EDN

Keeping leakage current under control

As process technologies progress from 0.18 microns to 130 nanometers, it is no longer sufficient to achieve closure on timing, IR drop, and signal integrity. At 130 nm, leakage current becomes a ...
Electronic Design

Characterizing Leakage Current of High-Voltage Semiconductor Devices

Growing concerns about energy efficiency have led to the development of electronics with higher power density. In grid-connected and industrial applications, such as AC motor control, uninterruptible ...
Electronic Design

EMC Filters Minimize Earth Leakage Currents

The EPCOS LeaXield TM active filter module from TDK Corp. helps minimize earth leakage currents in power drive systems with frequency converters. Leakage current can cause RCDs (residual current ...
EDN

MOSFETs balance supercapacitors with zero power burn

The use of supercapacitor series stacks are growing for many systems used in backup power storage or battery life extension. One of the most critical circuit design goals for such systems is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Benefits Of The Ultra-Low Leakage Currents from IGZO TFTs For Neuromorphic Applications

A new technical paper titled “A tunable multi-timescale Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide thin-film transistor neuron towards hybrid solutions for spiking neuromorphic applications” was published by ...
T&D

Technology Prevents Utility Pole Fires by Locating Hard-to-Find Current Leakage

Each year in the United States, there are thousands of incidents of utility poles catching fire and causing damage. Crossarms break. Equipment falls to the ground. Sometimes the entire pole catches ...