The BR6000 family of PFC controllers from Epcos has been equipped with a series of additional features. The controllers now offer automatic initialization with identification of the connected PFC system parameters as well as a plausibility test. The number of recorded switching operations and the ca...

Toshiba Corporation has developed a gallium nitride (GaN) power field effect transistor (FET) for the Ku-band (12GHz to 18GHz) frequency range that achieves an output power of 65.4W at 14.5GHz. The main application of the transistor will be in base stations for satellite microwave communications, wh...