Technical Features

May 2019

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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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Standing room only at PSD's PCIM Europe 2019 podium presentation titled: "Get Going with GaN"

Get Going with GaN

Moderated by: Ally Winning, European Editor PSD

Power Systems Design (PSD) at PCIM Europe 2019. Podium presentation title: "Get Going with GaN", moderated by Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD. To view the slides from this presentation, simple Click here

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Date:

05/08/2019

Building in Protection to Avoid LED Failures

Andrew Fawcett, Senior Product Manager, Premier Farnell and Farnell element14

The LED is a seemingly tireless worker and its solid-state construction promises a long useful lifetime. With the growing availability of high-intensity devices, LED is quickly becoming a mainstream component for area lighting. Although LED lighting promises much longer lifetimes than older incandescent and fl

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1. Dialight LED High Bays illuminate GS Dunn warehouse shelving

Why Industrial LED Fixtures are Ideal for Warehouse Lighting

Luis Ramirez, Chief Operations Officer, Dialight

Warehouse design and workflow are critical factors in maximizing productivity at any facility. The ability to move product and materials efficiently through a storage area is a primary concern both for speed and efficiency, as well as keeping workers safe in the process. Clear visibility is crucial, but it’

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1: Wave Length

The Future of No-UV Lighting is LED

Clyde Porcella, Content Development Specialist & Customer Service, Access Fixtures

No-UV or UV-free lighting is commonly used in certain production facilities or clean rooms that use UV curing in their manufacturing processes. UV light causes some materials and products to cure or harden, which means that lighting for these facilities must be strictly controlled so as not to ruin batches of pr

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Date:

05/07/2019

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IoT Connected Devices

Maximising Battery Life for IoT Devices on LPWANS

Vanja Samuelsson, Founder of Qoitech

It is generally agreed that the Internet of Things (IoT) has moved from the hype stage and is now about pragmatic adoption; a sentiment reflected by the fact that IoT has dropped from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2018 report, moving through its peak. It is now all about facilitating the interconnection of

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1: Zytronic’s flexible p-cap manufacturing process

New Touch Controllers can Transform Industrial HMI

Ian Crosby, Sales and Marketing Director, Zytronic

Human Machine Interfaces (HMI’s) used in hazardous or industrial applications have a difficult life, and their designers face many challenges when integrating interactive technologies into these systems. A new generation of touch controllers will transform the design of industrial projected capacitive (p-cap) to

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1. Shutdowns can be frustrating

Prevent Unexpected Shutdown by Accumulating Battery Facts

Bonnie Baker, Maxim Integrated

Individuals with annoying battery recharge problems become excruciatingly attuned to their device’s power meter because they know that battery mishaps or unexpected shutdowns can occur at any moment. Frequent battery recharging activities become a way of life and prevent some people from even leaving the vicinity of

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1. A 4 MHz dual buck regulator delivers a compact solution.

6 A Buck Regulator for High Efficiency Compact Solutions

Zhongming Ye, Analog Devices, Inc.

System designers are asked to produce smaller, higher-efficiency power supply solutions to meet the demands of power thirsty SoCs and FPGAs across all industries. The space available for the power supply footprint is critical in advanced electronics systems, as supplies must be placed near the SoC or its peripheral de

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1: Buck converter

Power Supplies: Designing with Magnetic Components

Mathew Jacob, Texas Instruments

Magnetics play an important role in power supplies; they can be used as elements in power conversion and filtering. Experienced power-supply designers know that the success or failure of their designs depends heavily on the proper selection of magnetic components. Since magnetics can be used in a wide range of

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1. Schematic showing current sensing and short-circuit protection.

Power Path Monitor and Control with Smart Fuse

Srudeep Patil, Senior Member of Technical Staff, and Ashwin Badri Narayanan, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Maxim Integrated

In today’s battery-operated mobile devices, two of the most important aspects are battery life and safe operation. In other words, end users expect long battery life, and the battery should be guarded against overheating from over-current drain due to undesired faults. A CSA can monitor current out of th

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Date:

05/07/2019

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Figure 1: MERUS™ amplifiers have a special power stage topology. In this design each half-bridge uses four MOSFETs (M1-M4) and the capacitor is “flying” between those to serve as an extra supply rail, resulting in a three-level output signal at the output switching node

A New Era in Audio Performance with Infineon’s MERUS™ Multilevel Class D Amplifiers

Rien Oortgiesen, Application Engineering Manager for Class D Audio, and Tybo Jens Jensen, Head of Application Engineering for Class D Audio, Infineon Technologies

Voices, noises, music – they are part of our lives. Sound has always been all around us. It connects us to our surroundings either we produce or just listen to them. Being an integral part of our everyday, conception and design of audio products and their environments have become more and more essential. In th

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Date:

05/01/2019

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Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

Are you SiC of Silicon? - Part 2

By: Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

State of SiC Device and Package Technology It has long been known that packaging technology is key to unleashing the potential of wide-bandgap (WBG) devices. Silicon Carbide device manufacturers have been making rapid improvements in device technology figures of merit such as on-resistance per unit area (Rds

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Date:

05/01/2019