCap, a standardized and modular dc link capacitor design for powertrain inverters in passenger cars, commercial and off-highway vehicles, and machinery tools. Typically, such capacitor designs are fully … [Read more...]

STMicroelectronics (ST), a global semiconductor provider, introduced its fourth-generation STPOWER silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFET technology. While serving the needs of the automotive and industrial markets, the new technology is particularly optimized … [Read more...]

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is partnering with ZF Friedrichshafen AG on next-generation SiC-based traction inverter solutions for electric vehicles (EVs). By leveraging NXP’s advanced GD316x high-voltage (HV) isolated gate drivers, these solutions are … [Read more...]

Diamond Foundry Inc. announced that it has created an electric car inverter leveraging its diamond wafer technology to enable more efficient electric cars. The power electronics unit is six times smaller than that of a Tesla 3 while delivering … [Read more...]

An inverter is a key component of an electric vehicle, providing the variable frequency 3-phase alternating current required to drive an AC motor. An internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE) does not require an inverter — rather, it uses DC supplied … [Read more...]

EV inverters, also known as traction inverters, convert the dc electricity from the battery into the three-phase variable frequency ac that's needed to drive the motor at a given speed (Figure 1). EVs use asynchronous (induction) motors or sometimes … [Read more...]