Case Studies

Initial Situation A company from the industrial automation sector approached TPS Elektronik with the need to modernize a specialized power controller used in demanding production environments. Effective thermal management was essential, requiring the development of a new CNC-machined heat sink. The original product had been supplied by another vendor more than 20 years ago. Since the… Read More »

Initial situation The current regulator was developed for a well-known customer from the steel industry in Germany. This current controller is used to precisely control the electrical current in inductive control systems used in the steel industry. It enables optimal power regulation and thus contributes to increased efficiency and quality assurance in steel processing production.… Read More »

The customer was unable to meet the strict requirements of EN IEC 61326-1:2021 with its compact 1.5 kW and 3 kW laboratory power supplies (1U height), and TPS became a key partner for successful certification. ▎ From failure to certification: Efficient remediation within one week The first EMC test run showed that the requirements of… Read More »

Initial situation TPS Elektronik GmbH was commissioned by a customer from the medical sector to develop a lightweight and portable charge/discharge device for lithium-ion batteries (IC2 bus). The goal was to create a user-friendly, compact system designed to ensure reliable and safe energy management. The TPS solution Our team managed the entire development chain: from… Read More »

System integrators and OEMs rarely fail because they lack a power conversion concept. They lose time—and budget—when the physical power supply circuit board cannot handle the thermal and current density required to meet aggressive size targets. A global manufacturer of high‑power industrial laser systems faced this exact barrier when developing a next‑generation laser driver. Their… Read More »

System integrators and OEMs rarely fail because they lack a functional design. They lose time—and budget—when the mechanical assembly of dozens of small, individual brackets, fasteners, and mounting plates becomes a hidden bottleneck on the production floor. A leading manufacturer of industrial packaging machinery faced exactly this challenge with their new high‑speed cartoning module. The… Read More »

A German automotive Tier 1 supplier faced a critical project milestone: their 48 V to 12 V DC-DC converter for an electric vehicle platform had to pass CISPR 25 Class 5 conducted emissions. The most stringent automotive EMI standard. Initial pre-compliance testing at TPS Elektronik’s EMC laboratory revealed excessive noise across the AM and FM… Read More »

In December 2025, NXP Semiconductors confirmed it would close its ECHO wafer fab in Chandler, Arizona. A facility opened in 2020 specifically to manufacture GaN-based power amplifiers for 5G base stations. The company’s RF power business “no longer aligns with its long-term strategy,” and NXP expects to complete final GaN wafer runs in the first… Read More »

A European utility-scale energy storage developer faced a critical project milestone: their 50 MW / 200 MWh battery energy storage system had to achieve bidirectional power conversion efficiency above 97% while maintaining galvanic isolation between the 1500V DC battery bus and the medium-voltage AC grid. Standard off-the-shelf transformers could not meet the combined requirements of… Read More »