Electromagnetics

EnaChip Pioneers Wafer-Level Magnetics to Power Next-Generation Microdevices 

What is EnaChip up to? That’s an important question for design engineers of power electronics systems to ask these days. By coating specialized magnetic alloys directly onto semiconductor substrates — and other innovations, the semiconductor microdevice company is bringing disruptive technology to the forefront as it works to commercialize a breakthrough wafer level magnetic technology platform capable of enabling new classes of electronic products. We asked Trifon Liakopoulos, co-founder and CEO of EnaChip, to bring us up to date.   […]

Electromagnetics

APELC to Improve Pulsed Power Components at Navy EM Test Facility 

Applied Physical Electronics (APELC) of Austin, Texas, a leading innovator in electromagnetic pulsed power, has contracted with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) to refurbish and replace the pulsed power components of the Naval Ordnance Transient Electromagnetic Simulator (NOTES). NOTES is a critical bounded wave test facility employed by NSWCDD to assess the vulnerability of U.S. infrastructure against the threat of a high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse, known as HEMP. […]

Electromagnetics

TCT Magnetic Core & Component Collaborates with E-peas to Create Self-Powered Current Sensor 

Magnetic component and core specialist TCT of France has collaborated with Belgian semiconductor company e-peas to develop a self-powered AC current sensor using TCT’s magnetic core as an energy harvester based on inductance.  The innovative […]

Electromagnetics

Wurth Electronics Midcom Builds New Headquarters in South Dakota 

Wurth Electronics Midcom held a ground-breaking ceremony April 24 for construction of a new 70,000 sq ft headquarters facility at its site in Watertown, South Dakota. A business unit of the Wurth Elektronik group of companies based in Germany, it manufactures a broad range of electromechanical and electronic components, many of them magnetic devices. […]