Fast, efficient switching – thanks to HiPoSwitch

Electrical power comes out of wall sockets, of course. But hardly any electronic device can take normal line voltage. Computers, smartphones, LEDs, and chargers, for instance, cannot use electrical energy in that form – the line voltage must be converted from AC to DC. The reverse conversion (DC to AC) is also commonly used, such as in solar panel inverters. Power converters use power transistor switches as key components to accomplish this. Lightning-fast semiconductor switches able to operate these kinds of converters more efficiently have now been developed in the recently completed EU group project called HiPoSwitch.
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