The Clouds Of Economic Slowdown May Have a Silver Lining
Feb 12, 2008
I decided to look on the bright side and explore how power electronics companies could use such a downturn to effectively improve their competitive positions...
Distributor Will Carry DC Motors
Jan 30, 2008
Allied Electronics, a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc, has signed a distribution agreement with AMETEK Technical & Industrial Products to...
Analog Switches Offer Enable For Safe Startup
Jan 30, 2008
Vishay Intertechnology’s DG469 and DG470 are high-voltage, single- and dual-supply SPDT analog switches. The switches are identical, except...
IGBT Gate Driver Offers Desaturation Detection
Jan 30, 2008
From Powerex, a hybrid integrated circuit for driving IGBT modules in 690-V class industrial inverters features an overcurrent protection function based on desaturation detection...
Compact Inverter Modules Target Appliance Motors
Jan 30, 2008
Allegro MicroSystems SLA6800MP and SMA6800MP series of Inverter Power Modules (IPMs) combine the inverter-power-stage components for controlling three-phase motors into a small-footprint SIP package...
36-V Buck Regulator Is 3 mm x 3 mm
Jan 24, 2008
Linear Technology’s LT1912 is a 36-V stepdown switching regulator packaged in a 3-mm x 3-mm DFN or in a 10-pin MSOP...
BLDC Design Kit Features Ethernet and CAN Interfaces
Jan 24, 2008
Luminary Micro is offering the Stellaris Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Control Reference Design Kit (RDK-BLDC) with Ethernet and CAN interfaces...
Economic Expansion Drives AC Drive Market in India
Jan 23, 2008
The ARC Advisory Group reports that India's economic expansion, which is propelled by the country's growing manufacturing sector, is fuelling growth of the low-power ac drive market in India....
Mobile Internet Devices Give Rise to New Power Management Chips
Jan 9, 2008
With their demands for high levels of functional integration and long battery life, the next generation of mobile internet devices is inspiring the development of power management ICs tailored to the applications. ...
Ballast Design Makes CFLs More Dimmable
Jan 9, 2008
Engineers from PureSpectrum have developed an electronic ballast circuit design that enables compact fluorescent lamps to be fully dimmable using a standard dimming device. ...
Motor Controller ICs Feature Commutation Logic
Jan 9, 2008
From Allegro MicroSystems come two automotive-grade (temperature and voltage rated) three-phase BLDC motor controller ICs. ...
Multi-Output Controllers Integrate Greater Functionality
Jan 2, 2008
Intersil’s ISL8501 and ISL8510 are multiple-output standard buck ICs that integrate critical power management functions including enhanced fault protection to lower the number of components and save board space in point-of-load applications. ...
Building Block Shrinks Buck Converters
Jan 2, 2008
An addition to International Rectifier’s iPOWIR integrated power conversion stage product line, the iP1206 is designed for two-phase single-output buck converter applications up to 30 A or dual independent outputs up to 15 A. ...
