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...
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....
Data Points: March 2006
Mar 23, 2006
Chipset improves secondary-side synchronous rectification...
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......
Smart Rectification Benefits Half-Bridge Converters
Mar 1, 2006
The half-bridge converter has been in existence for several years, but these days, it is enjoying renewed interest due to the development of eighth-brick...
Single Component Isolates Data And Power
Mar 1, 2006
Analog Devices has extended its line of iCoupler digital isolators by developing three devices that provide both data and power isolation in a single...
Semiconductor Vendors Turn to Modules
Mar 1, 2006
In the next few years, semiconductor suppliers will play a more pivotal role in the future of power. This role definition is driven by a number of factors....
Power Semiconductors Take the Floor at APEC
Feb 1, 2006
At the upcoming Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), which will be held March 19-23 in Dallas, several power semiconductor vendors...
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...