During PCIM Asia 2025 in Shanghai, Han Cui gave a poster presentation showcasing a 60W single-stage flyback converter designed for a 90–670 VAC input, utilizing a 1700V GaN switch with adaptive Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS).
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, Mark Gerald Manango gave a poster presentation showcasing a 140 W USB PD 3.1 notebook adapter that achieves high efficiency across the load range. Our InnoSwitch5-Pro digitally controllable switcher ICs achieve Zero-Voltage Switching without a dedicated and costly additional high-voltage switch.
The HiperPFS-5 family of integrated PFC ICs features a 750-V PowiGaN switch for high efficiency across the load range. It offers an elegant solution to keep the power factor high during low load. PI Director of Technical Outreach Andy Smith explains how it works in this new article.
EE Times turned 50 last year and has reported on innovation in all electronics fields throughout its history. In the world of analog and power electronics, Power Integrations has been a key innovator since its inception in 1988. Power Electronics News spoke with CEO Balu Balakrishnan about his experience and vision.
HiperPFS-5 ICs are the first use of PowiGaN power switches in Power Factor Correction (PFC) to minimize conduction losses, delivering greater than 98% efficiency at 240 W. This new article by PI Director of Technical Outreach Andy Smith explains the variable-frequency discontinuous-conduction–mode (DCM) techniques used in the HiperPFS-5 devices to
Self-powered BridgeSwitch half-bridge motor driver ICs dramatically simplify the development of high-voltage single- or multi-phase BLDC motor drives.
The pressure on the designer is relentless - develop ever-smaller chargers and adapters that deliver full USB-C Power Delivery (PD), Programmable Power Supply (PPS) functionality, and faster charging times for smartphones, tablets, notebooks and other portable devices. Keys to designing smaller chargers and adapters include reducing component count and maximizing
This article briefly reviews the need for a primary clamp circuit in flyback power supplies. It then compares and contrasts the use of passive clamping with complementary and non-complementary active clamping solutions and introduces a chipset that enables the use of non-complementary clamping solutions and the design of super-dense flyback
This article briefly reviews the physics behind magnetizing interference in flyback power supplies and presents an anti-magnetizing interference dual-output isolated flyback power supply design. It closes with a discussion of testing and a performance comparison between an anti-magnetizing interference power supply and a conventional design.
New power semiconductors for high density applications require gate driver technologies that support higher working voltages and are reliable across an extended temperature range. The package must also meet international standards for creepage and clearance. This paper presents an innovative communication and isolation technology, integrated in a new industrial package
High performance motor drives commonly use field-oriented control (FOC) since it offers smooth and efficient operation throughout the entire speed range. BridgeSwitch offers a unique function by providing a small signal output that is an instantaneous representation of the positive phase current. This function can eliminate commonly used discrete current
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, Trung Huynh gave a poster presentation about optimizing efficiency across input line and load. Our new TinySwitch-5 flyback switcher ICs feature an advanced control engine which seamlessly manages switching frequency and power delivery to maximize efficiency, even at light loads.
PI power devices integrate a high-voltage switch and provide internal isolation. This enables the design of compact power supplies that meet safety requirements of demanding applications like EVs.
BridgeSwitch allows building compact, high-voltage brushless DC motors drives without having to use a physical heatsink. This document discusses techniques for optimizing the PCB layout, including device arrangement, inter device distance, and copper clad area, all of which play an important role in the thermal performance of the device.
InnoMux, 一種具有多個獨立穩壓輸出的全新返馳式控制技術，正在逐漸淘汰某些應用中的 DC-DC 轉換器
This is the AEC-Q100 qualification report for InnoSwitch3-AQ switcher ICs INN3947CQ & INN3949CQ
During PCIM Asia 2025 in Shanghai, Han Cui gave a poster presentation showcasing open-frame charger designs that proves when selectively enhanced, flyback topologies can effectively replace resonant converters in mid-power applications up to 400 W, offering a practical balance between performance and cost.
This is the AEC-Q100 qualification report for LinkSwitch-TN2Q switcher IC LNK3206GQ.
This is the AEC-Q100 qualification report for LinkSwitch-TN2Q switcher IC LNK3209GQ.
The efficiency and size benefits of SiC devices have been enthusiastically embraced by designers of industrial, automotive, traction systems and photovoltaic power conversion. To provide more detail, the lower sheet resistance of wide-bandgap SiC materials (typically 1/100th that of conventional silicon) results in smaller devices for a given current capacity—valuable
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, Juan Paolo Quismundo gave a oral presentation on how to maximize available power to display, controls and communications functions for appliances needing to comply with increasingly stringent standby energy regulations. Our BridgeSwitch motor driver ICs, combined with the MotorXpert software suite, allow sleep-mode power
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, Adrian Umadhay gave a poster presentation about modeling frequency response to maximize performance.
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, Thomas Anthony Capobianco gave a poster presentation introducing a multi-output flyback design for meters that can protect against magnetic interference. With a low-RDS (ON), 900 V MOSFET, our LinkSwitch-XT2 switcher ICs improves efficiency at full-load, maintains efficiency at light-load and resists magnetic tampering.
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, Han Cui gave a poster presentation about replacing SiC switches with 1700 V GaN devices in high-input voltage industrial applications. The world's first 1700 V GaN switch is now available in a new member of the InnoMux-2 flyback switcher IC family. In less than two years, Power Integrations has delivered three voltage-rating breakthroughs with its #PowiGaN technology, from 900 V to 1250 V, and now 1700 V.
Integrating current sensing into the low-side switch enhances system efficiency and simplifies predictive maintenance for three-phase motors.
The InnoMux-2 switcher IC family is a revolutionary single-stage flyback solution for multi-output power supplies. It improves efficiency and accurately regulates all outputs.
This is the AEC-Q101 Qualification Report for Qspeed diode QH12TZ600Q .
This is the AEC-Q101 Qualification Report for Qspeed diodes LQ10N200CQ and LQ20N200CQ.
PI's industry-first 1250 V GaN-based switcher ICs allow significant transient overvoltage capability, which is crucial to EV and industrial applications that require high voltage and high reliability.
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, John Emmanuel Tan gave a poster presentation introducing a single-phase BLDC motor design for external fan applications. Our BridgeSwitch motor driver ICs, combined with the MotorXpert software suite, support a power range of 30 W to 746 W (1 HP) and deliver inverter efficiency up to 99%.
During PCIM Europe 2025 in Nuremberg, Juan Paolo Quismundo gave a poster presentation on how to enable field-oriented control (FOC) without shunts and sensing circuits. Our BridgeSwitch motor driver ICs, combined with the MotorXpert software suite, support a power range of 30 W to 746 W (1 HP) and deliver inverter efficiency up to 99%.
Power Integrations的產品營銷經理Edward Ong解釋瞭如何在使用CAPZero-2集成電路滿足IEC 62368-1中最新的安全要求的同時減少空閒損耗。
在 2019 年 7 月，Power Integrations 宣佈推出其 InnoSwitch™3 系列離線 CV/CC 返馳式切換開關 IC 的新成員。新型 IC 在整個滿載範圍內的效率高達 95%，在密封式轉換器實作中效率高達 100 W，且無需散熱片。
使用內部開發的高壓 GaN 切換開關技術 (PowiGaN™) 實現了這種突破性的效能提升。
家用電器只要裝有馬達，就必須符合國際安全標準規定的特定要求。BridgeSwitch 的整合式半橋架構採用一套故障保護和備援措施，提供獨特的低壓側和高壓側週期性限電流保護。這可讓 BridgeSwitch 當作保護裝置，在發生異常運作狀況時保護馬達，而不必依靠軟體來控制故障狀況。由於不必依賴控制軟體來保護馬達，因此能夠大幅簡化並縮短安全合規性流程。
