Canada-based NEO Battery Materials has signed a collaboration agreement with Applied Carbon Nano Technology (ACN) to apply ACN’s carbon nanotube to NEO’s NBMSiDE silicon anode materials. The companies will also work together on opportunities in the CNT conductive additive market, and will appoint scientific advisors from ACN to assist the collaboration. “By attracting two new… Read more »
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Infineon releases a new series of battery management ICs
Infineon has introduced a new series of battery management ICs designed for battery modules, cell-to-pack topologies and cell-to-car topologies in EVs, hybrids and energy storage systems. The TLE9012DQU is a multichannel battery monitoring and balancing system that measures battery voltage for state of charge and state of health calculations, and can be controlled directly by… Read more »
Infineon launches new 750 V IGBTs for automotive traction inverters
German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon has launched two new 750 V insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) designed for discrete traction inverters in automotive applications. The new 120 amp-rated and 200 amp-rated EDT2 IGBTs are AECQ101-compliant and use the micro-pattern trench-field-stop cell design also found in the company’s EasyPACK 2B EDT2 and HybridPACK. In comparison to the previous… Read more »
Infineon introduces EiceDRIVER 2ED4820-EM gate driver for 48 V battery systems
German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon introduced the EiceDRIVER 2ED4820-EM gate driver with an SPI interface, which is designed to protect 48 V lithium-ion battery systems from negative and positive voltages. It’s part of the EiceDRIVER APD product line, and is in production now. The new dual-channel high-side gate driver can withstand negative voltages at Vbat down… Read more »
Alpitronic’s HYC50 charger to use Infineon’s EasyPACK modules and driver IC
Italian charger designer and manufacturer Alpitronic has chosen the EasyPACK 1B and 2B modules and EiceDRIVER X3 driver IC from German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon for Alpitronic’s HYC50 charger, which will be launched in the second quarter of 2022. The HYC50 is a wall-mounted 50 kW DC fast charger with two charging ports. The EasyPACK 1B… Read more »
KIT researchers’ two-layer electrodes are simultaneously coated and dried
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed and tested a new concept for simultaneous coating and drying of two-layered electrodes. Drying times can be reduced to less than 20 seconds—one half to one third of the usual production time—without capacity losses. The institute continues to focus its research on coating and subsequent… Read more »
Infineon half-bridge power module can reach 50 kW and 230 A
Infineon has released the EasyPACK 2B EDT2, a flexible and scalable half-bridge power module. The 750 V device can reach a maximum power of up to 50 kW and current of 230 A rms. The module is optimized for inverter applications in hybrid and electric vehicles. The main feature of the EDT2 technology is higher… Read more »
Infineon introduces SiC six-pack power module for EV traction inverters
Infineon Technologies has introduced a new automotive power module with CoolSiC MOSFET technology. At this year’s virtual PCIM trade show, Infineon will present the new HybridPACK Drive CoolSiC, a full-bridge module with a 1,200-volt blocking voltage optimized for EV traction inverters. The power module is based on the automotive CoolSiC trench MOSFET technology for high-power… Read more »
Infineon’s 650 V CoolSiC Hybrid Discrete supports bidirectional charging
Infineon‘s new 650 V CoolSiC Hybrid Discrete for Automotive contains a 50 A TRENCHSTOP 5 fast-switching IGBT and a CoolSiC Schottky diode. The combination supports bidirectional charging, making it suitable for fast-switching automotive applications such as onboard chargers, power factor correction, and DC-DC or DC-AC converters. Infineon says the integrated fast-switching 50 A IGBT enables… Read more »
NeoCharge’s Smart Splitter reduces barriers to Level 2 EV charging at home
California-based startup NeoCharge has developed an economical, quick and safe way to add a Level 2 EV charging station to your home. The company’s Smart Splitter allows you to safely plug your EV charger and an appliance such as a dryer into the same 220-volt outlet, eliminating the need for a dedicated circuit or a… Read more »