A New Year and A New Era For Power
Jan 2, 2007
Dan Artusi discusses several obstacles standing in the way of a rapid adoption and deployment of digital power technology....
Digital Power Q&A
Jan 2, 2007
PET asks representatives of the power supply industry "What are the obstacles that prevent adoption of digital power technology?"...
Sometimes It's Hearts and Minds, Not Price and Delivery
Jun 26, 2006 By Keith Curtis
I have always found it interesting that how you approach a new market has more to do with people than with technology. Take the example of deploying microcontrollers in power-supply applications - "the last bastion of purely analog design." Thanks to the availability of economical, low pin count microcontrollers, digital assist and digital control are now a viable option for various power-supply functions....
Digital Power Q&A
Jun 26, 2006
Power Electronics Technology asks key industry players what obstacles are that prevent the adoption of digital power technology....
Digital Power Q&A
Apr 17, 2006
PET asks the industry if the power design community is ready to switch from analog PWM controllers to digital PWM controllers....
Digital Power Can Flourish In an Analog World
Apr 4, 2006 By Reno Rossetti The debate on digital power is raging and from the analog bastions concerns are being raised about the legitimacy of such digitalization claims. One could counter that while the real world is actually analog; digital is nevertheless flourishing...
More Digital Design and Controversy in 2006
Jan 1, 2006
Last year, we were bombarded with news about competing industry alliances, attempts to meet the pending RoHS directives, and the continued expansion of...
Digital Power Is Mostly Analog
Jan 1, 2006
Digital power is quite the buzz these days. Let's take a moment to examine the term. The simplest definition of digital power is the control of a switching...
Digital Conversion Invigorates the Power Supply World
Nov 1, 2005
As we celebrate our heritage, we know that three decades ago seeds were planted for our industry to shift from deep-rooted linear technology to switch-mode...
The Role of Digital Control in Power Supplies
Aug 1, 2004
Supplying power to a device, board or system is, by definition, an analog function that is characterized with parameters such as voltage, current and...
Key Power Trends for the Next Five Years
Dec 1, 2003
Based on data presented by five end-user companies (IBM, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems, Dell and Intel), input collected from five power-supply manufacturers...
