Power Management DesignLine

Is this something for (almost) nothing?

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Engineering is all about tradeoffs and "no free lunch", but I think one thing comes pretty close

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EDT

10 reasons to be bullish and worried

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:56:00 EDT

So far, the signs are positive in the chip sector this year. Still, I have some concerns. Here's 10 reasons why I'm bullish--and worried--about 2010.

Analog vendors battle phantom forecasts

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:34:00 EDT

The analog semiconductor market is in a fragile state with supply and demand in a state of imbalance and spot shortages showing up in certain product areas but some vendors appear to be managing through the difficult situation better than others.

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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:34:00 EDT

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Winners, losers in 2009 chip rankings

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:11:00 EDT

Who are the winners and losers in the 2009 chip rankings?

1/8 brick power module optimizes 5V bus voltage to match load

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:21:00 EDT

Ericsson Power Modules has designed its latest 1/8 brick power module for 5V intermediate bus voltages and other applications requiring a tightly regulated 5V supply.

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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:21:00 EDT

PowerDI5 bipolars save board space

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:03:00 EDT

Size and thermal advantages of Diodes' PowerDI5 package produce space saving alternative to much larger SOT223 and DPAK products.

Nanocomposite said to boost lithium batteries by 5X

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:12:00 EDT

Silicon-carbon nanocomposite electrodes increase surface area of lithium battery electrodes thereby boosting their capacity by five times, according to its inventor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

IBM and partners to cool 3-D IC stacks with microfluids

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:58:00 EDT

A team of IBM Researchers in collaboration with two Swiss partners are looking to extend Moore's Law another 15 years using 3-D stack architectures with liquid-cooling microchannels.

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:58:00 EDT

Li+ battery charger has GSM test mode in a 6mm2 TDFN

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:39:00 EDT

Maxim's MAX8922L 30V battery charger offers a GSM test mode to facilitate production-line testing and calibration of cell phones with Micro-USB connectors.

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:39:00 EDT

20V switching regulators simplify intermediate power bus, PoL designs

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:17:00 EDT

ADI's ADP2300/01 step-down dc-to-dc non-synchronous regulators feature internal compensation to enable design engineers to reduce power system design complexity while generating power conversion efficiencies of greater than 90 percent.

16-bit quad, SPI DAC with internal reference achieves +/-4LSB INL (Max)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:29:00 EDT

Linear Technology has introduced the LTC2654, a quad voltage output 16- and 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC family) with internal reference and SPI interface.

WLED flash driver improves picture quality in mobile phones

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:28:00 EDT

austriamicrosystems announced the AS3645, an inductive, ultra small, high-efficiency single/dual LED flash driver that it claims offers 25% higher output current than existing equivalents.

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:28:00 EDT

Signal Chain Basics #39: Portable audio designers are excited about Class-G audio amplifier architecture

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:49 EDT

Understand the attributes and virtues of this power-saving audio-amplifier class

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:49 EDT

Dynamic Power Dissipation Considerations for Solid State Relays

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EDT

Understand the key attributes of this all-electronic switching component and how to take advantage of them

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EDT

12-/8-channel system monitors integrate current monitoring and nonvolatile fault registers

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:33:00 EDT

Maxim Integrated Products, System Monitor, MAX16070, MAX16071, PMIC

Lidow gives switching devices a GaN boost

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:21:00 EST

Look out, standard silicon MOSFETs: GaN is coming after you

Macleod changes focus to revenue growth at National

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST

Don Macleod has risen through the ranks of National Semiconductor Corp. to take on the CEO role late last November and has become the man with a mission " growth in revenue.

National's sales, earnings rise

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:34:00 EST

National Semiconductor Corp. reported sales of $362 million in the quarter, up 5 percent from $345 million in the previous quarter and up 24 percent from $292 million reported in last year's third fiscal quarter.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:34:00 EST

ADI's Fishman pitches analog investors

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:00 EST

While skeptics argue that Jerald Fishman, Analog Devices Inc. president and CEO, faces big challenges in talking up his company's value to investors in a tough market, Fishman remains undaunted.

Quad output 200W power supplies are compact

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:00 EST

With a 3-in. x 5-in. footprint and a height of 1.32-in., Emerson's latest power supplies offer a power density of more than 10 W per cubic inch and are capable of achieving efficiencies of up to 84 percent at full load.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:00 EST

Fairchild minimizes power losses in multi-stage power supplies

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:41:00 EST

Fairchild Semiconductor has developed a CCM PFC controller for 300W to 2kW power supply designs that bring high system efficiency, high power factor and low total harmonic distortion (THD).

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:41:00 EST

60V DC/DC controller draws 50µA in battery-powered systems

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:30:00 EST

Linear Technology has introduced a high voltage dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that draws only 50 uA when one output is active and 60µA when both outputs are enabled.

Getting disciplined about embedded software development: Part 2 - The Seven Step Plan

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:47:00 EST

Here's a guide from Jack Ganssle on doing software development in a disciplined way to reduce both errors and the time it takes to complete a project. Part 2: The Seven Step Plan.

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Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:47:00 EST

Nanotech fuels high-density power source

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:48:00 EST

MIT researchers are using fuel-coated carbon nanotubes as "fuses" for thermowave electrical power sources, which store energy like a battery but promise an unlimited shelf life, for use in disposable medical diagnostics, transponders, beacons and signals, rockets and projectiles, and low-current-draw applications.

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Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:48:00 EST

Designing high-temp electronics for auto and other apps

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:39:00 EST

High-temperature semiconductor technologies can survive temperatures approaching 400°C, but careful design of the product is required to deliver cost-effective devices achieving stable, predictable performance.