Power Integrations has switched from a 900V silicon mosfet to a 1,700V silicon carbide transistor to make its automotive-qualified InnoSwitch3-AQ dc-dc converter compatible with 600, 800 and 1200V electric vehicle batteries. What sort of transistor is it? “We don’t go into details of the device,” Power Integrations’ director of automotive business Peter Vaughan told Electronics Weekly. ...

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