Technical Features

October 2022

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Figure 1: MOSFET channel punch-through showing outputs from previous SPICE simulators vs. QSPICE

QSPICE: A Mission to Get SPICE Right

Siddharth Mohan, design engineer, Qorvo

Qorvo’s QSPICE™ simulator for analog and mixed-signal simulation provides power designers with the tools to confidently evaluate their designs. Free to use, QSPICE improves SPICE basics, supports large amounts of digital logic without performance penalties, and delivers the speed and accuracy needed for rel

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Date:

11/29/2024

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Figure 1: 48 V server architecture in a typical data center

Achieving High Power Density in a Regulated IBC for Data Center Applications

By: Roberto Rizzolatti, Senior Staff System Innovation Engineer, Christian Rainer, Senior Staff System Innovation Engineer, and Mario Ursino, Staff System Innovation Engineer, all at Infineon Technologies

Introduction Approximately half of the energy consumed in a typical data center is wasted, either during power conversion or through cooling. Given the increasingly urgent requirement to reduce CO2 emissions, this undesirable situation required addressing at both system and converter levels. Research [1] indicates that using 48 V power distribution at the rack level would help to reduce power los

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Figure 1. A signal chain with a traditional muxed SAR ADC

Leveraging High-Z Technology to Cut Solution Power and Size

Sanjay Rajasekhar, Principal Analog Design Engineer, and Arvind Shankar, Staff Design Evaluation Engineer, Analog Devices

Muxed SAR ADCs are commonly used in applications where there is a need to constantly monitor multiple critical variables in the system. In optical communications applications, laser biasing could be monitored via optical power measurement, while EEG/ECG signals from electrodes could be monitored in VSM applications. The

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Figure 1: IoT-enabled sensor technology is set to revolutionise waste management

Making Garbage Management Operations Smarter

Tsuyoshi Yamashita (Murata) and Johannes Ollech (Sentinum)

Waste collection is an essential service that municipal bodies need to perform on a regular basis. EU figures (published in 2020) show that each citizen resident in one of its member states on average generated 505kg of garbage waste each year. When applied to the entire population, that clearly constitutes a

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Figure 1. IT solutions collect and analyze information to generate awareness and regulate business processes, while OT solutions collect and analyze information to control physical equipment processes

IT/OT Convergence, Industry 4.0, and the IIoT

Gary Guess, Product Portfolio Manager, Allied Electronics & Automation, part of RS Group

Information technology (IT) generates, collects, stores, manipulates, analyzes, and delivers data within and between organizations via computing, networking, and storage technologies. IT is characterized by the ability to be programmed and reprogrammed to meet the needs of various users, applications, and ne

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Figure 1: layout of a typical Mode 4 charger

Relays Race to Help Bridge the Gap in EV Charging Capacity

Steve Drumm, Strategic Marketing Manager, OMRON Electronic Components Europe

Data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) highlights a huge asymmetry between demand for electric vehicles and the provision of reliable charging facilities. To meet CO2 targets, sales of electric vehicles will need to pick up massively in all EU countries. A recent study shows th

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Powering the Stadium and Fan Experience

Tom Wichert, Executive Vice President, TDK

Stadiums and arenas are now some of the most technologically sophisticated environments on the planet. Once little more than big piles of concrete, steel beams and benches, arenas are now replete with digital signage, advanced wireless communications networks, and the latest security systems, with more technology on

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Figure 1: Current sense resistors detect and convert current to voltage

Increasing Power Electronics Efficiency Using Current Sense Resistors

Gabor Mark, Resistive Products Application Engineer at Bourns

For circuit designers and systems operators, understanding what level of current is flowing through a circuit and being delivered is often a key requirement in many applications. Maximizing the operating performance of a battery, controlling motor speeds, and the ability to hot swap server units are examples of

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Figure 1: A basic analog-to-digital signal chain

Selecting a Low-lq Voltage Reference to Minimize Power Consumption

Masoud Beheshti, Applications and Marketing Director for Voltage References and Supervisors, Texas Instruments, and Jackson Wightman, Texas Instruments

As electronic circuits improve, they become smaller, more precise and more accurate. For a variety of reasons, designers of applications such as industrial automation and medical are under even more pressure to deliver a circuit that is both accurate and has low power consumption. Many applications with thes

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Date:

10/01/2022

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Driving Wide Bandgap Devices

By: Eleazar Falco, FAE, Emil Nierges, Product Manager, Würth Elektronik eiSos

In power electronics, semiconductor transistors with a wide bandgap, such as silicon carbide or gallium nitride, are becoming increasingly popular. Higher switching speeds promise higher efficiency and higher power densities. Two reference designs from Würth Elektronik show how an isolated 6 W auxiliary power suppl

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Date:

10/01/2022