Digital Diet Slims Your Power Designs
Jul 31, 2007
During the last 40 years, Moore’s Law has been the main driver for the power-supply industry. In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noted that the power consumption of a chip doubles every 24 months. ...
Part Two: The Electric Grid—Now and in the Future
Jun 18, 2007
Guest columnist Lou Pechi considers the possible impact of recent trends on the electrical grid and speculates as to where the grid may be headed in the future....
Part One: The Electric Grid—Now and in the Future
May 17, 2007
Think about the pervasiveness of the global electrical network. It is a truly remarkable achievement. Like a gigantic octopus it envelops the whole earth and through its uncountable number of tentacles delivers, just in the United States, over 4 trillion KWh of electricity per year....
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...
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...
Notebook Adapters Face Efficiency Challenge
Apr 1, 2006
When the considerations of end users, OEMs and power-supply vendors converge on the design of notebook adapters, the resulting solutions benefit each group....
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...
Measure Battery Capacity Precisely in Medical Design
Jan 1, 2005
By accounting for changes in battery impedance
over time, a new gas gauging technology ensures
precise measurement of battery capacity—even
in aging battery packs....
Selecting the Right UPS for the Job
Sep 1, 2003
While uninterruptible power supply topologies may differ in price and performance, the key to successful power protection is choosing the UPS that is right for your needs....
Power System Integration Part 3: DC UPS
Dec 1, 2001
This month, we'll continue our discussion on power system integration, emphasizing the advantages the dc UPS has over its ac UPS counterpart....
DSP Controls 48V Supply with Battery Backup and PFC
Feb 1, 2001
Active current shaping using flyback ac-to-dc converter provides power factor control and dc voltage regulation.Distributed power supplies will be the...
