Tech Talk

January 2026

Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert for Power Management at Analog Devices

Smart Power Stage adds Flexibility to Vertical Power Delivery

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Integration is a key concern to any electronics designer, not just those in the power market. There are lots of benefits of adding functionality to a product, including getting designs to market quicker, cutting the bill of materials, and having more compact designs. As with any other design decision,

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Date:

01/28/2026

Lenaik Andrieux, General Manager for Power Systems in EMEA, India & Australia at Rehlko

Powering Data Centres Before Grid Connection

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

We talk a lot about data centres in this column. Providing power in data centres is becoming a defining problem for the industry at the moment. Here, we generally look at solutions that reach from the mains supply to the chip, but there is another area of data centres that is also challenging design

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Date:

01/23/2026

Carol Leh, Vice President R&D, Center of Excellence, Keysight Technologies

How Test Keeps Pace with Power Innovation

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

PSD - What do you see as the main trends in industry that affect the power market? CL - The key trends that are shaping the world today are AI, energy transition, smart mobility, and aerospace and defense modernization. These industries are built on power electronics and use increasingl

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Date:

01/15/2026

Frederick Dostal, Subject Matter Expert for Power Management, Analog Devices

Testing Changes to Power Supply Compensation Loop Passives

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Bode plots are a useful tool to test power supplies. They provide accurate results for the stability of the loop, the phase margin of the loop, impedance, and a zero dB crossover figure, which indicates the speed of the loop, allowing easy comparisons from one power supply to the next. In a TechTalk l

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Date:

01/07/2026