PMBus Offers Open-Standard Digital Power Management
Sep 1, 2005
This highly flexible, power-management protocol defines the transport and physical interface, as well as the command language required for communicating with power converters....

Top 10 Tidbits of Battery Wisdom
Jul 28, 2005
By avoiding common design errors, designers can extend the runtime of their battery-powered portable products....

Boosting Power Supply Efficiency for Desktop Computers
Feb 1, 2005
Adopting active PFC for harmonic-reduction while making other architectural- and component-level improvements can cost-effectively reduce losses in ATX power supplies....

Controller Expands Power Management Capabilities
Jan 1, 2005
Voltage sequencing, tracking and margining are becoming popular features in dc-dc converter modules, but these functions are less commonly found in dc-dc...

An Example of Intelligent Power-Supply Design
Sep 1, 2004
A low pin-count microcontroller enhances the features and functionality of a switching regulator....

Generic Control Scheme Transforms Power Design
Apr 1, 2004
A new architecture exploits digital signal processing to enable scalability and design reuse in power systems....

Microcontroller Enables Digital Control in SMPS
Feb 1, 2004
While DSPs are the primary controllers in uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) with power-factor correction (PFC), ac generation and battery management,...

Benefits of Digital Multiphase PWM Power Control
Oct 1, 2003
Since the early 1990s, the power requirements for VCC core voltages for leading-edge processors and ASICs have become increasingly demanding, with chip...

DSPs Simplify Digital Control Implementation of SMPS
Jul 1, 2003
Supplies today are adding functions to make the system power source more robust, reliable, intelligent, and efficient....

DSP Control Improves Inverter Performance and Density
Feb 1, 2003
Multifunction DSP provides the necessary inverter controls....

DDR Memories Require Efficient Power Management
Sep 1, 2001
Power requirements for DDR-SDRAM memories include static, transient, and standby modes of operation....

Isolated Serial Link Delivers Digitized Power Supply Data
Apr 1, 2001
Safety agencies require user-accessible signals for power supplies to be isolated from power supply referenced signals. This infers that these power supplies...

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