Mersen has introduced a free-access online tool for calculating the specifications of laminated bus bars. The Bus Bar Calculator is intended to support the design of bus bars in a range of different power converters. The new product relies on a physics solver developed by Gamma Technologies called GT-PowerForge to calculate the electrical, thermal and… Read more »
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Microchip Technology and Mersen collaborate on 150 kVA SiC power stack reference design
Microchip Technology is collaborating with Mersen on a new 150 kVA 3-phase silicon carbide power stack reference design. Mersen’s current offering provides designers with a compact, high-power silicon carbide system without the need for individual device sourcing, testing and qualification. The reference design includes Microchip’s SiC power modules and digital gate drivers and Mersen’s busbar,… Read more »
Mersen’s new fuses protect high-performance energy storage systems
Mersen has launched two new families of fuses for protecting battery racks and banks, battery containers and inverters. The GBAT and ABAT product lines were developed specifically for 1,000-1,500 VDC applications. The ABAT15 fuses were developed for 1,500 VDC applications for battery rack and section protection. The fuses can withstand high load changes and low… Read more »
Mersen Fischerlink’s low-inductance busbar/capacitor assembly for SiC DC-link
Mersen has introduced a new capacitor and busbar sub-assembly, called Fischerlink 2.0. Traditionally, capacitors are connected to busbars by screw or solder connections, which may cause increased inductance in the sub-assembly. Mersen’s Fischerlink 2.0 uses laser welding to connect capacitor terminals to busbars, which the company says improves the overall performance of the assembly and… Read more »
Mersen introduces Infini-Cell battery assembly solutions
Mersen, a specialist in thermal management, overcurrent protection devices and laminated monitoring bus bars, and F & K DELVOTEC, a designer of laser bonding equipment and processes, have joined forces to create Infini-Cell, a new solution to support 21700 series battery assembly systems. F & K DELVOTEC says its laser bonder interface guarantees a high-speed,… Read more »
Mersen introduces new self-triggered hybrid pyro fuse for EV applications
Mersen, a manufacturer of products for the electric power industry, has announced a new line of overcurrent protection devices for the EV industry. The new line of self-triggered χp-ST hybrid fuses technology purports to offer greater overcurrent protection in EV DC batteries than traditional fuses. The new χp-ST hybrid fuses incorporate a fast-acting pyro-element with… Read more »
Mersen beats next generation DOE power density targets through Stack Reference designs
150 kVA – 16kW/L SiC power stack for heavy-duty EV Mersen partnered with AgileSwitch and FTCAP to develop two high performance 3-phase inverter power stack reference designs. The SiC MOSFET version uses Wolfspeed SiC modules to deliver 150 kVA at a power density of 16 kVA/l, exceeding the DOE’s 2020 roadmap for electric vehicle applications…. Read more »
Interconnect Solutions For The Production Of State-Of-The-Art Battery Modules
State-of-the-art joining technologies for batteries overview including pot/resistance welding, US-Bonding, Laser, and Laserbonding. For any kind of battery pack, it is crucial to reliably interconnect the individual cells to the power train and the BMS. F&K DELVOTEC offers a wide range of solutions for the and production the Battery cell interconnections. We will present detail… Read more »
Thermal conductive adhesives for next-generation cell-to-pack configurations (Webinar)
Cell-to-Pack is the direct bonding of individual battery cells to the battery pack’s cooling plate, and it’s a new trend in the EV market. It improves performance by providing higher pack energy density, improved part complexity, lower thermal loads on the battery pack, and simpler, lower-cost manufacturing of packs. To support Cell-to-Pack (CTP), new thermally… Read more »
Infini-Cell & InBat Fuse: Interconnection And Safety Optimization At The Battery Module Level
Module optimization within battery packs has become a major driver to support Electric Vehicle (EV) growth. In that regard, module safety, reliability, weight, and cost have been a major focus for new development and innovation at Mersen, a worldwide expert in electrical power devices. With improved thermal behavior and form factor, the Infini-Cell bus bar… Read more »