Cutting LCD Panel Power With LED Driver ICs
Aug 1, 2009
The widespread use of notebook computers and other similar portable devices have brought significant changes to the technology associated with the use...
Industry's Smallest ANSI-Compliant Warm/Neutral LED Bins
Jun 22, 2009
Cree, Inc. announces expanded binning for the XLamp® XP LED family. Cree is sub-binning its entire warm/neutral white color space into the industry's smallest offerings while also standardizing two cool white bins....
Driver Family Extension Meets Demands of Next Generation LEDs
May 12, 2009
Recom's RCD series of constant current LED Drivers have been extended to a maximum of 1200mA to provide the higher currents needed by the next generation of high brightness LEDs....
6-Watt LED Driver with Integrated DC-DC Boost Converter for Larger LCD Panel Backlighting
Apr 17, 2009
ON Semiconductor's CAT4106 is a 6 W LED driver with an integrated, high-power dc-dc boost converter and on-chip diagnostics to maximize efficiency in larger, general purpose LCD panel backlighting applications.ON Semiconductor's CAT4106 is a 6 W LED driver with an integrated, high-power dc-dc boost converter and on-chip diagnostics to maximize efficiency in larger, general purpose LCD panel backlighting applications....
White LED Driver Family
Apr 17, 2009
Micrel launched a new family of efficient White LED (WLED) drivers that extend mobile handset talk time by up to 32%. The MIC284x targets a variety of mobile devices, including portable display backlights, keypad backlighting and camera flash. ...
Chips Simplify Driving of High-Brightness LEDs
Nov 1, 2006
A pair of LED drivers from Maxim Integrated Products provides highly compact and simplified designs for driving the high-brightness (HB) LEDs that are...
Optimizing Power Designs for Digital Light Projectors
Oct 1, 2006
High-intensity discharge or LED requirements, power factor corrertion and energy efficiency all shape power-supply design in projection systems....
PowerSystems World 2006 Comes Ashore to Long Beach
Sep 1, 2006
The 2006 Power Electronics Technology Conference &
Exhibition takes place Oct. 24-26 in Long Beach, Calif. The conference boasts an unsurpassed educational program, and the exhibit hall will be filled with the industry's leading
manufacturers. Find out what's in store for this year’s show....
Shrinking Inductors Help Build Smaller Power Converters
Aug 1, 2006
A major reason for the migration to higher switching frequencies has been the need to reduce the size of the inductor required to complete a dc-dc converter design....
New Products: March 2006
Mar 23, 2006
This issue of Power Electronics Technology features analog switches, buck regulator for GPUs, LED driver, SMT inductor/transformer......
Powering Passive OLED Displays in Handhelds
Feb 1, 2006
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are an emerging technology that promise to revolutionize the display industry. Based on organic materials...
Powering Next-Generation Solid-State Lighting
May 1, 2004
As the complexity of electronics in automotive applications increases, so does the need for more efficient methods of operation. This is especially true...
