Power Design: News, Tech Articles, App Notes

Design 101

The green challenge of USB charging for mobile phones
Here's an analysis of the trade-offs when implementing a safe charging interface using the universal charging solution.

PolyPhase® DC/DC Converters

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* 0.9-V to 3.6-V input voltage range
* 4- and 6-terminal WSCPs
* Quick output discharge option
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New Products

Thick-film resistors achieve 50ppm/°C TCR (2009-11-20)
DC/DC converter offers fast response for CE (2009-11-19)
AC/DC power modules claim 40-year lifespan (2009-11-18)
MOSFETs simplify circuit design in VoIP equipment (2009-11-18)
IGBT handles high-voltage inverter modules (2009-11-17)
TVS offers 200A forward surge current (2009-11-16)
Quad-voltage supervisors pack programmable delay (2009-11-16)
Dual-output DC/DC controller offers up to 12 phases (2009-11-13)
AC/DC power supply with speed fan minimizes noise (2009-11-12)
LDO offers 20µVRMS output voltage noise (2009-11-12)
DC/DC converter powers 12V intermediate bus (2009-11-10)
Mobile phones get solar-powered (2009-11-09)
DC/DC converters pack five input voltage choices (2009-11-06)
Power supply controller provides flexible monitoring (2009-11-05)
CFL driver extends lifetime beyond 15,000 hrs (2009-11-03)

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News & Trends

Solar panels set out on road to recovery (2009-11-20)
Sanyo batteries hitch onto European HEVs (2009-11-20)
Solar industry players start to fall (2009-11-18)
ITRI material boosts Li-ion battery safety (2009-11-18)
Dow, Caltech tie up on photovoltaic R&D (2009-11-17)
Price pressure puts German PV market in red (2009-11-16)
Carmakers face electric vehicles with caution (2009-11-13)
Suntech, Huadian build solar plant in Jiangsu (2009-11-11)
Bosch sets up power electronics center in Germany (2009-11-11)
Telenor Pakistan base stations use solar power (2009-11-10)
Sanyo wants slice of energy solutions market (2009-11-09)
Samsung, Microsoft tie up to boost green IT (2009-11-06)
Optical fibers make flexible solar cells (2009-11-06)
Will 2010 be a boom or a double dip? (2009-11-06)
SunPower builds 1MW solar plant in Italy (2009-11-05)

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Technical Archives

Techniques for evaluating deterministic jitter (2009-10-23)
Power up your battery design with cell balancing (2009-10-22)
Considerations when designing power management circuitry (2009-10-19)
Integrated receiver simplifies the analog side of digital predistortion (2009-10-09)
Copper tech enables downscaled piezo actuator designs (2009-09-29)
Attain energy efficiency in wireline comms receivers (2009-09-24)
Battery chargers get charged from solar (2009-09-22)
Choosing the appropriate thermal-sensing solution (2009-09-09)
Addressing the heat dissipation issue (2009-07-23)
The green challenge of USB charging for mobile phones (2009-07-21)
Selecting MOSFETs for half-bridge resonant converters (2009-06-12)
Analyzing stability in multiple loop systems (2008-12-01)
Manage power supply systems (2008-11-03)
Consider performance, stability in audio amp design (2008-10-16)
Shrink current transducers with Hall-effect sensor integration (2008-10-16)

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Application Notes

AAT1239-1 enhanced efficiency application solution (2009-11-20)
Reference design for a high-input-voltage, high-output-current buck controller using the MAX15046 (2009-11-09)
Implementation of integrated MPPT solar charger and LED driver using PowerPSoC (2009-11-03)
775 nanovolt noise measurement for a low noise voltage reference (2009-11-02)
Power system demonstration kit based on the PM6686 dual step-down controller with adjustable voltages and adjustable LDO (2009-10-29)
TS4990 low voltage audio power amplifier evaluation board user guidelines (2009-10-28)
Assembly guidelines for MicroFET-6 packaging (2009-10-27)
Assembly guidelines for Dual Power56 Packaging (2009-10-26)
Utilizing the power shutdown capabilities of the Kionix tri-axis accelerometers (2009-10-16)
Implementing power supply sequencers with power manager devices and PAC-designer LogiBuilder (2009-09-23)
Expanding the voltage range of the HIP1020 FET driver (2009-09-18)
6A RGB LED driver reference design for a portable projector (2009-08-20)
Utilizing extra FC credits for PCI Express inbound posted memory write transactions in PowerQUICC III devices (2009-08-17)
Reference design ensures dynamic output voltages for a print-head power supply (2009-08-10)
Saving energy: Little things mean a lot (2009-08-07)

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