Technical Features
November 2020
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Figure 1: Gate driver circuit diagram with a Bourns transformer
While gate driver-based converters deliver improved efficiency, speed and signal integrity, their high frequency switching features can produce elevated levels of conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI), posing challenges to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and overall system reliability. To solve this
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03/29/2026
Figure 1: Simplified schematic of an asymmetric half-bridge flyback
Avoid complexity, incompatibility and shorten time-to-market! Infineon with its broad portfolio of high-performing and high-quality USB-PD solutions help engineers break through the barriers in fast charging designs at a competitive cost.
The ever-increasing battery capacity and need for shorter charging time ar
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Date:
11/20/2020
Figure 1: Two-chip power adapter solution using PAG1S and PAG1P
Avoid complexity, incompatibility and shorten time-to-market! Infineon with its broad portfolio of high-performing and high-quality USB-PD solutions help engineers break through the barriers in fast charging designs at a competitive cost
The need to charge the devices in the shortest amount of time is driving th
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Date:
11/20/2020
Figure 1: The 65W USB-PD charger block diagram
Avoid complexity, incompatibility and shorten time-to-market! Infineon with its broad portfolio of high-performing and high-quality USB-PD solutions help engineers break through the barriers in fast charging designs at a competitive cost.
The solution introduced in this article is based on a digital zero-voltage
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Date:
11/20/2020
Figure 1: Infineon’s product wide array of products for USB-PD designs
Avoid complexity, incompatibility and shorten time-to-market! Infineon with its broad portfolio of high-performing and high-quality USB-PD solutions help engineers break through the barriers in fast charging designs at a competitive cost
Nowadays, people have many rechargeable battery-powered mobile devices –
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Date:
11/20/2020
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Figure 1: Thermal resistance comprises multiple stages, from junction to ambient
The principles that apply to current flow, in terms of resistance, can be likened to the resistance that heat encounters when flowing from hot to cold bodies. Every material and its interface will have a thermal resistance, and these figures can be used to calculate the rate at which heat is removed from its so
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Date:
11/02/2020
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Figure 1: An example of the variation in efficiency with input voltage and load
When designing rugged equipment designed for outdoor use, sealing them from external environmental conditions is a prudent step, but it does introduce some design challenges, one of which is how to provide the power supply capability, particularly when relatively high levels of power are required. Most high-power su
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Date:
11/02/2020
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Figure 1. Small wireless audio devices have challenging size and battery life requirements and are expected to provide excellent audio performance.
Generally, traditional switch mode power supplies (SMPS) are considered to be very noisy compared to that of the low-dropout (LDO) regulators. The switching action associated with switching regulators generates noise and resulting harmonics, which can affect the overall system performance in audio applications. Th
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Date:
11/02/2020
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Figure 1. Applications and devices will impact grid architecture
Emerging trends – electric vehicles (EVs), distributed energy resources (DER), advanced battery applications, smart devices and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology – have fundamentally transformed how we design, operate and maintain the grid.
A decade ago, utilities were tasked with adding intelligence to their
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Date:
11/02/2020
Electricity in today’s world is required like the air we breathe; we can’t live without it. But we only realize the importance of power availability when electricity supply fails. From industrial manufacturing and food processing facilities, to data centers and support systems like lighting and air conditioning, al
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Date:
11/02/2020
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Figure 1. Network topology of a multiaxis machine
Robots typically have six axes that need to be controlled in a coordinated manner, and sometimes seven if the robot is moving along a rail. In CNC machining, 5-axis coordination is common, although there are applications that utilize up to 12 axes in which tools and workpieces are both being moved with respect to
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Date:
11/02/2020
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Figure 1: Functional block diagram of a condition monitoring analog front end attached to a host microcontroller (Source: Mouser)
The industrial manufacturing landscape is undergoing considerable change. Led by government initiatives such as Industry 4.0 and the associated Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) trend, organizations are keen to embrace and harness the data gathered from a vast army of connected sensors. Promising to yield an
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Date:
11/02/2020
The longer-term prospects for business in a post-COVID-19 world look decent, as analysis adjusted for COVID-19 predicts exponential growth between now and 2025. The ability to reduce costs, improve quality, and increase output are all well-known reasons for businesses to introduce robots to their operations. But no
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Date:
11/02/2020
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Figure 1. Snowy powerline
Tedious. If you ask electric utilities for one word on powerline inspection, that would probably be it. Time-consuming and expensive would probably also feature. Yet vital would be just as valid: there is no way to safely operate a transmission and distribution network without inspecting lines for damage or risk fr
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Date:
11/02/2020
Figure 1: Technology development and product family positioning of Infineon’s 12-300 V power MOSFET offering
Our world has experienced dramatic change over the past 50 years. New economic, social and technological trends have emerged significantly impacting our way of life in different ways. Regardless of the way and degree to which the world has been changing, one thing remains: technology plays a crucial role in
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Date:
11/01/2020
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