pv magazine’s UP sustainability campaign has investigated the use of lead in PV panels and found, with soldered cell interconnections in particular, viable alternatives are scarce. However, German ...

In addition to the three selective systems, Apollo Seiko will display three soldering robots, offering visitors a full look at automation options for point-to-point soldering, repeatable fine-pitch ...

CHANDLER, Ariz., Dec. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The E-Mobility, sustainability and data center markets require products that are conducive to high-volume ...

Applications such as those involving electromobility require high-quality miniaturized power electronics to complement electric and hybrid drives. The manufacture of such power electronic devices in ...

The German research institute has unveiled a novel interconnection technology for shingled PV modules that eliminates the need for electrically conductive adhesives and screen-printed busbars. It ...

Press-fit terminals provide a solder-free capability to mount power modules to a printed circuit board (PCB). Microchip Technology Inc. has announced a broad portfolio of SP1F and SP3F power modules ...

Cold soldering defects in a PV module. The problem has now become the most commonly found defect in pre-shipping module inspections. Image: CEA The electric grid is complex. For many generation ...

Previously, a Power Electronics Technology article titled “Inverted Acoustic System Cuts IGBT Failures” (September 2011) examined the use of an acoustic microscope to image heat-blocking defects such ...

A relative latecomer to The Hackaday Prize, [AltMarcxs] has nevertheless come up with a very interesting tool for fabrication, the likes of which no one has ever seen before. It’s a rotating laser ...