Technical Features
May 2019
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Figure 1: Typical components on SMCs
In DC/DC converters with higher switching frequencies, compact molded inductors enable smaller designs but often must cope with higher voltages and are exposed to higher temperatures. Both effects can lead to an increase in magnetic core loss over time due to material degradation related to the percolation phenome
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Date:
05/29/2026
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Standing room only at PSD's PCIM Europe 2019 podium presentation titled: "Get Going with GaN"
Power Systems Design (PSD) at PCIM Europe 2019. Podium presentation title: "Get Going with GaN", moderated by Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD.
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Date:
05/08/2019
The LED is a seemingly tireless worker and its solid-state construction promises a long useful lifetime. With the growing availability of high-intensity devices, LED is quickly becoming a mainstream component for area lighting. Although LED lighting promises much longer lifetimes than older incandescent and fl
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1. Dialight LED High Bays illuminate GS Dunn warehouse shelving
Warehouse design and workflow are critical factors in maximizing productivity at any facility. The ability to move product and materials efficiently through a storage area is a primary concern both for speed and efficiency, as well as keeping workers safe in the process.
Clear visibility is crucial, but it’
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1: Wave Length
No-UV or UV-free lighting is commonly used in certain production facilities or clean rooms that use UV curing in their manufacturing processes. UV light causes some materials and products to cure or harden, which means that lighting for these facilities must be strictly controlled so as not to ruin batches of pr
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Date:
05/07/2019
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IoT Connected Devices
It is generally agreed that the Internet of Things (IoT) has moved from the hype stage and is now about pragmatic adoption; a sentiment reflected by the fact that IoT has dropped from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2018 report, moving through its peak. It is now all about facilitating the interconnection of
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1: Zytronic’s flexible p-cap manufacturing process
Human Machine Interfaces (HMI’s) used in hazardous or industrial applications have a difficult life, and their designers face many challenges when integrating interactive technologies into these systems. A new generation of touch controllers will transform the design of industrial projected capacitive (p-cap) to
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1. Shutdowns can be frustrating
Individuals with annoying battery recharge problems become excruciatingly attuned to their device’s power meter because they know that battery mishaps or unexpected shutdowns can occur at any moment. Frequent battery recharging activities become a way of life and prevent some people from even leaving the vicinity of
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1. A 4 MHz dual buck regulator delivers a compact solution.
System designers are asked to produce smaller, higher-efficiency power supply solutions to meet the demands of power thirsty SoCs and FPGAs across all industries. The space available for the power supply footprint is critical in advanced electronics systems, as supplies must be placed near the SoC or its peripheral de
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1: Buck converter
Magnetics play an important role in power supplies; they can be used as elements in power conversion and filtering. Experienced power-supply designers know that the success or failure of their designs depends heavily on the proper selection of magnetic components. Since magnetics can be used in a wide range of
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1. Schematic showing current sensing and short-circuit protection.
In today’s battery-operated mobile devices, two of the most important aspects are battery life and safe operation. In other words, end users expect long battery life, and the battery should be guarded against overheating from over-current drain due to undesired faults.
A CSA can monitor current out of th
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Date:
05/07/2019
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Figure 1: MERUS™ amplifiers have a special power stage topology. In this design each half-bridge uses four MOSFETs (M1-M4) and the capacitor is “flying” between those to serve as an extra supply rail, resulting in a three-level output signal at the output switching node
Voices, noises, music – they are part of our lives. Sound has always been all around us. It connects us to our surroundings either we produce or just listen to them. Being an integral part of our everyday, conception and design of audio products and their environments have become more and more essential. In th
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Date:
05/01/2019
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Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC
State of SiC Device and Package Technology
It has long been known that packaging technology is key to unleashing the potential of wide-bandgap (WBG) devices. Silicon Carbide device manufacturers have been making rapid improvements in device technology figures of merit such as on-resistance per unit area (Rds
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Date:
05/01/2019
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