Technical Features

May 2010

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Figure 1: The connected nature of today’s vehicles requires efficient power chips to manage their many intelligent devices and connections

Why Automotive Qualification Still Matters in the Age of Software-Defined Vehicles

Craig Callahan (VP Quality), Wade Cole (Sr. Director HPA & CSG Quality) and David Schnaufer (Corporate, Technical Marketing Manager) at Qorvo

Today’s vehicles can include more than 100 electronic control units and millions of lines of code, supporting a range of functions, including infotainment, navigation, driver assistance, and powertrain control. As the shift to software-defined vehicles (SDV) accelerates, electronic components face heightened expectation

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Date:

12/03/2025

LED Lighting Variants

Andreas Biss, New Business Development, Sharp Microelectronics Europe, Hamburg

A power-saving, environmentally friendly, long-life, compact and (above all) cost-effective light source - LEDs have created an entirely new generation of lamps. According to the International

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Date:

05/01/2010

Inductors for Illumination

Len Crane, Director - Technical Marketing, Coilcraft

A wide variety of driver circuits is needed to support new LED applications and the demands for high performance are challenging designers to be as creative as possible with new circuit techniques.

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Date:

05/01/2010

Power Factor Perfection

Joël Turchi, ON Semiconductor, Toulouse, France

Most modern power supplies are required to contain the harmonic content of the current they absorb from the line. Practically, regulations request the line current to be nearly sinusoidal and in

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Date:

05/01/2010

LED Lighting Circuit Protection Strategies

Faraz Hasan, Global Marketing & Business Development Manager, Appliance/Industrial/Lighting, Circuit Protection Business Unit, Tyco Electronics

As government agencies, industry and consumers look for ways to reduce energy costs, light-emitting diode (LED) lighting technology is expected to boom. LED technology has advanced rapidly, with

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Date:

05/01/2010