Technical Features

April 2013

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Figure1: Inductor Self-heating in the core vs the winding

Smart Consideration of Inductor Thermal Performance for DC-DC Converter Performance and Reliability

Len Crane, Director of Technical Marketing

The efficiency and the thermal properties of key components have very real implications for the success of any converter design. Switching FETs and inductors are generally the two most considered choices determining size and performance of any converter. Though made of vastly different materials of course, and with dif

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Date:

02/28/2026

Power interface module selection

Patrick Le Fèvre, Marketing and Communication Director, Ericsson

A comparison of alternative on-board power solutions is rarely at the top of the agenda for a board designer. Often designers will use a previous solution because all available resources and time

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Date:

04/30/2013

The drive towards more energy-efficient motor control in compressors and pumps

Alberto Guerra and Diego Raffo, International Rectifier

Considering that almost 60 percent of total electric energy produced worldwide is used to run motors of every size, shape and efficiency, the adoption of variable speed drives can save as much as 70 percent of energy costs by controlling the speed of the load. New energy efficiency standards for compressors an

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Date:

04/15/2013

High Power Systems

Marcus O’Sullivan Applications engineer, Power Management Group, Analog Devices

Many high power systems require the use of a hot-swap device to safely control of the inrush currents at powerup and provide fault protection. These circuits are commonly found in systems such as servers, network switches, redundant-array-of-independent-disk (RAID) storage, and other forms of communications infrastru

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Date:

04/15/2013