Introduction
E-bike chargers play a pivotal role in addressing common pain points riders face, such as the fear of running out of power and the burden of carrying or storing portable chargers. As e-bikes continue to gain traction as a sustainable and economical mode of transportation, it becomes imperative to em
Petre Minciunescu, Systems engineer, Energy Metering Group & Brian Kennedy, Applications engineer Isolation Group, Analog Devices
DC tolerant current transformers have long been used to sense ac currents in smart energy meters, but they have drawbacks and can be expensive.
For some applications, resistive shunts make
Willie Chan?, Sr. Product Marketing Engineer?, μModule Power Products, Linear Technology
The influence of clouds, trees, dirt, on the solar cell panel and the rotation of the sun causes problematic fluctuations in the amount power generation.
The typical output current and
Patrick Baginski, Field Application Engineer, Vincotech GmbH
The mounting option for power modules has always been somewhat limited, meaning that the designer is constrained to a standard configuration. These new modules overcome this problem.
Most
Mark Porter, Technical Development Manager, Murata Power Systems Fleet, UK
Ceramic technologies are complementing semiconductor advances in enabling ever-more sophisticated and smaller wireless electronic systems.
Improvements in ceramic materials technology have
Alfred Hesener Marketing Director - Europe Fairchild Semiconductor
With 7 billion human beings living on this planet, and at the same time, the energy consumed by human beings is shifting more and more from oil to electricity Improving power density
Odd Jostein Svendali, Field Application Engineer, Atmel, Norway
Lithium Ion batteries are becoming the technology of choice for most portable applications requiring rechargeable batteries. The advantages include high energy density per volume and weight, high
This article discusses the selection process for deciding the battery charging topology in portable, consumer applications. The article analyzes system and battery conditions under which the benefits
Andrew Skinner, Chief Technology Officer, TDK-Lambda UK
Power supplies with digital control are gaining in popularity. However the term ‘digital control' is commonly applied to two quite different meanings.
The two main terms are; ‘Digital power
Chris M. Young Senior Manager, Digital Power Technology, Intersil Corporation
Stability is a critical operational requirement for power supplies. In regulated power supplies, the stability is controlled, by a large part, by the characteristics of the feedback path.
Randy Skinner, Staff Product Marketing Engineer, Lattice Semiconductor
Modern microprocessors, FPGAs and other complex ICs require accurate power supply voltages, often more accurate, in fact, than the tolerances provided by commodity low-dropout regulators (LDOs)
John Constantopoulos, Systems Engineer, WW Low Power DC-DC, Texas Instruments
With USB being a standard interface in PC peripherals, the number of applications that can be powered from a USB port is increasing at an exponential rate. The need for flexibility and continuous
These days, people can't live without cell phones. This is not a monumental revelation to anyone who has been at an airport, a shopping mall, or a park watching their children play. We close business
Tero Ranta and Rodd Novak, Peregrine Semiconductor
Thinner form factors, mobile TV and the requirement for power efficiency are placing extreme demands on the antenna, requiring a new approach to keep calls on track and antennas inside the handset.
Footprints
Peter A. Khairolomour, Technical Marketing Manager, Fairchild Semiconductor
The handset world is seeing a burgeoning need for memory storage. This article discusses memory trends and different methods of powering SD Flash memory.
The need for memory is being driven