Technical Features

    June 2010
    Molded Power Inductors

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    Figure 1: Typical components on SMCs

    In DC/DC converters with higher switching frequencies, compact molded inductors enable smaller designs but often must cope with higher voltages and are exposed to higher temperatures. Both effects can lead to an increase in magnetic core loss over time due to material degradation related to the percolation phenome
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    05/29/2026
    Keeping Systems Running Cooler
    Taming the heat is one of the biggest design challenges facing system architects and power supply manufactures today. Free air flow through the power supply is critical for improving performance
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    Date:
    06/01/2010
    Isolate to Communicate
    RS485 networks provide the backbone for communications in applications ranging from industrial control systems to roadside traffic message boards. In environments where high voltages are present,
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    Date:
    06/01/2010
    Maximized Manufacturability
    Customers of power electronics increasingly require new, easy connection and mounting technologies. PressFIT technology creates the possibility of solderless mounting combined with an improved
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    Date:
    06/01/2010
    Custom Power
    Despite the best intentions at the outset of an electronic product's design, it is commonplace for the power supply specification to evolve during the process and to only be finalized late on.
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    Date:
    06/01/2010
    Contain the Heat
    Over the past few years, several manufacturers have developed high-power handling general purpose chip resistors covering a wide resistance range. Most of these high-power chip resistors are extensions
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    Date:
    06/01/2010
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