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Supporting the Transition away from Fossil Fuels with the Power of Electronic Components

Various technologies that contribute to the transition away from fossil fuels are being developed and utilized to achieve carbon neutrality. Those technologies include information processing technologies, battery technologies, semiconductors, system technologies, and motor technologies. Peripheral technologies that are optimized for those new technologies will also be necessary to make use of evolved technologies in the creation and effective utilization of new energies. New technology needs will also emerge for capacitors, inductors, module components, sensors, and other components. This new series will explain the new needs sought in the electronic components that support the utilization of technologies that contribute to the transition away from fossil fuels.

Supporting the Transition away from Fossil Fuels with the Power of Electronic Components

Battery Management Systems (BMSs) Monitor the Charging/Discharging and Thermal Management Status to Improve Safety and Efficiency and to Support Battery Utilization

Batteries are becoming increasingly important toward achieving carbon neutrality. We explain here about Battery Management Systems, which are essential to using batteries safely while maintaining them in good condition over a long time. We also look at the electronic components used in them.

  • Battery
  • BMS
  • Renewable energy
  • Electric Vehicle (EV)
  • Carbon neutrality
  • ESS
  • Sensors

Supporting the Transition away from Fossil Fuels with the Power of Electronic Components

What Are the Conditions for Increasing the Efficiency of Power Conversion and Motor Drives and for Expanding the Use of SiC and GaN Power Semiconductors?

There is a move to update the base material of devices from Si to SiC or GaN in the power semiconductor field to accelerate the pace of efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. We explain here what technological advances are needed in peripheral components such as capacitors and inductors to maximize the effect of that update.

  • Power semiconductors
  • Electric Vehicle (EV)
  • Renewable energy
  • Carbon neutrality
  • Capacitor
  • Inductors