Technical Features

November 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

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Figure 1. A simple Zener regulator circuit

High-performance resistors in custom power supplies

Phil Ebbert, Riedon

The subject of power supplies is potentially very broad and the application of resistors in power supplies is quite diverse. Here we will focus on power supply units (PSUs) designed for use in electronic appliances that nominally require fixed DC outputs ranging from just a few volts up to a few kV. Whether

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Date:

11/19/2013

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Figure 1: I-V Characteristics of Normally Off GIT GaN and Conventional Normally On GaN

Normally-Off and Current Collapse Free by Unique GIT Technology Realize Commercialization of GaN Transistor

Howard Sin, Panasonic

For more than thirty-five years, the power MOSFET dominated the power management systems due to its constant technological evolution from its device structure to its applications to circuit topologies. However, at the dawn of the new millennium, power MOSFET reached its theoretical limitations that it became un

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Date:

11/14/2013

Power Mgmt. in Health Care Applications

Frederik Dostal, Analog Devices

Different health care applications require different power management solutions. From a power management view, health care is a very interesting market. Though design cycles within health care are quite long, a high level of innovation is fueling the need for new health care electronics. These do not only replac

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Date:

11/05/2013