Technical Features

May 2011

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Figure 1: Replacing conventional, discrete power conversion with power modules throughout the vehicle provides significant cost and weight savings in EVs

High-Density Power Modules Simplify and Downsize EV Power System Design

Greg Green, Director of Automotive Marketing, Vicor

The electrification of the automobile is presenting new challenges for power system designers in achieving the highest power density at the lowest weight possible, eliminating compromises in vehicle range and overall performance. Designers of power delivery networks (PDNs) are also tasked with designing safe, effici

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Date:

10/31/2024

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Digital POL Improves Key Metrics

Patrick Le Fèvre, Marketing and Communications Director, Ericsson Power Modules

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

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

Direct Fuel Injection

Don Zaremba, Applications Engineer, MOSFET Business Unit, ON Semiconductor

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

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Figure 1: Al Bondwire

Superior Assembly Technology

Martin Knecht, Roman Tschirbs & Roland Ott, Infineon Technologies AG

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

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SMD Cube Shrinks Footprint

Ann-Marie Bayliss, Product Marketing Manager, Murata Power Solutions

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

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

Pain Management in Power Optimization

Cary Chin, Director of Technical Marketing, Synopsys

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

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Increasing Efficiency

Mark Steinmetz, Field Applications Engineer, Vincotech GmbH

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

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Figure 1: RX210 Block diagram

Reliability in White Goods

Graeme Clark, Product marketing Specialist, Industrial Business Group, Renesas Electronics Europe

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

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

Automated Control

Randy Skinner, Staff Product Marketing Engineer In-system programmable mixed signal products Lattice Semiconductor

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

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Figures 1 &2: Forward conduction characteristics comparison

Cost Competitive SiC

Bob Callanan, Applications Manager SiC Power Products Cree

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

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

Integration in Embedded HMI

Rishi Vasuki, Product Marketing Manager, Advanced Microcontroller Architecture Division, Microchip Technology

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

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

Circuit Protection Considerations

Barry Brents & Matt Williams TE - Circuit Protection

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

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Figure 1: Simplified Block Diagram of Washing Machine

White Goods Technology

Dr. Stephan Chmielus, Fairchild Semiconductor

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