Electronica Showcases Latest Power Products
Nov 22, 2006
A record 78,000 attendees were reported at the Electronica event held last week in Munich and many power component vendors took advantage of this massive industry gathering to showcase their latest wares. ...
Digital Bus Makes Current Sharing More Robust
Nov 1, 2006
Power supplies in servers, storage and telecom systems often employ redundant topologies. This means that multiple supplies connected in parallel provide...
Controllers Take On Complex Power Systems
Oct 1, 2006
Point-of-load (POL) power applications continue to inspire the development of more sophisticated power controllers with greater ability to manage power...
Shedding Light on HID Ballast Control
Oct 1, 2006
Aided by a new full-bridge controller, a popular electronic HID ballast topology manages lamp operation, while enhancing lamp safety....
Switching Chip Tames Power Peaks
Jul 1, 2006
A variable frequency switching regulator for ac-dc power supplies drives peak loads from a design optimized for lower continuous loads to enable compliance with efficiency mandates....
Gain Equalization Improves Flyback Performance
Jul 1, 2006
In a discontinuous flyback converter, the gain of the output current is a function of the control voltage. A constant gain can be provided by compensating circuitry, which improves control-loop stability....
Data Points
Jun 1, 2006
PoE Controller Integrates PD Designs Silicon Laboratories' Si3400 is described as the industry's most highly integrated, IEEE-802.3af-compliant, power...
High-Side Current Amplifier Forms 28-V Circuit Breaker
Jun 1, 2006
The latching-comparator output (COUT1) on the MAX4373, a high-side current amplifier with comparator and voltage reference, makes possible a circuit-breaker...
New Products
Jun 1, 2006
Web-Based Simulator Microchip Technology's Mindi is a web-based simulation tool that aids in the design of several circuits useful for power-management...
Rectifier ICs and Thermal Packaging Enhance SMPS
May 1, 2006
The personal computer has significantly evolved over the last 30 years, with performance driven by Moore's Law and cost pushing downward due to component...
Overcoming PCMCIA Power Limits in Modem Designs
May 1, 2006
Demand for wireless network access to support mobile computing requirements is growing at a rapid pace. As a result, the Global System for Mobile Communication...
New Products
May 1, 2006
PWM Controller The IR3624 from International Rectifier is a 600-kHz single-phase synchronous buck PWM controller IC designed for high-density, 10-A nonisolated...
Driving Piezoelectric Actuators
Apr 1, 2006
Extraordinarily fast devices that can produce precise motions in subnanometer increments, piezoelectric actuators make unusual demands on the power op amps required to drive them....
