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Unlocking the Power of EV Inverters: Panasonic Solutions for Next-Gen Mobility

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As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to reshape the automotive landscape, one component plays a pivotal role in driving performance and efficiency: the inverter. This essential device converts direct current (DC) from the battery into alternating curr...
- 31 Oct 2025
What Is a DC/DC Converter in Electric Vehicles (EVs)?

riyo@panasonic

Essential Power Conversion for Safe and Efficient EV Operation Electric vehicles (EVs) rely on two types of onboard batteries: a high-voltage lithium-ion battery and a low-voltage lead-acid battery. While the lithium-ion battery powers the drive mot...
- 15 Oct 2025
Case Study: Panasonic Chip Resistors Driving EV Innovation (Part 2)

riyo@panasonic

High-Temperature Resistant Resistors Enabling Compact Inverter and BMS Designs As the global shift toward electric vehicles (EVs) accelerates, countries like Germany, California (USA), Quebec (Canada), China, and Japan are implementing stricter regul...
- 30 Sep 2025
Case Study: Adoption of Panasonic Chip Resistors in EV Battery Systems

riyo@panasonic

Introduction: The Global Shift Toward Electrification The electrification of vehicles, once a regional initiative led by European nations to combat climate change, has now become a global movement. Governments worldwide are implementing policies tha...
- 16 Sep 2025
The crucial role of passive components for industrial and automotive Battery Management Systems

riyo@panasonic

Table of Contents Background: Battery Management Systems in general Technical challenges Durability in harsh environments Miniaturization and weight reduction Solutions to overcome challenges Panasonic's offer of resistors Thin Film ...
- 8 Sep 2025
What Is a Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) and Why It’s Central to Modern Automotive Design?

riyo@panasonic

As vehicles become smarter and more electrified, the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) has emerged as a critical component in managing and optimizing their performance. But what exactly is a VCU, and why is it so essential in today’s automotive syste...
- 18 Aug 2025
How to Design Robust EPS Circuits for the Future of Autonomous Driving

riyo@panasonic

Table of Contents 1. Back to Basics: What is Electric Power Steering (EPS)? 2. The Evolution of Steering: Key Technological Shifts 3. The Non-Negotiable: Redundancy for Ultimate Safety 4. Anatomy of an EPS Circuit: An Overall Configuration 5. Compo...
- 28 Jul 2025
A Deep Dive into Electronic Stability Control (ESC) for Enhanced Vehicle Safety

riyo@panasonic

Table of Contents The Core Function of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Distinguishing ESC from ABS Market Dynamics and Engineering Demands A Look Inside: The Circuit Configuration of an ESC System A Breakdown of Individual Circuits and Key Compo...
- 16 Jul 2025
Revolutionizing reliability and efficiency in robotic arms: the future of factory automation enabled by Panasonic's passive components

riyo@panasonic

Table of Contents Background of factory automation Technical challenges faced by robot Solutions to overcome challenges Conclusion Recommended components Tool introduction Reference 1. Introduction and background of factory automation The global ma...
- 26 Jun 2025
Human detection vs. distance: Unlocking the power of the Grid-EYE thermopile array sensor

riyo@panasonic

Are you curious about how to get the most out of the Grid-EYE sensor from Panasonic Industry? Our latest YouTube video dives deep into the topic of of thermography and human detection! Explore how a human subject's signature changes with distance...
- 6 Jun 2025
Update on FN Series: Panasonic's latest advancements in Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors

riyo@panasonic

In the world of passive components, aluminum electrolytic capacitors have been a popular choice due to their impressive capacitance-to-volume ratio, making them ideal for applications where every bit of space counts. They are commonly used for func...
- 28 Mar 2025
Panasonic ensures film capacitor supply, offering alternatives to competitors' EOL announcements

riyo@panasonic

Panasonic Industry is committed to supporting its customers with a comprehensive range of film capacitor solutions, even as certain suppliers announce an "End of Life" for their products. This development has impacted various film capacitor...
- 21 Feb 2025
What is a cooling system pump? Circulating water to prevent equipment overheating

riyo@panasonic

The cooling system pump is responsible for moving water through the cooling system, helping to prevent overheating of various equipment. This pump typically requires between 30 W and 100 W of power to function. It consists of an impeller, a motor, an...
- 19 Feb 2025
The impact of polymer capacitors on advancing GaN-based AC/DC converters

riyo@panasonic

AC/DC converter trends and GaN Different kinds of electronic devices employ AC/DC converters as instrument to transform commercial AC power into DC power. They are necessary since the majority of electrical loads operate on DC rather than AC...
- 23 Jul 2024
Small-scale, diversified but utterly useful: A new roadmap on the variety of Power Inductors

riyo@panasonic

Known as pioneers of metal composite power inductor technology, Panasonic Industry has undoubtedly made a name for itself - but the industries’ rapid developments and increased demands on the specs of passive components wouldn’t allow any...
- 10 Jul 2024
Resolving MLCC Problems by Switching to Conductive Polymer Capacitors

riyo@panasonic

MLCC problems - and their solution MLCCs (Multi-layered Ceramic Capacitors) are used in a wide variety of applications but have problems due to inherent characteristics of MLCCs. Some of these problems can be solved by adopting conductive polym...
- 16 May 2024
Are Electrolytic Capacitors still a core technology?

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Despite the emergence of alternative capacitor technologies like hybrids, electrolytic capacitors continue to stand out as the optimal choice across various applications. Their enhanced performance, extended lifespan, and cost-effectiveness solidif...
- 11 Dec 2023
PAN1770 BLE®︎ data throughput rate and metal enclosures: a short test on some facts – and one solution

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As developers and engineers, you are familiar with the challenges that arise and understand the power when metal enclosures or housings shield or disrupt a decent flow of BLE data throughput. Join us for the following video on a short investigative j...
- 11 Dec 2023
Passive components tailored to Solar Inverters

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As the world moves towards making more eco-friendly responsible choices, the demand for sustainable and renewable energy has driven consistently high growth in the solar inverter market. A solar inverter (also called a photovoltaic or PV inverter) co...
- 17 Aug 2023
Ready for your ideas – and available on short lead times: Panasonic Industry’s range of BLE modules

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Despite the tense situation on the semiconductor markets for the past two years, Panasonic Industry has invested heavily in stocks - and now reports that, for instance, the Bluetooth® Low Energy modules from the PAN1780 family are available in ex...
- 16 Jan 2023
Panasonic Industry's GraphiteTIM: Optimizing the thermal path for your power module

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Everyone knows that heat is a system killer. A general rule of thumb is that the life-time of a device decreases by 50 percent each time when the temperature rises an additional 10 degrees Celsius. To look at it from another angle, the MTBF (meanti...
- 21 Dec 2022
State-of-the-art Smart NIC design: Why Panasonic Industry’s Polymer capacitors are a perfect choice

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Communications service providers are contributing intensely to large and hyper-scale data centres to deliver data processing, content, and communications services. The applications delivering these services must have access to high-speed storage and ...
- 14 Dec 2022
Polymer Capacitors – a superior alternative for MLCCs in every regard?

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It is not only since the widespread introduction of 5G... ...that the demand for Multilayer Ceramic Chip Capacitors (MLCCs) is growing: Applications in the field of consumer electronics, data processing, telecommunications and many others have not ...
- 8 Apr 2022
Large current SMD Power Inductor for automotive applications - ETQP8M***J** & ETQPAM***JFW

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The increasing requirement of performance of automotive devices leads to higher electric current flowing trough electric circuits. Also the number of ECUs mounted on vehicles is gradually increasing. As space inside vehicles is limited, ECU boards mu...
- 18 Mar 2022
180°C resistance for Panasonic automotive power inductors

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180°C specified – What does it really mean? Panasonic Power Inductors are specifically designed for harsh environmental conditions in engine, transmission, braking systems and powertrain applications. The target was from the beginning...
- 1 Mar 2022