Technical Features

September 2013

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Figure 1: How to run the ACT72350 BLDC motor example

Optimizing BLDC Motor Control Through System Simulation

Siddharth Mohan, Sr. Design Engineer

Why BLDC motors? Electric motors are responsible for roughly 50% of the world’s total electrical energy consumption, according to the European Commission1. Improving motor efficiency not only reduces operational costs but also plays a vital role in lowering global CO₂ emissions. Among available motor te

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Date:

06/30/2025

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Figure 1: Escalating installations of renewable energy sources are likely to be distributed far and wide

What is the Smart Grid, really?

Richard Ord, Amantys

The Smart Grid - a changing landscape of supply, demand and storage Definitions of the "Smart Grid" range from highly technical descriptions to purely commercial interpretations, but whichever one

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Date:

09/26/2013

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Figure 1: An ideal waveform with a power factor of 0

Understanding power factor and the need for power factor correction

Arun Ananthampalayam, CUI

Until the era of switching power supplies, Power Factor - and power factor correction - wasn't a big concern for all but a handful of electrical engineers working with large electric motors, and other,

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Date:

09/24/2013

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Figure 1: PFC schematic

Selecting the Right MOSFET for Power Factor Correction Applications

Philip Zuk, Vishay

Power factor is the ratio of the real power (P = Watts) to the apparent power (VA = Volt Ampere); the goal is to achieve a power factor as close to 1 as possible. A load with a lower power factor

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Date:

09/19/2013

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Figure 1: High-level schematic showing the power tree for an Altera Stratix III FPGA.

Online Design for FPGA Power

Devin Crawford, PhD, Transim Technology

The Internet has become a key resource used by engineers to obtain information. In spite of the wealth of data, the assimilation and practical application of information remains a challenge. Cloud

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Date:

09/05/2013