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LED Coolers Utilize Aerospace Fluid-Bearing Technology 
Jan 9, 2012
Inspired by expertise from the Aerospace Industry, Jaro's new tightly-designed MR-16 LED coolers optimize longevity and temperature with a highly-efficient fluid-bearing structure....

Fan Control Systems Are More Than About Blowing Hot Air Away 
Sep 26, 2011
Thermal management is becoming more challenging for design engineers. ICs like microprocessors and graphics engines are become smaller, more powerful, occupy smaller pc-board spaces, and dissipate greater heat levels that must be managed and controlled. ...

10-Inch AC Fans Move Large Amounts of Air 
Apr 28, 2010
Dallas-based Orion Fans, a division of Knight Electronics has experienced extensive growth with its 10-inch AC fans designed specifically to move a large amount of air through confined spaces...

Cooling Fan Development Turns on Application Needs 
Jun 1, 2008
The need for forced-air cooling is a fact of life in many power-supply applications, and designers depend on that airflow to maximize power density...

A Simple Latching Watchdog Timer 
Apr 1, 2007
Most watchdog-timer ICs produce a single limited-duration output pulse when the watchdog timeout expires. Some applications, however, require the output to latch. This simple circuit provides a latched failure indication in response to a loss of the input pulse stream....

Voltage Regulators Rev Up PWM-Based Fan Control 
Nov 1, 2006
The simplest of fan-control schemes an on-off switch is simple but inefficient, because it provides more cooling than necessary most of the time. When...

Data Centers Will Test Digital Power's Mettle 
Oct 1, 2006
As digital power technology continues to develop, the industry continues to debate and discuss how, why and where the technology will have its greatest impact....

Motor Technology Upgrades Cooling Fans 
Aug 1, 2006
A novel motor design and driver IC reduce Hall sensor requirements, enabling use of high-efficiency 3-phase brushless dc fans in laptops and other low-cost products....

Designing Battery Packs for Thermal Extremes 
Jul 1, 2006
While battery packs enable individual cell capacities to be scaled in series/parallel configurations to suit portable applications, they must also provide thermal management in extreme environments....

Why Is My DC-DC Converter Too Hot? 
Jun 1, 2006
The bulleted items on the front page of a dc-dc power module's data sheet often highlight electrical performance that the product cannot actually deliver...

Data Points 
May 1, 2006
Microsite Turns Spotlight on Digital Power For engineers interested in the emerging area of digital power-supply design, a new microsite offers a unique...

Closed-Loop Control Benefits AC Motors 
Jun 1, 2005
Feedback control methods implemented using low-cost microprocessors enable significant gains for single-phase ac motor speed controls....

Package Development Goes with the (Air) Flow 
Nov 1, 2004
With the pace of improvements in silicon slowing, power MOSFET manufacturers continue to focus their attention on device packaging. Engineers attending...

Cooling Trends Direct Efficient Thermal Design 
Jun 1, 2002
Cooling solutions such as heatsinks, fans, heat spreaders, and thermal gap fillers help keep temperatures within the specified limits, ensuring efficient operation of power electronics systems....

Cooling Trends: Power Electronic Systems Rely on Thermal Management 
Feb 1, 2001
New innovative and exotic components provide thermal solutions....

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