Embedded Computing Design

Dr. Martin Schulz

Global Principal Application Engineer

Littelfuse

Dr. Martin Schulz has been working in the field of power electronics for more than 20 years. His responsibilities as an application engineer in power semiconductors focus on industrial battery chargers and electrified commercial and agricultural vehicles (CV). Furthermore, thermal management and assembly technologies for power semiconductors are his field of expertise. Schulz holds several patents on power semiconductors and is a Senior IEEE-Member.

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Analog & Power

Understanding the Real Impact of Cosmic Radiation on Power Electronics - Blog

January 03, 2025
Dr. Martin Schulz Karsten Haehre Littelfuse  

This question came up in a discussion about power electronics failures for which there was initially no viable explanation. Cosmic rays are not an invention by Stanislav Lem or a myth from the Star Wars universe. Cosmic radiation consists of high-energy particles ejected into space in large quantities by stars such as our sun. Our planet's magnetic field deflects most of what travels toward Earth, and only a few high-energy particles enter the Earth's atmosphere.

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