EMC Poses Challenge for Automotive Electronics

With respect to the number of units in service, automotive electronic systems are now the most pervasive of today's electronic applications. And, continuing...

Controller IC Eliminates Remote Sense Lines for Long Cable Runs

Linear Technology's LT4180 is a Virtual Remote Sense power supply controller that eliminates the remote sense connections used with power converters to...

Top-Down Approach Simplifies AC-DC Power Supply Selection

For many systems designers, the number and variety of parameters that require consideration can make selecting a power supply a daunting task. This is...

Transfer Molded DIP-IPM Package Improves Thermal Performance

The transfer molded DIP-IPM was first introduced in 1998 to address the rapidly growing demand for cost-effective motor control in consumer appliance...

Compute B/H Curve for Inductor with DC and Ripple Currents

Numerous variables and parameters are involved in building and specifying an inductor. Only a selected few give a designer limited degree of freedom....

All-Metal Bonded-Fin Heat Sinks Shrink Size, Improve Thermal Characteristics

Ever-increasing levels of heat in today's power electronics necessitate constant efforts to increase heat sink efficiency by expanding the number of extended...

Ultra High Ratio Extrusion Heat Sinks Improve Cooling

Minimizing cost and maximizing thermal performance are the obvious goals of cooling a power semiconductor. Thermal performance is related to the power...

Next-Gen Digital Signal Controller ICs Offer 4X More Memory

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY'S 16-bit Digital Signal Controller (DSC) ICs were hailed as the next generation of digitally controlled power-supply ICs in 2006...

Dr. R. David Middlebrook 1929 - 2010

Professor Middlebrook passed away on April 16, 2010 short of his 81st birthday. He will be remembered by all of us as the founder of modern Power Electronics...

Innovation Hazard:“Falling in Love with Your Own Ideas”

AN ARTICLE BY John Mariotti that was published in CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) Briefs points out that there is widespread agreement that innovation...

Intersil to acquire Techwell

INTERSIL CORPORATION AND TECHWELL, INC. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Intersil to acquire Techwell through a cash tender...

Aham President Testifies Before Senate for Incentives to Develop Smart Appliances

AHAM PRESIDENT Joseph M. McGuire testified before the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee that S. 3059, the National Energy Efficiency Enhancement...

Contour Energy Systems (Formerly Cfxbattery) Unveils New Lithium Chemistries

CONTOUR ENERGY SYSTEMS, an innovative portable power company commercializing next-generation battery systems, is coming out of stealth mode to unveil...

Patents

MULTIPHASE POWER CONVERTERS AND MULTIPHASE POWER CONVERTING METHODS United States Patent 7,692,938 Petter , et al. April 6, 2010 A new class of multiphase...