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A moonlit tribute to an Apollo pioneer [Add to Safe Senders List]( | If you can't view this email, please [click here]( 6 August 2019 [Share with a friend]( [IEEE SPECS & TECHS - Your Industrial Market Resource for Product, News, Technology & Applications] [IEEE SPECS & TECHS - Your Industrial Market Resource for Product, News, Technology & Applications] TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS [] [High-efficiency Semiconductors for Electric Vehicles]( [High-efficiency semiconductors for electric vehicles]( Digi-Key Electronics [Infineon’s]( lineup of high power density MOSFETs offer solutions for battery powered applications such as e-bikes and other [light electric vehicles](. The StrongIRFET™ and OptiMOS™ families offer excellent energy efficiency and precision. Revolutionary technology of the CoolMOS™ high voltage MOSFETs greatly reduces conduction and switching losses with a nearly linear RDS(on) and V(BR)DSS relationship. 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