Technical Features

March 2017

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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

Security evaluations

Robert Cottingham, MathEmbedded

A security evaluation should help you to understand your risks. Risks are situations or properties of a system that expose things that you care about to danger or loss. For example, security problems in your product may expose you to a financial liability or cause your customers to stop trusting you and hence bu

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Date:

03/17/2017

Empowering wearables

Steve Knoth, Linear Technology

No longer just a device you’d only see in a cool science fiction movie (thank you James Bond 007, Minority Report, and Dick Tracy!) and only dream about using, wearable devices are here to stay. In the beginning, they were as simple as a walking or running step counter (a.k.a. a pedometer). However, over a sh

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Date:

03/17/2017

Optimizing IoT device performance

Colin Leath, AVX

Poised to deliver incredible efficiency, safety, and convenience improvements across all market sectors and applications, the Internet of Things (IoT) is experiencing rapid and widespread growth. In fact, Gartner estimates that 20.8 billion IoT devices will be in active operation by 2020 [1]. IoT device de

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Date:

03/17/2017