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Technical Features
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Figure1. LTM4622(A) Can Be Mounted on the Underside of a PCB
Tony Armstrong Marketing Director, Power Products Analog Devices, Inc.
Many communications systems are powered via a 48V backplane. This voltage is normally stepped down to a lower intermediate bus voltage, typically to either 12V, 5V or even lower, in order to power the racks of boards within the system. However, most of the sub-circuits or ICs on these boards are required to
Figure 1. Typical nuclear power plant in the US is over 35 years old, built before the availability
of widespread digital sensors and networking
Harry Sim, CEO, Cypress Envirosystems
IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) is a hot trend these days – it promises to revolutionize our industrial infrastructure by improving efficiency at existing power plants, refineries, off-shore oil platforms, pharmaceutical plants, hospitals etc. According to McKinsey, IIoT will unlock $6.2 trillion in potential
Florian Bousquet, Market Development Manager, Product Center Positioning, u-blox
Our busy lives are increasingly being made easier and managed by technology with new devices entering the market on a regular basis. As we become more health conscious, personal fitness devices are proliferating, yet to provide full functionality these devices require the ability to sense position. However,
Figure 1. Telit NE910C1 - LTE Cat NB1 module series designed to provide narrow band cellular access (NB-IoT) to low power devices connecting to the Internet of Things (IoT)
Ken Bednasz, VP Application Engineering, Telit
IoT creates limitless remote monitoring and control opportunities for everything from tracking packages, livestock or humans through “wearables”, providing security alerts from remote locations or adding sensors to smart grids for entire cities. It has been forecast there will be an
Figure 1. Eaton’s’ Power Xpert Dashboard is the first power management product certified to the UL 2900-2-2 Standard for cybersecurity. This user portal to Eaton’s switchgear enables customers to monitor, diagnose and control equipment from a location outside the arc flash boundary.
Max Wandera – CISSP, GLSC, Director of the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at Eaton
Last year, businesses were expected to spend an estimated $964 billion on IoT devices. (Source: Gartner) Moving forward, analysts
Figure 1. 3.3V to 5V Input, Delivering 12V at up to 800mA with an External Clock
Tony Armstrong, Director of Product Marketing Power Product Group, Analog Devices, Inc.
At the medium-to-low end of the power spectrum there are modest power conversion requirements such as those commonly found in “Internet of Things” (IoT) equipment, which necessitate the use of power conversion ICs that deal with modest levels of current. These are usually in the range of 100’s milliamps
Figure 1: Electric Vehicle Charging
Albert Culetto, Technical Support Connectors & Cables, Rutronik
An electric vehicle contains many sub-systems that need to inter-operate so the vehicle can function as intended. These disparate systems range from the battery string, comprising Lithium-Ion modules to various drive systems, converters, auxiliary modules, and charging and monitoring systems. As a result, choosing
Figure 1. Small-cell supercapacitor with aqueous electrolyte
Takahide Morikane, Manager, Product Management Department, Capacitor Division, KEMET
With capabilities including high cycle life and fast charge and discharge times, small-cell supercapacitors can oust coin-type batteries from back-up power duties in equipment ranging from IoT devices, smart meters, or medical devices, to automotive electronics and industrial computing. Typical applications
Edel Griffith, Technical Marketing Manager, S3 Semiconductor
Sometimes described as the fourth industrial revolution, a new wave of technology is sweeping through industry. What was originally part of a 2020 strategy plan adopted by the German Federal Government has now spread across Europe, disrupting manufacturing and factory automation. There are now 159 organisations
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Figure 1: Block Diagram for a Typical WPT System.
Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics
In the more compact portable and wearable devices now being introduced onto the market, it is extremely difficult, or even impossible, to incorporate a charge connector. For example, some may simply have too little available space in which to house an appropriate connector. Other devices may require sealed enclosures
Figure 1. Holter Heart Monitor
Maxim Integrated’s Technical Team
If you have ever visited your doctor suffering from symptoms even mildly suggestive of a cardiac problem, you may have been subjected to the “pleasure” of wearing a Holter heart monitor (Figure 1). After subsequent sleepless nights, you probably asked yourself, “Surely there must be a more comfortable
Figure 1. The CmF bulk power module, occupying three slots, provides a 48V output voltage which can deliver up to 600W of power in the CX600 and up to 900W in the CX1800.
Conor Duffy, CEO, Excelsys Technologies, an Advanced Energy company
The healthcare industry is naturally transforming - even in the patient realm, as we see a continued increase in age, lifestyle-related conditions and levels of outpatient/home care. As can be imagined, this ongoing transformation translates into how we use technology and its impact on a vast range of applications.
Figure 1 - Creepage and clearance example (UL60601-1)
Danielle Sklepik, Bear Power Supplies
Power supplies for medical equipment must comply with IEC/UL 60601-1 3rd edition. Within this standard there are three categories of equipment. B-rated equipment will have only brief contact with a patient – for example an MRI scanner. BF-rated equipment will have routine contact with the skin;
Figure 1: Ball Grid Array (BGA) here
Mike Jones, MicroCare Corporation
The market for medical electronics is huge and growing. The astounding capabilities of digital technology and broadband connectivity are “a perfect storm” enabling doctors to diagnose more accurately and offer therapies more precisely than ever before. They also offer labor-saving benefits that
Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics
The updated IEC 60601 standard will bring some real changes including a focus on EMI and how medical equipment will be used in the home.
The latest standards for the development of medical power supplies are set to have a significant impact on how system designs are carried out, particularly in relation
Figure 1: Digital Power’s OFM225 Series 225 Watt forced cooled and 120 Watt convection cooled AC/DC power supply is approved to IEC60601-1, 3rd Edition 2 MOPP and designed to meet 4th Edition EMC.
Wiebe Hart, Sales Manager, Gresham Power Electronics
Key triggers are general technological advances, an aging population, and government healthcare reforms. Trends include the proliferation of wireless technologies; an increase in implantable medical devices; a push towards home healthcare options; and greater cost-consciousness.
To meet increased
Figure 1. TE Connectivity’s Universal MATE-N-LOK connectors are high reliability power connectors that use a combination of pins and sockets intermixed in the plug and cap housings to achieve excellent electrical performance.
Terrence Murphy and Christopher Rowland, TE Connectivity
The way consumers use personal exercise equipment at home is changing, and so are their expectations for that equipment, such as treadmills, ellipticals, and stair climbers. Today, they expect these machines to be as smart, connected, and sophisticated as machines found in their local gyms – if not more. The
Figure 1. Gate drive voltage comparisons, recommended and absolute maximum
Zhongda Li, NPI Manager at UnitedSiC
In the days when bipolar transistors were the only option for semiconductor power switches, their base drive circuit was critical for fast and efficient operation. With power device gains often just in double digits, base currents could be huge. Complex arrangements had to be used to drive current in and out
Figure 1: Cross-section of the CeraCharge. A solid ceramic electrolyte is used in place of a liquid electrolyte
TDK/EPCOC Technial Marketing Team
Life today would be unimaginable without batteries and accumulators using a wide variety of technologies and with widely differing capacities. The Internet of Things in all its facets will in future require billions of special power supplies tailored to the requirements of new ultra-low-power semiconductors
Figure 1: Supercapacitor cell basically consists of two electrodes, a separator, and an electrolyte.
Patrick Le Fèvre, PRBX, Chief Marketing and Communication Officer
In the unceasing quest to increase the performance of power electronics, new components and technologies such as wide-bandgap semiconductors and digital power management are receiving most of the hype. However, hiding in the shadows there is a component that is very important and intrinsically involved in many
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