Technology Update: Power Integrations
Apr 1, 2010
LINKSWITCH FAMILY LinkSwitch Family products incorporate a high-voltage power MOSFET, oscillator, simple ON/OFF control scheme, a high-voltage switched...

Dual Output, High Power 60V Synchronous Boost Controller Eliminates Heat Sink with 97% Efficiency
Mar 18, 2010
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3788/-1, a dual output, high power synchronous step-up switching DC/DC controller that replaces the boost diode with a high efficiency N-Channel MOSFET...

Complete PMIC with Integrated EEPROM
Mar 18, 2010
Maxim Integrated Products announces the MAX17106, a fully integrated PMIC (power-management IC) that minimizes BOM cost and solution size for notebook LCD panels...

12-V dual-channel synchronous buck converter with integrated FETs
Mar 8, 2010
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced its first dual-output fully synchronous SWIFT power management integrated circuit...

40V, 1MHz DC-DC Controller Offers A Rugged Solution
Mar 8, 2010
40V, 1MHz dc-dc Controller is well suited for industrial power supplies, PLCs (programmable logic controllers), CNC (computer numerical control) systems, industrial computers, and base stations....

New Module Family Can Make Any Engineer a Power Supply Designer
Mar 1, 2010
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR Corp. seems to be intent on simplifying power-supply design to the point that virtually any engineer can produce an efficient,...

40V, 1MHz DC-DC Controller Offers A Rugged Solution
Feb 24, 2010
40V, 1MHz dc-dc Controller is well suited for industrial power supplies, PLCs (programmable logic controllers), CNC (computer numerical control) systems, industrial computers, and base stations...

55V, 1.2A (Iout) Step-Down DC-DC Converter with Only 2.8µA Quiescent Current
Feb 5, 2010
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3991, a 1.2A, 55V step-down switching regulator with an integrated boost diode...

Ultralow Voltage Input Power Converters Support Energy Harvesting
Feb 1, 2010
With electronic circuits now capable of operating at microwatt levels, it is feasible for them to be powered using non-traditional sources. This has led...

Wide Input Voltage Range Low Minimum On-Time Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controller
Jan 12, 2010
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3775, a low minimum on-time wide input voltage range synchronous step-down DC/DC switching regulator controller that drives all N-channel power MOSFET stages....

Get Your Isolated Power Converter Off to a Smooth Start
Jan 1, 2010
Power converters are often categorized into two basic types: isolated and non-isolated. These categories refer to the relationship between the input power...

Input-Source Impedance Affects DC-DC Converter Performance
Jan 1, 2010
To ensure the stability of dc-dc converters, most power-system designers adhere to the common rule that input source impedance should be small compared...

Part 2: Highly Integrated Solution for AC Adapters: Experimental Results
Jan 1, 2010
A prototype of the highly-integrated boundary-conduction mode (BCM) PFC and quasi-resonant (QR) PWM combo controller exhibits efficiencies in the 90%...

Step Down DC-DC Converter from Rectified AC Line 380-480V AC
Dec 21, 2009
Powerex recently introduced another accessory product to help reduce design time and shorten time to market. ...

Quad Power-Supply Controller
Dec 21, 2009
Quad Power-Supply Controller Uses Low-Cost Analog Supplies to Create Highly Accurate, Digital Power-Management SolutionsThe MAX16064 offers a PMBus interface for programming, sequencing, monitoring, and margining power supplies...