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    January 2020
    The Versatile Inductor
    Traditionally, off-the-shelf power inductors have offered the capability to perform a variety of functions and serve many different applications. The same inductor might have served one circuit as a ripple-smoothing element in an LC output filter and as an EMI suppression choke in another. By contrast, a device
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    Date:
    01/23/2020
    Peltier Cooling Units Offer Improved Thermal Performance
    CUI Devices’ Thermal Management Group announced the addition of two new models to its Peltier cooling unit  product offering. The CPM-2C and CPM-2H carry 7 A and 8.5 A current ratings respectively, adding to the 6 A current rating of the previously released CPM-2F. As complete Peltier cooling units, the CP
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    Date:
    01/21/2020
    Understanding the Basics of DC-DC Conversion

    Figure 1: DC-DC converters can be isolated or non-isolated

    When Allesandro Volta made a battery out of copper and zinc disks and brine-soaked cardboard, it was a novelty and the low power DC produced had few practical applications. As electricity became better understood and it was discovered that rotating magnets could induce AC current in wires, the world of power ge
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    Date:
    01/20/2020
    AI in the Data Center

    Figure 1. Powering Artificial Intelligence

    In a recent New York Times article, Mark Hung, a VP at Gartner, said that “almost everything Google is announcing these days is AI-related.” He said, “Google has a lead on artificial intelligence over many of its competitors, and it’s going to use that as a weapon to advance their products.” Although
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    Date:
    01/20/2020
    3W ACDC Converter with Transient Output Power Up to 12W
    In some applications where high transient communication or drive power is required, such as electrical control systems, automatic meter reading, anti-theft alarms, and access electric lock applications, large amounts of power are outputted in a short time at transmitting and receiving data or driving relays. Therefore,
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    Date:
    01/17/2020
    TAIYO YUDEN’s All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Secondary Batteries
    TAIYO YUDEN announced today the development of all-solid state lithium-ion secondary batteries (hereinafter referred to as “all-solid-state batteries”) in which various technologies including the process technology of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) are capitalized. All-solid-state batteries are s
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    Date:
    01/08/2020
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