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Bridgeless PFC Boosts Low-Line Efficiency

Wide input-voltage range power factor correction (PFC) converters present some of the most difficult component challenges in ac-dc power electronics....

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Power ICs

Constant-Power Driver is Simple and Efficient

Actuators and sensor systems sometimes include a resistive load that requires a controllable, constant-power drive...

Feedback Circuit Improves Hysteretic Control

The hysteretic power supply is simpler than the voltage- or current-mode closed-loop-control dc-dc switchers, although its simplicity may be a bit deceiving...


Battery/Portable

Motor Characteristics Drive Bridge, Controller Development

The advanced capabilities permitted by integrated electronics continue to improve the precision, efficiency and reliability of motor control. One aspect...

Motor Power

Driver ICs Elevate Design of Stepper-Motor Control

Two-chip designs combining a microcontroller or DSP with a highly integrated driver IC simplify the design of a stepper-motor controller, while also enabling sophisticated control features that would be hard to implement discretely....

PWM Controllers

Bridgeless PFC Boosts Low-Line Efficiency

Wide input-voltage range power factor correction (PFC) converters present some of the most difficult component challenges in ac-dc power electronics....

Generate Auxiliary Voltages at Low Cost

When a switching regulator generates the main output voltage, additional regulated outputs may be added using various configurations of coupled inductor or charge-pump circuits....


Regulator ICs

Gate Drive May Be the Culprit When Q is Low

MOSFET switching determined to be the source of the damping resistance, as demonstrated using a forward converter SPICE model....

High-Voltage Devices

Current-Sense Amp Offers Four-Quadrant Operation

Many current-sensing ICs are available for applications that require single-quadrant operation, where positive common-mode voltages are present and current...

Digital Power Control

PMBusTakes Command of Data Center Power Issues

PMBus-capable server power supplies, in conjunction with system-level and data center-level management applications, can lower system operating costs, improve data center efficiency and increase system densities ...

An Analog-Friendly Approach Simplifies Digital Compensation

Compensation of switching power supplies is an essential element of proper and robust power design...


LED Drivers

LED Backlighting for LCDs Requires Unique Drivers

Driver designs depend on the choice of RGB or white LEDs, LCD display size, color reproduction, power efficiency and system cost...

Lighting Power

Energy Efficiency Is a Global Issue

Improving energy efficiency continues to be a focus around the globe as the cost of energy rises and significant attention is being drawn to lighting...

Power Management News

Semiconductor Industry Legend Retires

On Monday, International Rectifier announced that the company’s founder Eric Lidow will retire from his position as chairman...

Switching Regulators Replace 1-A Linears

Pin-compatible with 78xx linear regulators, V-Infinity’s V78XX-1000 series of 1-A switching regulators deliver efficiencies of up to 95%...

Boost Controller Supports Industrial LED Lighting

With its wide, 4.5-V to 52-V voltage range, Texas Instruments’ TPS40211 nonsynchronous boost controller enables designers to efficiently manage LED lighting, industrial control and battery-powered systems. The chip is capable of driving 1-W to 5-W high-brightness LEDs...

PWM Controller Creates Scalable Designs

Intersil’s ISL8120 dual-output or variable-phase PWM controller combines a wide input- voltage range, current sharing and variable phase shifting to create a highly scalable controller design...


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Discrete Semis
Bipolar Transistors
IGBTs
Power Modules
Power MOSFETs
Rectifiers/Diodes
Thyristors

Power Management
Digital Power Control
High-Voltage Devices
LED Drivers
Lighting Power Management
Motor Power Management
Power ICs
PWM Controllers
Regulator ICs

Portable Power Management
Batteries
Battery Charger ICs
Fuel Gauges Controllers and Regulators
Micro Fuel Cells

Passives/Packaging
Capacitors
Circuit Protection Devices
Connectors
Magnetics
Packaging
Printed Circuit Boards
Resistors
Sensors & Transducers
Switches & Electromagnetic Relays

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Wind Power
Flyback Transformers

Thermal Management
Fans
Heatpipes & Spreaders
Heatsinks
Liquid Cooling
Thermal Interface Materials
Thermal Management Simulation

Power Systems
DC-DC Converters
Distributed Power Architectures
EMI & EMC
Linear Power Supplies
Safety/Environmental Approvals
Simulation/Modeling
Switch-Mode Power Supplies
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