Technical Features

    May 2013
    Gate Driver Choices for High Power Density Intermediate Bus Converters in AI Servers

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    Figure 1: Two-stage 48 V power architecture for an AI server, showing IBC and downstream point-of-load regulation

    ­1. AI server power delivery raises the density challenge AI accelerators concentrate more computing, and therefore more electrical power, within limited rack and board space. Supplying these loads is not simply a matter of increasing converter output. Every power‑delivery stage must balance conversion ef
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    08/31/2026
    Automotive Forward Lighting Applications Demand  High Performance LED Drivers

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    Figure 1. 2013 Honda Accord Touring/Hybrid LED DRL & Headlamp

    The market size for high brightness (HB) LEDs is expected to reach $12 billion in 2012 and grow to $20.2 billion by 2015 with a 30.6% CAGR ramp (source: Strategies Unlimited). One of the key application
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    Date:
    05/21/2013
    The no-load power crunch: 30 mW and beyond

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    Figure 1. DOE proposed regulations vs. Level V performance for a 5V output EPS.

    The need to reduce active-mode power consumption is somewhat obvious. What has not been so obvious is the need to minimize power drain in standby and no-load when products are essentially doing nothing.
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    Date:
    05/20/2013
    USB power sensors in RF power measurement
    In many of today's RF power measurement applications there is a need to make multiple power measurements simultaneously. Added complexities occur when the measurements need to be obtained from places
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    05/20/2013
    Advanced LED Drivers for Automotive Instrument Clusters
    The usage of LEDs in automotive applications continues to grow due to their longer service life and lower power consumption. Simultaneously, the diversity and size of integrated state-of-the-art instrument
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    Date:
    05/17/2013
    Integrated power management enables smaller machine vision systems
    As the form factor of machine vision systems continues to get smaller while the processing power in these systems continues to increase rapidly. Power management is becoming a more important design
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    05/17/2013
    Wireless systems for Internet control of smart lighting
    Electric lighting has been around since the first commercial incandescent lamps were sold in 1880. Since then, we have seen little widely adopted innovation - the introduction of the fluorescent in
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    Date:
    05/17/2013
    Migrating from power-centric to space-sensing daylighting systems

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    Figure 1: Daylight harvesting energy savings

    Incumbent lighting installations today fail to address the most important energy saving "feature" a lighting system can implement, namely maintaining a user-defined amount of light that considers
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    Date:
    05/17/2013
    Improving the reliability of MR16 LED lamps

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    Figure 1. Forward operating mode of SBR structure

    With their attractive low forward voltage drop and significant cost advantage, it's no surprise that Schottky diodes have become a defacto standard for AC bridge rectification in a myriad of different
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    Date:
    05/17/2013
    Automobile lighting in the face of things to come
    Going from lanterns to LEDs, in a nutshell, describes the course of development in automotive lighting since cars first came on the scene 100 years ago. What originally served only a functional purpose
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    Date:
    05/16/2013
    Lighting Control - How much do you need?
    Lighting controls are becoming ever more sophisticated with the capability to provide real-time data on system status, settings, light levels, energy consumption, etc. For some applications this level
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    Date:
    05/16/2013
    Improving Appliance Safety: Designing for Protection
    When it comes to home appliances, the overwhelming focus tends to be on advanced features and functionality. Nevertheless, design choices that enhance user safety and overcome possible malfunctions
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    Date:
    05/14/2013
    What's shrinking AC-DC power supplies?
    Power supply design trends are clear and dramatic: additional features, improved efficiency, and smaller size for the same power ratings, for both battery-powered portable units as well as larger,
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    Date:
    05/08/2013
    Elegant step-down conversion for 24V industrial applications
    Industrial power supplies need to have very high efficiency today and often times need to be highly compact. In combination with the typical 24V rail available, many solutions utilize a switching
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    05/07/2013
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