Step-down dc-to-dc Synchronous Regulators
Aug 25, 2010
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced the ADP2119 and ADP2120 dc-to-dc switching regulators, the latest in ADI's portfolio of integrated power management switching regulators...
Analog Switches Replace Expensive Relays
Aug 11, 2010
Maxim Integrated introduces its third generation of 230V switches: the MAX14805/MAX14806 16-channel, high-voltage SPST switches...
Intelligent Power Switch with High Frequency PWM Capability
Aug 11, 2010
International Rectifier, IR introduced the AUIPS7221R 65 V high-side intelligent power switch with fully integrated bootstrap function for fast actuator applications including fuel magnetic injectors and braking valves...
Step-Up Converter /Power Manager Harvests Energy from ±30mV Inputs
Aug 1, 2010
A highly integrated step-up dc-dc converter and power management IC can start up and run from either plus or minus millivolt input sources, making it ideal for energy harvesting applications in which the input voltage polarity is unknown or subject to reversal...
Digital Power Factor Correction ICs Surpass Analog PFCs on Performance, Price
Jul 13, 2010
Kicking off a new line of products for growing energy-related markets, Cirrus Logic Inc. unveiled the industry’s first digital power factor correction (PFC) controller ICs that surpass analog PFCs on performance and price....
New CAPZero ICs Automatically and Safely Discharge X Capacitors
Jun 9, 2010
Power Integrations has launched CAPZero, a family of innovative, two-terminal, automatic X capacitor discharge ICs that eliminate power losses while allowing power supplies to comply with safety standards....
Hybrid IC IGBT Gate Driver Integrates DC/DC Converter
Jun 1, 2010
The VLA502-01 is a hybrid integrated circuit (Figure 1) intended as a gate driver for high power IGBT modules. This circuit has been optimized for use...
16-Bit, 80Msps ADC Reduces Noise in Data Conversion Systems
May 21, 2010
Linear Technology Corporation introduces a low-power 16-bit no missing codes, 80Msps analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that dissipates only 89mW, less than half the power of competing 16-bit solutions...
New Generation of Load Switch ICs Cut Standby power
Apr 1, 2010
Equipment Manufacturers and consumers are now very conscious of energy conservation, particularly for standby power, also called vampire power, or phantom...
