Stepdown Converter Suits Portable Industrial Applications
Jun 27, 2007
The AAT1162 from Advanced Analogic Technologies is the first in a family of synchronous stepdown dc-dc converters designed to operate from a 12-V input and deliver up to 1.5 A at 5 V or lower. ...
Synchronous Buck Achieves High Efficiency
Jun 27, 2007
Linear Technology’s LTC3568 is a high-efficiency, 4-MHz, synchronous buck regulator that delivers up to 1.8 A of continuous output current with up to 96% efficiency. ...
Terminal Blocks Support High Currents
Jun 20, 2007
Two series of terminal blocks from BlockMaster Electronics are ideal for use in motor control, power distribution, and heavy-duty industrial applications....
PFC Modules Target High-Power Applications
Jun 20, 2007
Tyco Electronics’ P80x PFC power module family provides up to 8 kW for an input voltage of 230 Vac to support high-power applications, such as welding equipment, motor inverters and power supplies. ...
Flashlight LED Driver Uses Chip-Scale Package
Jun 20, 2007
Texas Instruments TPS61050 IC is based on a high-frequency synchronous-boost topology with constant current sink to drive single, high-brightness white light emitting diodes. ...
Monolithic USB Battery Charger Integrates Dual Bucks
Jun 13, 2007
Targeting portable applications, Linear Technology’s LTC3559 integrates a standalone Li-ion/Li-polymer battery charger and two high-efficiency synchronous buck regulators. ...
Dual-Output Bucks Enable Flexible Power Sequencing
Jun 13, 2007
Semtech’s SC416 is a dual-output, synchronous stepdown controller with comprehensive features to track startup and shutdown voltages in portable applications. ...
Ultrasound Pulser Suits Medical Imaging
Jun 13, 2007
Supertex’s HV758 is a fully integrated, high-voltage, high-speed, four-channel ultrasound pulser IC ideal for stationary medical ultrasound imaging systems. ...
Boost Regulator Drives Passive-Matrix OLEDs
Jun 6, 2007
Intersil’s ISL97701 combines high-current and an integrated Schottky diode and fault protection within a boost regulator for passive-matrix OLEDs....
Stepdown Controller Operates to 100 V
Jun 6, 2007
Linear Technology’s LTC3810 is a synchronous stepdown switching regulator controller that can directly step down voltages from 100 V, to output voltages ranging from 0.8 V to 93% of VIN. ...
Chipset Powers Latest Processors
Jun 6, 2007
International Rectifier’s Xphase family has been expanded to include the IR3500 Control IC and IR3505 Phase IC. ...
Energy Harvesting Modules Target Wireless Applications
Jun 6, 2007
Advanced Linear Devices' EH301 EPAD energy-harvesting modules power wireless circuits for intermittent duty-cycle operations in the 3-V to 5-V range, including Bluetooth applications, freeing them from batteries or line power. Advanced Linear Devices' EH301 EPAD energy-harvesting modules power wireless circuits for intermittent duty-cycle operations in the 3-V to 5-V range, including Bluetooth applications, freeing them from batteries or line power. ...
Current Transducer Exploits Open-Loop Hall Effect
May 30, 2007
LEM S.A.’s HMS model current-transducer uses an ASIC designed for use with open-loop Hall-effect technology to provide performance improvements. ...
Addressable Digital Temperature Sensor Uses I2C Bus
May 30, 2007
Maxim Integrated Products’ DS75LX is a low-voltage digital temperature sensor that allows up to 27 addresses on one I2C communication bus. ...
Cell-Balancing ICs Simplify Li-Ion Battery-Pack Design
May 30, 2007
Intersil’s single-chip ISL9208 and ISL9216/17 chipset are integrated analog front ends for cell balancing and overcurrent protection in multi-cell Li-ion battery packs. ...
Switcher Automatically Selects PWM or PFM
May 30, 2007
Microchip Technology’s MCP1603 is a 2-MHz, 500-mA switching regulator that can automatically transition from pulse-width modulation to pulse-frequency modulation. ...
POL Converters Power Latest FPGAs and ASICs
May 23, 2007
Tyco Electronics’ Austin MegaLynx series of POL dc-dc converters in SMT packages are designed to power the latest FPGAs and ASICs. The converters provide up to 30 A of output current. ...
PIN-FIN IGBT COOLERS SUIT HYBRID VEHICLES
May 23, 2007
CPS offers AlSiC, a metal-matrix composite pin fins substrate for liquid-cooled high-power module systems used in IGBT power modules for hybrid-electric vehicles. ...
