Smart Metering ICs Support Accurate Power Monitoring

Four new energy-metering ICs from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) improve the accuracy and performance of commercial, industrial, and residential smart meters....

Forget Power Device Current Ratings, Calculate Application Losses

System designers are often charged with selecting the most suitable power device from a wide array of products, available with very similar ratings from...

Power MOSFET Cooling Reaches the Top

The DualCool NexFET power MOSFETs from Texas Instruments feature a novel design that enables heat dissipation through the top of the device, as well as...

Standalone Brightness Regulator For Power LEDs

Used in industrial, architectural, and automotive applications, as well as for warning lamps and emergency lights, high-brightness power LEDs (HBLEDs)...

The Evolution of Power MOSFETs and the Role of Process Technologies

As shown in Fig. 1, Fairchild Semiconductor's PowerTrench MOSFETs have exhibited significant improvements from one generation to the next. The company's...

DirectFET®2 Power MOSFETs Meet AEC-Q101

Over the last two decades, Power MOSFETs have evolved as a necessary power-handling component in virtually all automobiles. To be eligible for use in...

Consumer Electronics Show 2010: Gizmos and Gadgets Galore

MY RECENT TRIP TO THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW (CES) was interesting and fascinating. I've never seen so many gadgets and gizmos before. Three halls...

Ultralow Voltage Input Power Converters Support Energy Harvesting

With electronic circuits now capable of operating at microwatt levels, it is feasible for them to be powered using non-traditional sources. This has led...

2010 Consumer Electronic Show

It's hard to believe that 1947 signaled the beginning of the modern electronics era, when Bardain, Brattain, and Shockley invented the first transistor...

APEC 2010 Preview

SPECIAL SESSION: INDUCTIVE COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Magnetics Committee is sponsoring a Special Presentation...

New products

1.8-A Step-Down Converter The MAX8649, a 1.8-A, synchronous, fixed-frequency, dc-dc step-down converter from Maxim Integrated Products is offered in a...

Power Integrations Releases New Version of PI Expert Power-Supply Design Software

POWER INTEGRATIONS HAS LAUNCHED VERSION 7.1.5 of its popular PI Expert power-supply design software. The software is available as a free download from...

Fusion Bolsters Anti-Counterfeit Protection With High-Tech Quality Lab

TO FURTHER PROTECT AGAINST the increasing volume of counterfeit electronic components entering into the supply chain, Fusion a global independent distributor...

Cree Acquires Semi-Insulating Sic And Power Device Patent Portfolio From

CREE, INC. HAS ACQUIRED A PORTFOLIO of patents and patent applications related to semi-insulating silicon carbide (SiC) material and power device technology...

Power electronics

HYBRID DRIVE with A LOW-TEMPERATURE CIRCUIT Issued January 19, 2010 United States Patent 7,649,273 A hybrid drive unit for a motor vehicle with an internal...