Another casualty of the trade wars: now we don't have transformers [video]

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bob1029 · 1h ago

I'm curious why we couldn't apply some HVDC tech to build solid state transformers. The arguments against always seem narrowly focused on specific devices instead of systems of devices.

Clearly a single semiconductor can't handle kV levels of power, but a thousand of them in series can. This is the fundamental principle behind a lot of HVDC conversion architecture.

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