Electric and hybrid electric vehicles are seeking efficient and cost-effective power conversion technologies. Wide bandgap semiconductors provide higher performance compared to silicon. In this special report with Filippo Di Giovanni, Strategic Marketing, Power Transistor sub-Group, STMicroelectronics, Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio will discuss the main challenges and which benefits GaN/SiC can offer to the automotive industry.

Position sensors can be integral to several electrical motors' motor commutation control loops. The motor control algorithm sets the currents through the coils and the timing of those currents. The angle of the applied field has to be in quadrature with the rotor's field direction for maximum efficiency. In this podcast with Alessandro Maggioni, Senior Regional Marketing Manager in EMEA for the Advance Solution Group at onsemi, we will analyze different aspects of rotary position sensors.

Electric motors are widely used in several electronic applications; they are everywhere Market analysts estimate that 11 billion electric motors are added to the market annually and consume 45 percent of all electrical energy. In this podcast with Jose Quinones, Staff Applications Engineer at Qorvo’s Programmable Power Management Group, we will analyze the fundamental concepts every designer, maker, or student must master to face a motor control application.  

The silicon carbide (SiC) industry is growing in many markets. The electric vehicle (EV) market is preparing to move toward SiC inverters, as Tesla has already done. Mercedes-Benz has adopted onsemi’s SiC technology for traction inverters as part of a strategic collaboration. In this podcast with Pietro Scalia, director of automotive traction solutions at onsemi, we will discover the phase of manufacturing of SiC solutions, design issues, and what's behind its cost.

GaN power devices should be the ideal choice for power conversion applications in space because they are more robust than hard rad MOSFETs when exposed to various forms of radiation. The electrical and thermal performance of GaN has also demonstrated superior operation in a space environment. In this podcast, Bel Lazar, Chief Executive Officer of EPC Space...