Solid-State Silicon Chips Digitalize AC Power Conversion
AmberSemi is working on technologies to digitalize the sense, control, and power conversion of the incoming AC power with solid-state silicon-based solutions.
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Ambersemi is developing a chip to drive microcontrollers dimmers directly from an AC source
The AC Direct Lighting Control Engine is currently a configurable lighting control engine that Amber is developing as a silicon chip following technology evaluations by several electrical product and semiconductor partners.
AC Direct Sensing in Silicon Chip Architecture
By Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio, Power Electronics News, June 28, 2022 With the ability to modernize the current, out-of-date electrical infrastructure as we know it, AmberSemi’s AC Direct Sensing is a predictive analysis and sensing software engine in semiconductor architecture for the delivery of real-time, continuous sensing and analysis of AC mains energy. The third …
‘We Found A Way To Extract DC Directly From AC:’ Amber … With Infineon To Make Electricity Smart
This is a big deal.
Amber Solutions is a small startup that has raised less than $10 million. Infineon is a top-10 global semiconductor manufacturer with almost 50,000 employees and over $10 billion in annual revenue.
It’s also a big signal to the market.
Ousting 1900s-era Tech? Solid-state Circuit Breakers Extract DC from AC without Magnetics
Extracting DC from AC without any magnetics at all? A new solid-state circuit breaker put forth by Amber Solutions in partnership with Infineon Technologies stands to cause some pretty intense waves by displacing the nearly century-old technology upon which our electrical infrastructure is built.
Infineon and Amber collaborate on solid-state electricity control in silicon
Infineon referred to the Amber technology as a breakthrough, one that could overhaul the massive global electricity infrastructure by enabling replacement of mechanical-based electronic components seen in traditional everyday light switches and other devices with digital, solid-state controls. Amber technology provides digital control of electricity with a fully silicon-based design for greater reliability and control. Bulky magnetic and mechanical components can be replaced with smaller solid-state devices to free up space and lower cost, the two companies said.
Amber, Infineon Team for Digital Control of Electricity
“The goal is to exploit solid-state technology and move beyond electromechanical systems–the bulky electrolytic capacitors, magnetics, transformers and other passive elements standard today,” Casey said. “Our alliance aims to offer a transformation of every electrical endpoint in all residential and commercial buildings to a modern silicon architecture with embedded intelligence.”
The Revolution of Electrical Infrastructure is Starting
The combined intelligence to manage energy dynamically with the digital solid-state structure provides new opportunities to eliminate nuisance AFCI and GFCI trips, support flicker-less LED lights, and provide embedded surge protection in every electrical endpoint powered by Amber’s technologies.
A powerful disruption in the IoT (Internet of Things)
By Nick Flaherty, EE News Europe July 2020 Thar Casey of Amber Solutions talks to Nick Flaherty about a disruptive power technology for the Internet of Things Thar Casey is passionate about disruption. Whether it’s a digital hearing aid with a six month battery life, a fetal heart monitor, fingerprint sensor, it’s the disruptive nature …
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Disrupting Electricity? This Startup Is Digitizing Our Very Analog Electrical System
By John Koetsier, Senior Contributor, Forbes Magazine July 27,2020 Electricity is a paradox. On the one hand, it powers our most modern clean cars and miracles of computing like your phone and laptop. On the other hand, it’s one of the least updated and most ready-for-disruption parts of our homes, offices, and factories. A startup …
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