Medical, Healthcare & Wellness

May 2023

NXP's New, Secure, Energy-Efficient i.MX 91 Family Expands Linux Capabilities for Thousands of Edge Applications

NXP Semiconductors announced the i.MX 91 applications processor family. Building on more than two decades of leadership in developing multi-market applications processors, the i.MX 91 family delivers an optimized blend of the security, features, and energy-efficient performance required for the next generation of

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Date:

05/30/2023

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Figure 1: This rack mount system uses 40 power supplies in parallel (bottom) and a dedicated controller (top) to deliver 128 kW of 48 Vdc power for an RF amplifier

How to Deploy Sustainable, High Density & Flexible Rack Power Systems

MEAN WELL Product Manager, Kai Li and Sager Electronics Technical Support Manager, Don Baldwin

More and more of the industry's applications are requiring, sustainable, high density and flexible rack mount power supplies as we move towards power systems with high-efficiency power conversion and intelligent power management. To avoid the hassle of designing power converters and power management systems fr

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Date:

05/29/2023

APEC 2024

APEC 2024 Announces Call for Technical Program Paper Digest Submissions

APEC 2024, to be held in Long Beach, California, from February 25-29, 2024, continues the long-standing tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer. APEC is now accepting paper digest submissions for the Technical Program. Since APEC 2024 wil

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Date:

05/29/2023

Ran Huo, lead author on the study and PhD candidate in McGill’s Department of Engineering

Using 3D Printing to Improve Implantable Biomedical Devices, Touchscreens and More

MCGILL UNIVERSITY

McGill researchers are exploring a new technique that uses 3D printing and hydrogels. It has the potential not only to improve biomedical implants but could also be useful in the development of human-machine interfaces such as touch screens and neural implants. Biomedical devices like pacemakers or blood pressure se

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Date:

05/25/2023

Safe isolation and Low Power consumption in High Voltage Digital Control Applications

Jiaxin Tian, Senior Staff Product Application Engineer; Dr. Narayanaswamy Swaminathan, Staff Product Definition Engineer; and Dr. Diogo Varajao, Head of Technical Marketing of Isolation ICs, all at Infineon Technologies

Introduction Effective galvanic isolation is crucial in high-voltage applications to prevent unwanted leakage currents from flowing between two parts of a system with different ground potentials (GPD) [1]. As depicted in Figure 1 (left), the DC return current from the input to the output can cause a potentia

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Date:

05/14/2023

TRACO POWER’s new TRI 1 and TRI 1SM

1 watt DC/DC converters with 480 VAC isolation voltage

The core characteristic of the TRI 1(SM) series is a sophisticated reinforced isolation system which is able to withstand high test voltages (8000 VDC for 1s and 3000 VAC for 60s) and working voltages (480 VACrms). Efficiencies up to 84% allow safe operation from –40°C to +85°C without derating.

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Date:

05/10/2023

Infineon's Highly Integrated new Wireless Power Transmitter IC is Ideal for Charging Applications up to 50 W

Wireless charging has become an integral part of the modern battery-powered world, providing a streamlined and user-friendly experience for portable products across a wide range of industries. With the WLC1150 wireless charging transmitter IC, Infineon Technologies AG expands its portfolio of wireless charging (W

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Date:

05/04/2023

Ambiq AI-Based HeartKit Supercharges Digital Health Intelligence

Ambiq introduces Ambiq HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT’s Model Zoo. This highly optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions. As with all Ambiq Mo

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Date:

05/02/2023