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How to Build a $15k Electric Car—Think in a Bigger Box, Not Outside One

Out-of-the-box thinking for engineers is extremely difficult when engineers themselves create the box containing problem solutions. Electronic Design’s newly designated Automotive...
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Gravitate to These GaN Apps to Enhance Power Performance (Download)

Log in to download the PDF of this article on GaN solutions to improve power density and efficiency.
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Gravitate to These GaN Apps to Enhance Power Performance

Power-converter density and efficiency can be improved using techniques like GaN HEMTs in a half-bridge configuration.
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Power

Compact Thick-Film Resistors Offer High Power Dissipation and Reliability

Bringing power ratings of up to 35 W, these rugged thick-film resistors usher in reliability and economy to industrial motor drives, AC-DC and DC-DC power converters, and battery...
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CES 2025: Behind the Scenes

Check out the technology and announcements you probably won't see on the trade-show floor.
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Power

Two Universities Unveil V2G-Capable OBC Designs Leveraging WBG Tech

Industry and academia team to create designs for compact, cost-effective, V2G-capable onboard chargers for EVs.
Subthreshold IC Solution Promises to Reduce Power Consumption
Digital ICs

Subthreshold IC Boosts Low-Power Device's Battery Lifetime

Nanopower’s nPZero architecture can cut power consumption dramatically, increasing battery life while enhancing system monitoring functionality.
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Sensors

Enhance Hearing-Aid Performance with Optical Proximity Sensing

Optical proximity sensors reduce acoustic feedback by dynamically adjusting the device settings based on the proximity of objects.
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Automotive

Electric Aviation Gains Momentum as Battery-Powered Trainers Enter the Market

Here’s a look at two commercially available e-trainers that are already flying and promise to lower the cost, and carbon footprint, of pilot training.
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GAP/R K2-W Vacuum-Tube Op Amp SPICE Modeled Performance (Part 5)

Part 5 provides spec summary of the GP/R K2-W vacuum-tube op amp and discusses measurement constraints/conditions and LTspice modeled output.