Power supply design should always be undertaken with care and is still considered an art by many seasoned designers. With the new tools and resources available now, making your own supply is...
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Mobile technology hinges on the batteries that support it. Developed in the 1970s, Li-ion batteries are nearing their theoretical limits.
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Thin, small and lightweight- these are the physical requirements of wearable devices and the reason why the main constraint in wearable technology today is battery life.
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Nearly 4000 power professionals and knowledge-seekers converged at the Fort Worth Convention Center in March for the twenty-ninth annual IEEE Applied
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FPGAs are replacing ASICs as a primary choice in designs since the price point for many FPGAs is now competitive with ASICs, yet the added value of an FPGA is extreme flexibility.
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A decade ago, back when Xilinx's Virtex-4 and Spartan-3, and Altera's Stratix-II were new products, it was my job at Texas Instruments (TI) to part
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Driven by increasing power consumption, increasingly lower voltage level requirements of semiconductor devices, and a need for better supply performance to support digital processing technologies,...
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The 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wrapped up with the usual plethora of product debuts and announcements. Here are some highlight
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I am looking forward to sharing useful information with the power electronics community in short, uncomplicated blogs. There are lots of great power d
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It is the bandgap that gives semiconductors the ability to switch currents on and off as desired in order to achieve a given electrical function. The higher energy bandgaps impart characteristics...
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With more than 6.5 million electric vehicles on the road today, and annual sales projected to reach 3.8 million by 2020, demand for semiconductors in the automotive environment is heating up....
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If you've ever worked on an application that is tight on space, you know it's not that easy to find solutions to help achieve your end goal.
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In the past, the board power supply design was up to 'The Power Guy' in the office. Nowadays, the responsibility is more likely shouldered by every engineer to some degree.
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