Technical Features

    August 2011
    Molded Power Inductors

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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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    05/29/2026
    EMC Compliance

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    Figure 1: Supply lines - eliminate loops and decouple at local boundaries

    International regulations regarding electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) affect many aspects of circuit and system design. However, there are numerous techniques that can be applied to reduce both
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    Date:
    08/17/2011
    Multi-domain Simulation

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    Figure 1: Structure of the SaberRD environment

    Electrification is driving the need for comprehensive multi-domain system simulation in hybrid-electric and electric vehicles. A vehicle's power electronic components, coupled with the overall
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    Date:
    08/17/2011
    System-on-Chip GNSS Solution

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    Table 1: Teseo-II Urban Canyon Performance

    Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is the general term for satellite tracking systems and covers GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS and Compass constellations. Systems for urban canyon applications
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    Date:
    08/16/2011
    Power Packaging

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    Figure 1: The Die Free package resistances of different power semiconductor packages

    The 2011 automotive year started with the Detroit Auto show where the new Chrysler 300 was launched, its headline, a 3.6l V6 engine delivering a whopping 292 hp (218 kW), 41 hp (31 kW) more than
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    Date:
    08/16/2011
    Automotive Lighting - LEDS

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    Figure 1: The new innovative body architecture allows a significant wire harness reduction in comparison to today's architecture

    One of the latest automotive design trends is LED lighting. LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are used for tail lights, interior lights such as ambient lighting, and LED front lights. Front light
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    Date:
    08/16/2011
    Automotive Lighting - HID Applications

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    Figure 1: Ballast-Igniter Circuit

    High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps are superior replacements for conventional heated-filament headlamps that require about 25kV applied to the lamp electrodes to ionize the Xenon gas and
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    Date:
    08/16/2011
    EV/HEV Measurements

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    Figure 1: Typical positioning of high-voltage vehicle components

    Recent industry trends toward high-performance electric and hybrid vehicle (EHV) drives has created a whole new set of testing requirements. New Drive Technologies, New Safety Requirements New
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    Date:
    08/16/2011
    Automotive Protection

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    Figure 1: Principle of Car Wiring Harness Pulse Immunity Test Using an ESD Simulator ("ESD Pulse Gun")

    System-level tests for EMC pulse immunity have been established in order to test the immunity of an electronic device or module against strong electromagnetic fields such as a close AM or FM transmitter
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    Date:
    08/15/2011
    Power Design for Vital Auto Devices

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    Figure 1: Boost Buck Structure

    A main challenge for an automotive power system designer is to deal with the 12V car battery voltage fluctuations. The battery voltage can drop significantly during load crank. This voltage
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    Date:
    08/15/2011
    Auto Efficiency

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    Figure 1: Typical LTC3859A Start/Stop Application Schematic

    Many automotive manufactures have devised a clever way of saving fuel in automobiles by using a new concept called a "Start/Stop" system. This system automatically switches off the engine when
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    Date:
    08/11/2011
    Electric Vehicle Dynamics

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    Figure 1: Spectrum of a 250A DC charger used for testing G3-PLC operation

    Electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are building a viable market of mobile electrical energy consumers. New relationships between electricity providers (the utility
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    Date:
    08/04/2011
    Shunt Charger Systems

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    Figure 1: LTC4070 Typical Application Circuit

    Energy harvesting ICs can convert an appropriate transducer's output into an electric current for a battery charger device. Recent technology developments have pushed energy harvesting to the point
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    Date:
    06/29/2011
    Solar IC Solutions

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    Figure 1: National Semiconductor's diverse analog IC product offering for PV

    To succeed in today's competitive solar market, system designers and OEMs require a system solution which may include energy-efficient analog ICs, tools, evaluation boards, and reference designs. As
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    Date:
    06/28/2011
    Solar Power Optimization

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    Efficiency Chart

    Solar industry insiders have declared this "The Year for Power Optimization." Distributed electronics like maximum power point tracking (MPPT) power optimizers and microinverters are growing in
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    Date:
    06/27/2011
    Solar Harvest

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    Figure 1: Power-Voltage Curve of a photovoltaic cell for differing light levels

    In the utilization of solar panels, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is the automatic adjustment of electrical load to achieve the greatest possible power harvest, during dynamic variations
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    Date:
    06/27/2011
    Cooling the Circuits

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    The need for forced-air cooling should be assessed at an early stage in system electronics enclosure design. The full range of implications needs to be considered in detail for a successful outcome. Typical
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    Date:
    06/27/2011
    Keeping it Simple

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    Figure 1: Method of implementing the smart grid which does support deregulation

    Smart grid strategies have still to be finalized as countries strive to lower their greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency and ensure security of supply. A growing number of
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    Date:
    06/27/2011
    Powerful Software Simulation

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    Figure 1: By using software from ANSYS to predict maximum temperatures and temperature distribution within its new diesel particulate filter under diverse conditions, Cummins engineers can ensure that the manufactured component will have acceptable durability.

    Cummins uses simulation software from ANSYS to reduce weight, improve fuel economy and reduce environmentally harmful emissions of engines The phrase "environmentally responsible" doesn't
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    Date:
    06/27/2011
    Power Network Redundancy

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    Ruggedized, Fast/Gigabit Ethernet rack-mount switches, such as this Hirschmann MACH1000, offer high port density and hundreds of copper/fiber media-mix options, excellent RFI/EMI shielding, and high performance - even in the harshest industrial environments and applications

    Today's power grid receives energy from conventional, independent and alternative power source producers and distributes that power to industrial, commercial and residential customers. Providers
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    Date:
    06/18/2011
    Renewable Energy

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    Recognising, defining and dealing with renewable energy risks have never been more of a priority. Projects tend to be complex, innovative and often pioneering, which is why it pays to have insurance
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    Date:
    06/18/2011
    High Power Modules

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    Figure 1: Application range of high power modules. A different optimization of devices is required, indicated by the attributes "soft" and "fast"

    A new technology for the vertical architecture of free wheeling diodes is introduced, which is optimized for applications with high switching frequencies. To minimize the turn off losses of the
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    Date:
    06/18/2011
    Designing with LDOs

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    Figure 1: The challenge of dynamic performance vs. current consumption has been addressed by introducing parts that are switchable between low power mode and high performance. A typical example is ON Semiconductor's NCP4587.
    Looking at products that are currently sampling, it appears that products with noise in the 10 ?VRMS range and Quiescent current in the 10-15 μA range will be in production by the end of this year, giving cell phone designers the best of both worlds in selecting their LDOs.

    Low drop-out Linear voltage regulators are a vital component in a wide range of applications; perhaps some of the most demanding conditions exist in the portable equipment (media players, digital
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    Date:
    06/18/2011
    Customizing COTS Testing Systems

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    By definition, the off-the-shelf modular instruments (VME, PXI, VXI, CompactPCI, PCI, etc.) used to create automated test and measurement systems are designed to be general purpose, programmable,
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    Date:
    06/18/2011
    Design for Security

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    Figure 1: LT3748 Flyback Converter with Primary-Side Output Voltage Sensing

    Even before heightened awareness brought on by threats of terrorism, many public and private institutions had already began incorporating video security into critical infrastructure. Video
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    Date:
    06/18/2011
    LED Lighting Solutions

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    Available in serial or parallel wiring options, the new Molex array holder simplifies LED installation. Array holder is shown with and without optional Ingress Protection

    Here follows an in-depth look into just how synergistic electronics, optical and lighting industries are yielding new and award-winning technologies to revolutionize the world of LED luminaires. LEDs
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    Date:
    06/13/2011
    Driving LEDs

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    Figure 1: N and P type doping of an LED

    LEDs are fast replacing Fluorescent light bulbs and incandescent light bulbs in many lighting applications. In the past these sources could be driven directly from the mains voltage, but this is
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    Date:
    06/13/2011
    Low ESR Tantalum Capacitors

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    Figure 1: CAMEL Card validator and PCB detail

    Fare collection and ticketing systems are an essential part of any public transport network. Systems combine software and hardware elements such as onboard computers and driver interfaces for automated
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    Date:
    06/13/2011
    Offline LED Applications

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    Table 1: Comparison of LEDs, CFL & Incandescent Light Sources

    Most of the new LED lighting fixture applications will be required to run from existing AC offline power sources, generally 90VAC to 265VAC depending on the end application's geography. The ability
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    Date:
    06/11/2011
    LED Street Lighting

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    Figure 1: LED street lights

    High brightness LED street lights are now being installed in pilot projects at many sites. In most cases these are replacing high intensity discharge (HID) and high pressure sodium (HPS) street
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    Date:
    06/08/2011
    Video Transmission Solution

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    Figure 1: Single Stage Equalizer for 300 meters of Cat 5 cable

    Transmission cables have improved, but the challenge is always the same: get more messages down longer cables faster. It may sound simple, but the longer the cable, the greater the losses. These
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    Date:
    06/01/2011
    Digital POL Improves Key Metrics

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    Digital power conversion has moved on from being a novelty to widespread acceptance. Ericsson launched its BMR453 quarter-brick intermediate-bus converter in 2008 and followed with an eighth-brick
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    Date:
    05/26/2011
    Direct Fuel Injection

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    Figure 1: Estimated junction temperature rise for a given power pulse assuming an inductive load

    There is a pressing need within the automotive industry for realizing greater degrees of fuel economy. This is being driven by rising oil prices through ongoing political uncertainty in many oil
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    Date:
    05/26/2011
    Superior Assembly Technology

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    Figure 1: Al Bondwire

    Power module development is striving for higher power densities, not only in new but also in already established packages. Two main challenges for such kinds of upgrades are to meet the increased
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    Date:
    05/26/2011
    SMD Cube Shrinks Footprint

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    With their ability to drastically simplify provision of low-power isolated power rails that are commonly required in applications such as process control and industrial communications interfaces,
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    Date:
    05/26/2011
    Pain Management in Power Optimization

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    Figure 1: Benefit of In-Design Technology in IC Design

    Power has always been an integral part of consumer electronics, but increasingly we can do more things with a single device. That trend, above all others, has moved power consumption from an afterthought
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    Date:
    05/26/2011
    Increasing Efficiency

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    The Intelligent Power Module, IPM, has been a mainstay in motor speed control designs. And with good reason: Such designs are relatively easy and cheap to implement. With onboard gate drivers,
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    Date:
    05/26/2011
    Reliability in White Goods

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    Figure 1: RX210 Block diagram

    The demands being placed on designers for the next generation of domestic appliances are increasing drastically. Today we see many conflicting demands to use less power, less water and to create
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    Date:
    05/11/2011
    Automated Control

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    Figure 1 - Supplies are margined by changing the resistor connected to the Trim/FB node

    Modern appliances and equipment which utilize microprocessors, FPGAs and other complex ICs require accurate power supply voltages, often more accurate, in fact, than the tolerances provided by
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    Date:
    05/11/2011
    Cost Competitive SiC

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    Figures 1 &2: Forward conduction characteristics comparison

    Silicon carbide (SiC) is a compound semiconductor that is superior to silicon (Si) in several respects. These advantages stem from SiC's ~10x higher critical breakdown field, ~2.8x higher thermal
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    Date:
    05/11/2011
    Integration in Embedded HMI

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    Figure 1: Thermostat with resistive- and capacitive-touch technologies

    HMI designs in embedded systems are evolving fast as the cost of manufacturing fashionable and more elegant interfaces continues to decrease. Some appliances are already combining touch-sensitive
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    Date:
    05/11/2011
    Circuit Protection Considerations

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    Figure 1: Typical circuit protection design for switch-mode power supplies

    The power supplies, relays and other electronic components found in household and professional-grade appliances can benefit from the application of resettable overcurrent protection. Polymeric
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    Date:
    05/11/2011
    White Goods Technology

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    Figure 1: Simplified Block Diagram of Washing Machine

    The rising cost of electricity will increase the consumer demand for home appliances that offer energy savings. However, this is only one consideration that consumers must consider when purchasing
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    Date:
    05/11/2011
    PV Off-the-Roll

    Photo by Solarion AG

    Thin-film solar cells are developing into a rapidly growing market segment. If their commercial potential is to be fully exploited, the solar modules must be produced in a roll-to-roll manufacturing
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    Date:
    03/24/2011
    Grounding Transformers

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    Figure 1 - Typical wind farm configuration

    The grounding transformer is an often neglected component of the wind farm - shunted off to a sidebar issue. However, those who neglect to adequately plan for grounding transformers do so at their
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    Date:
    03/24/2011
    Surge Current Limitations

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    Figure 1: I-V characteristics of 10ms half sine pulses at different peak currents. Curve (c) is slightly above, curve (d) is far above the destruction threshold.

    The ability of silicon power diodes to withstand a rapid forward current load, described by its i2t-value, is an important criterion that has to be regarded in the selection of the proper devices
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    Date:
    03/24/2011
    Effective Contact

    ITT Interconnect Solutions' EVC series connectors

    This advanced charging in electric vehicles (EV) requires highly efficient power contacts to provide flexible functionality, with minimal modifications, across a power range from a low of 15 amps/120
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    Date:
    03/24/2011
    An engineer designing with FPGAs or Processors often has to provide some serious amount of power at high efficiency over load. Not only must the rails be regulated correctly and not overheat, but additional functionality may be required. Recent evaluation boards from Xilinx (ML605 and SP605) for Virtex-6 and Spart
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    Date:
    03/15/2011
    Efficiency Cost & Compactness

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    Figure 1: 65W demo board of the TEA1733

    The current market of Switch Mode Power Supply IC's shows increasing demand on efficient and cost effective solutions that enable slim and compact design. The industry standard Energy Star Version
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    Date:
    01/19/2011
    Power Management Purity

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    Figure 1: Noise Rejection Utilities

    Modern power systems feature high speed serial communication between load and voltage regulators (VR) to enable sophisticated power management operations. This communication is susceptible to
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    Date:
    01/17/2011
    Integrated High-Power Converters

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    Figure 1: 347W universal input PFC

    Power supplies of up to1kW output power account for the majority of power supplies used in high-volume electronics applications. One obvious application that we use every day is the personal computer,
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    Date:
    01/15/2011
    Secondary Thermal Protection
    The growing demand for electronics that can operate in harsh environments such as under-hood automotive systems and rugged industrial applications is fueling a trend toward new materials and more
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    Date:
    01/15/2011
    Designing for Efficiency

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    Figure 1: Effect on efficiency of reducing component size by increasing switching frequency

    Reducing the size and improving the efficiency of AC-DC power supplies are constant pressures. In addition, the requirement for portability in some equipment means that not only the size but also
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    Date:
    01/15/2011
    Powering Flexibility and Reliability

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    Figure 1a: The effects of parallel connecting two power supplies without share control

    Flexibility is one of the major advantages of power supplies using digital power conversion, where customer specific optimisations can be achieved without the expense of changing the hardware.
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    Date:
    01/15/2011
    High Efficiency Tuning

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    Optimizing a power converter means making the right inductor choice. Choosing an inductor is a fairly simple proposition, with relatively few parameters to consider. Yet a solid understanding of
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    Date:
    01/15/2011
    Comfort with Conservation

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    Figure 1a: Application reference design for air-conditioning systems

    The demand for energy in our world is increasing dramatically. A large portion of this demand comes from air-conditioning systems that are running over all the different climate zones. Energy saving
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    Date:
    01/15/2011
    Supply Continuity

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    With a recent survey reporting power outages as a common experience, and most users expecting the situation to worsen, UPS systems are now essential for business critical ICT equipment. The
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    Date:
    01/15/2011
    Boosting Power System Efficiency

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    Figure 2: Measured data for the Ericsson BMR450 20-Amp power module when varying input voltage from 4.5 to 14 volts and with load from zero to 20 Amps.

    This case study presents the results of Ericsson's findings of using a novel algorithm to optimize intermediate bus voltage. This approach saves significant energy and cost, while increasing reliability. The
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    Date:
    01/14/2011
    Ultralow Power High Speed ADC

    Figure 1: Schematic of an op amp

    High Speed ADCs are integral to low power applications such as wireless communication, medical instrumentation and data acquisition systems. Speed requirements of the ADCs vary from a few kHz to
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    The Energy Harvest

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    Figure 1: LTC4070 application circuit operational modes

    Shunt voltage references are simple to use; they have been around for many years and are in a myriad of products. However, they cannot effectively charge a battery, and to configure one to do such
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    Power Budgeting

    Medicine and computers converge

    TRaC is a test and certification company, providing comprehensive services with global reach through its worldwide partnerships. The organisation provides a streamlined approval process to meet
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    PV Inverter Trends

    Figure 1: Voltage split forecast for the entry of compound semiconductor devices in PV inverters (Source: Yole Développement - November 2010)

    Yole Développement announces its comprehensive analysis on the first standardization steps in the PV inverter industry. Yole Développement's analysts evaluate the market forecasts and positioning
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    Renewables at University

    PV installation and control system at the University

    A 3.3kWpk photovoltaic installation consisting of 64 amorphous silicon modules was connected to the power grid of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV). The plant is located on
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    Pushing Power Capability

    Figure 1: Sixpack Used as a Half Bridge

    The increasing requirement in renewable energy systems and motor drive applications for ever-higher power levels is, as a consequence, driving the demand for power modules to provide higher levels
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    Renewable Energy & Energy Saving

    Figure 1: VCE(on) comparison of FS (Red), and NPT (Green) IGBTs

    The global economic recession of the last two years has had a profound impact on world energy demand, at least in the near term. As manufacturing and consumer demand for goods and services declined
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    Power from Renewables
    This article describes a dual input two stage grid-tied PV inverter by using Mitsubishi Photovoltaic Intelligent Power Modules (PV-IPM) of type number PM50B6LA060. Dual circuit branches have independent
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    NTC Chips from Wafer Technology

    Figure 1: Crack in Ceramic (for clarity a MLCC is shown)

    The accuracy of the wafer coupled with assembly processes already commonly found in the manufacturing plants of IGBT modules, makes the chip form of NTC the ideal component for embedding into power
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    Li-ion Battery Circuit Protection
    Technological advances in lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries have enabled high-power Li-ion cells with higher energy density and lighter weight to replace Nickel-Cadmium (NiCd) batteries - and even
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    Date:
    12/22/2010
    Solar electricity generation is becoming a viable alternative energy source, due to burgeoning energy costs. Up until 2007, the German solar market was the world’s largest solar market driven by a law encouraging the use of renewable energy through incentives (the “Energieeinspeisungsgesetz”). Generating electrici
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    Date:
    12/15/2010
    Thermoelectric Energy

    Figure 1: The design and optimization of a thermoelectric energy harvesting system is highly dependent on the relationships of these elements

    Advances in distributed sensors and sensor networks have led to an increased interest in renewable and autonomous power sources. The use of waste heat is an attractive source of energy for many
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    Date:
    11/24/2010
    Optimizing Power Modules

    Figure 1: Circuit diagram of flowNPC 0 module FZ06NPA070FP with parallel switch (combination of MOSFET and IGBT) as outer switch

    In a world where energy efficiency is king, engineers, managers and purchasing departments alike need to examine carefully the route their company takes in the development of new products. It is
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    Date:
    11/24/2010
    Designers Perspective

    Wafer storage facility in Santa Clara CA

    It is estimated that 3% of the global pool of electronic components is made obsolete each month, and on a long term defence project, typically 50-70% of the semiconductor products incorporated
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    Date:
    11/23/2010
    Powering Communications

    Source: Ericsson

    Since the origin of mobile communication, various techniques based on software and hardware have been implemented to optimize energy efficiency. In every telecommunication system there are DC/DC
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    Date:
    11/23/2010
    Optimized Industrial-System PSUs
    The universal drive to reduce power consumption that Energy Star and similar initiatives have so successfully promoted within consumer-level equipment is starting to take a real hold within industrial
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    Date:
    11/23/2010
    Power Efficiency Breakthrough

    Figure 1: Topology of a high-efficiency AC-DC power supply

    With demand for high efficiency becoming part of product specification across the whole load range, design engineers are reviewing AC-DC power supply topologies with the specific aim of reducing power
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    Date:
    11/23/2010
    Communications Power Solutions

    Figure 1: Talk time analysis of a 3G PA with and without FAN5902 under WCDMA signal modulation and 1000mAh Li-Ion battery. The power distribution function is DG09 and can be found in GSMA's white paper "Battery Life Measurement Technique, v4.7".

    What is more annoying? Running out of battery or constantly needing to recharge it? With the proliferation of cellular mobile handsets, especially smartphones in the world today where people are
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    Date:
    11/22/2010
    Comms Continuity

    Figure 1: Traditional approach

    The explosion in data traffic and the introduction of "Smart Phones" such as the Apple iPhone are fuelling the need for the rapid expansion of communications networks, not only at the Edge but
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    Date:
    11/21/2010
    Designing For Telecoms

    Figure1: Block schematic of the IBA

    To reduce significant distribution losses due to high currents circulating on the Intermediate Bus in the Telecom/ Datacom distributed architecture, the value of this voltage (IBV) has been recently
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    Date:
    11/20/2010
    Telecommunications Safety

    Figure 1: Test data shows the capacitance effects of various overvoltage protection configurations

    Telecommunications equipment must be able to survive surges and power faults as defined in the relevant standards. Survivability can be achieved by providing protection either remotely or at the
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    Date:
    11/20/2010
    Hidden Costs of Power Distribution

    Figure 1: End-to-end efficiency in the traditional, 480V AC power distribution system

    Data center energy costs as a percent of total revenue are at an all-time high - emerging as the second largest operating cost in the IT organization, behind labor. The five-year cost for
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    Date:
    11/20/2010
    Sigma Designs - Powering Entertainment and Control
    On my recent trip to California, I had the opportunity to visit Sigma Designs Inc., a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the
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    Date:
    11/17/2010
    Compact Isolated DC-DC Converter

    Figure 1: PI3101 complete power system

    System designers have struggled to determine the type of distributed power system to best meet the needs of the system while still retaining high efficiency, reliability, low cost and most of all,
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    Date:
    11/17/2010
    Lattice Launches Platform Manager
    At the company's press launch in Munich, Germany, Gordon Hands, Director of Strategic Marketing for Lattice's Low Density and Mixed Signal Solutions, presented Lattice's next-generation programmable
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    Date:
    10/27/2010
    Medical Compliance

    A Quality Management System for the Delivery of Products or Services (Source: International Organization for Standardization)

    When companies are certified by international standards or qualified by a regulatory body, it signals to customers that these companies are dedicated to producing a quality product consistently
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    Date:
    10/22/2010
    Solar Energy Harvesting
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    Date:
    10/18/2010
    Powering Medical Applications
    Safety is paramount wherever power supplies are used, but nowhere more so than in medical applications where even small parasitic leakage currents may compromise safety. First published in 1977,
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    Date:
    10/01/2010
    Smart Battery Management in Medical Devices
    Technology advancements over the past few years have generated many new developments that have specifically benefitted the portable medical device market. The focus of such efforts has centered
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    Date:
    10/01/2010
    Lowest Cost Medical and Beyond
    Analog Devices products and technologies have made a significant contribution in healthcare designs - helping shape the future of diagnostics and monitoring equipment, as well as health and wellness
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    Date:
    10/01/2010
    Portable Ultrasound System Design
    I had the great pleasure to talk with Suresh Ram, Director, Medical Key Market Segment at National Semiconductor Corporation. Suresh is responsible for driving the strategy and development of innovative
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    Date:
    10/01/2010
    Designing High Performance 4-Channel Audio
    Whether it is automotive entertainment or home theater systems, consumers have been asking for more channels and speakers with the ability to handle higher audio power levels per channel. In addition
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    Date:
    10/01/2010
    Medical Equipment Design
    A stethoscope, whether acoustic or digital, is used mainly to listen to heart and lung sounds in the body as an aid to diagnosis. Listening, or auscultation, has been done with acoustic stethoscopes
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    Date:
    10/01/2010
    SEPIC Converter Design
    Most isolated low-power AC/DC power supplies tend to use the flyback topology due to its simplicity and decent efficiency. Removing the isolation requirement allows other topologies to be used, such
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    Date:
    09/28/2010
    Raising the Wireless Bar
    In the next few years, the term "3G" will become the substandard mobile broadband connection as "4G" debuts across major US cellular network carriers. At a nominal data transfer rate of 100Mb/s,
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    Date:
    09/28/2010
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    Date:
    09/27/2010
    UPS Protection
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    09/25/2010
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    09/22/2010
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    09/10/2010
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    Date:
    09/01/2010
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    Date:
    09/01/2010
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    09/01/2010
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    09/01/2010
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