New Products: February 2006
Feb 1, 2006
This issue of Power Electronics Technology features battery-charger ICs, rectifiers, thick film resistors and inductors...
Data Points
Feb 1, 2006
IPD Enables Compact Automotive ECUs The uPD166007 intelligent power device (IPD) from NEC Electronics America offers a solid-state alternative to the...
Data Points
Jan 1, 2006
Power Controllers Promise Digital Benefits at Analog Prices Primarion has launched a family of general-purpose, digital power-conversion and power-management...
New Products: January 2006
Jan 1, 2006
This issue of Power Electronics Technology features new fan speed controllers, stepdown controllers, power supply kits, automotive-qualified switches, and more...
Data Points
Nov 1, 2005
Battery Technology Will Dominate Portable Power for Next Decade According to a report from NanoMarkets, battery technology particularly Li-ion and Li-polymer...
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....
Microcontrollers Fit the Bill for Electricity Metering
Jun 1, 2005
New MCUs integrate the measurement,
computation, communications, memory and
display driver functions needed in multirate,
multifunction electronic energy meters....
Active Adapter Protects Against Transients
Jun 1, 2005
An active-adapter integrated circuit inserted between an accessory charger and a battery-powered consumer product prevents voltage transients from damaging the product during
charging....
Design Challenges in Backlighting LCD TVs
May 1, 2005
Designers of circuits for driving cold-cathode fluorescent lamps used to backlight LCD-TV sets must understand the various architectures available and the benefits and drawbacks
of each to optimize the design for cost and performance....
Battery-Charger ICs Are Tailored for Latest Applications
May 1, 2005
As the use of rechargeable batteries grows in consumer applications, chip vendors continue to develop application-specific charging ICs. In recent years,...
Charging Li-ion Batteries for Maximum Run Times
Apr 1, 2005
An understanding of battery-charging fundamentals
and system requirements enable designers to choose a suitable linear or switch-mode charging
topology and optimize battery performance in the
application....
Mixed-signal ICs Build Smart Energy Meters
Apr 1, 2005
The migration from electromechanical energy metering to solid-state energy metering is driven by demands for advanced functionality, higher accuracy and...
ICs Protect IGBTs and Sense Currents in Motor Drives
Apr 1, 2005
In industrial and appliance motor-drive applications,
high-voltage ICs can provide full IGBT protection
in the inverters and sensorless measurement
of motor currents at low cost....
Automatic Routine Speeds Power-Supply Calibration
Mar 1, 2005
A software-driven calibration routine for a
power-supply controller IC eliminates the timeconsuming
and costly problems of manual
calibration and results in more reliable, more
accurate performance in the field....
New Energy Standards Banish Linear Supplies
Mar 1, 2005
With the California Energy Commission mandating
minimum levels of efficiency for external
power supplies sold in the state, many linear
supplies will need to be redesigned using
switch-mode technology....
