Power Management News Archives

Suite Of Efficient Power Supply Products Includes GreenChip PFC and SR Controllers
Feb 25, 2009
NXP Semiconductors unveiled a suite of new power management solutions that will reduce power consumption in desktop PCs and laptops for the mass market...

Over-Voltage Protection Device with USB/Charger-Detection Simplifies Design
Feb 25, 2009
Fairchild Semiconductor offers designers of cell phones, mobile audio, computer and consumer applications a highly integrated over-voltage protection (OVP) with USB/charger-detection...

Ultra-High-Precision Z-Foil Surface-Mount Flip Chip Voltage Divider
Feb 25, 2009
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announces that it has enhanced its VFCD1505 surface-mount flip chip voltage divider with an almost instantaneous thermal stabilization time of < 1 second...

Adjustable Overvoltage Protector with High Accuracy
Feb 25, 2009
Maxim's MAX14527/MAX14528 overvoltage protection ICs feature 100mohm (typ) RON internal FET and protect low-voltage systems against voltage faults up to +28V...

Dual 2.2MHz, 36V Dual Step-Down DC-DC Converter Delivers 0.7A per Channel
Feb 25, 2009
Linear Technology announces the LT3509, a dual channel current mode PWM step-down DC-DC converter with two internal 36V, 1A power switches packaged in a 14-lead 3mm x 4mm DFN or MSOP-16E package...

3 A, 2 MHz Step-Down (BUCK) LED Driver
Feb 11, 2009
Allegro®'s A6210 buck (step-down) LED driver that uses constant on-time with valley current-mode control...

1.5MHz/3MHz 3.0A Step-Down DC-DC Switching Regulator
Feb 11, 2009
National Semiconductor's LM2833 regulator is a high frequency, PWM step-down DC-DC converter available in a 10-pin LLP or eM-SOP package...

3-A High Voltage Boost Converter with Soft-start and Programmable Switching Frequency
Feb 11, 2009
Texas Instruments TPS61175 is a monolithic switching regulator with integrated 3-A, 40-V power switch...

Ultra-Small 3 A DC-DC Converter
Feb 11, 2009
Enpirion has announced the availability of its ultra-small 3 A synchronous buck dc-dc converter with an integrated inductor, delivering a radical increase in power density over competing solutions...

New Family Of Dual Non-Synchronous PWM Buck Regulators
Feb 11, 2009
Operating at 2 MHz and 4 MHz, with a maximum load current of 2A/channel, the MIC4742 (2MHz) and MIC4744 (4MHz) are the latest additions to the popular low-voltage family of small footprint, non-synchronous buck regulators...

Synchronous Buck Regulator Delivers Up To 6 A
Feb 11, 2009
Linear Technologies' LTC3609 is a high efficiency, synchronous buck regulator that can deliver up to 6A of continuous output current at voltages as low as 0.6V...

Highly Integrated PMIC Provides a Cost-Effective, High-Performance Solution
Feb 11, 2009
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX17065 highly integrated power-management IC (PMIC) that includes a step-up DC-DC converter, an inverting DC-DC converter, regulated positive and negative charge pumps, and a low-dropout linear regulator (LDO)...

PerkinElmer Expands LED Portfolio with Acquisition of Opto Technology, Inc.
Feb 11, 2009
The acquisition of Opto Technology adds optical subsystems to PerkinElmer's portfolio of high brightness LED components...

Switching Regulator IC Drives up to Eight LEDs
Jan 28, 2009
Texas Instrument's TPS61500 is a monolithic switching regulator with integrated 3-A, 40-V power switch...

High Power PD Controller Addresses IEEE 802.3at PoE+ Standard
Jan 28, 2009
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4265, an 802.3af/802.3at compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE) interface controller for high-power Powered Device (PD) applications needing up to 25.5W...