| 2009-10-19 |
Considerations when designing power management circuitry |
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The focus of this article is to highlight a switch mode power supply and a typical power inductor and their performance during high temperature conditions. |
| 2009-08-17 |
Intersil, Tower ink power management deal |
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Intersil and Tower Semiconductor have partnered to co-develop a power management specialty process technology platform. |
| 2009-07-17 |
i.MX25 power management using the MC34704 |
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This application note presents an analysis of using the MC34704 power management IC to supply a system based on the i.MX25. |
| 2009-05-22 |
Power consumption and management for LatticeECP3 devices |
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This application note provides information on power supply considerations and the power calculations that the Power Calculator tool provides. Also included are some guidelines to reduce power consumption. |
| 2009-04-29 |
Dialog Semi goes beyond power management |
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Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli said system power management will remain the company's main area of expertise but disclosed they are also working on low-power display controllers for PMOLEDS as well drivers for MEMS and E-Ink based displays. |
| 2009-03-19 |
Power management for optimal design |
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This article describes a holistic approach for managing and optimizing the power in a design. Effective power management involves proper understanding the application of a chip, technology selection, design techniques and methodology. |
| 2009-03-18 |
Solution supports on-chip Power management |
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Cadence Design Systems Inc. has enhanced the Cadence Low-Power Solution to include support for new on-chip power management schemes enabled by the recently ratified Si2 Common Power Format (CPF) Version 1.1. |
| 2009-02-24 |
The greatest mobile device design challenge: Power management |
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As we rely on mobile devices each day, the need for power efficiency increases. |
| 2009-02-17 |
Tower, Triune to collaborate on Power management platform |
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd and Triune Systems LLC have announced an agreement to collaborate on developing what they claim as the "most complete" power management platform in the industry. |
| 2008-12-17 |
Compact Power management IC rolls |
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Linear Technology Corp. has announced the LTC3101, the latest power management IC in a family of multifunction, compact power management solutions for battery-powered and battery backup applications. |
| 2008-11-17 |
Hot swap controller eases Power management |
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Linear Technology Corp. introduces the LTC4222 dual hot swap controller for protecting boards with multiple load supply voltages ranging from 2.9V to 29V. |
| 2008-09-26 |
TI boosts Power requirement of OMAP35x-flavored designs |
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TI introduces three fully integrated Power management and signal chain companion chips to support all system power requirements of an OMAP35x processor-based design |
| 2008-09-18 |
PMIC features USB On-The-Go, overvoltage protection |
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Linear Technology Corp. introduces the newest member in a family of multifunction Power management ICs for Li-Ion/polymer battery-based applications |
| 2008-09-18 |
Power-management solutions for telecom systems improve performance, cost, and size |
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Deregulation and competition in wire line and wireless infrastructure telecommunications systems have accelerated the need for lower-cost equipment solutions with ever increasing bandwidth. The challenge of Power-management requirements for telecom equipment continues to grow |
| 2008-09-18 |
Power management for processor core voltage requirements |
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Today¡¯s high-performance processors have very stringent Power requirements. Typically, the power requirements consist of at least two supply voltage requirements. One voltage requirement is for the processor core voltage, VCORE, while the others are input-output voltage requirements, VIO |
| 2008-09-13 |
Using Suspend Mode in Spartan-3 Generation FPGAs |
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The Spartan-3A, Spartan-3AN, and Spartan-3A DSP FPGA families offer an advanced static Power management feature called Suspend mode, which reduces FPGA power consumption while retaining the FPGA¡¯s configuration data and maintaining the application state. The device can quickly enter and exit Suspend mode as required in an application |
| 2008-09-10 |
Freescale positions LED backlight driver for notebooks, FPDs |
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Freescale Semiconductor is now sampling the first LED backlight product in its Power management IC portfolio |
| 2008-09-10 |
Chip manages Power in 32bit MCU-based designs |
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Atmel Corp. has released its AT73C224 analog companion Power management unit that is designed for a wide range of applications based on 32bit MCUs |
| 2008-09-04 |
Tiny PMIC makes the most of battery runtime |
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The LTC3586 claims Linear Technology Corp. is the latest and most highly integrated PMIC in a family of multi-function, compact Power management solutions for Li-ion/polymer battery applications |
| 2008-08-29 |
TI slashes energy draw in DTV sets by 25% |
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TI claims its two Power management chips will help increase energy efficiency and reduce system size and cost in DTVs |
| 2008-08-27 |
PMBus implementation using the MSP430 USCI |
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This TI application note provides an example application for the Power management Bus (PMBus) protocol implementation using the MSP430 as a master PMBus device |
| 2008-08-20 |
Test solutions improve engine management |
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Kozio has released its kDiagnostics embedded test application and kPOST Power-on self-test embedded application supporting Freescale's MCUs designed for advanced engine management |
| 2008-08-18 |
Reduce standby mode energy use |
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The number of electrical products used in private homes and offices is growing at an extremely fast pace. But these products consume considerable amounts of electrical power during standby mode. This article proposes a Power management solution for electrical devices during standby mode, compliant with power efficiency specifications |
| 2008-08-08 |
Nextreme Series B financing reaches $13M |
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Microscale thermal and Power management solutions provider Nextreme Thermal Solutions has secured $13 million in Series B financing |
| 2008-08-08 |
DDR regulator fits low-Power memory termination |
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TI has launched a sink/source DDR termination regulator that is suited for all Power management requirements for DDR, DDR2, DDR3 and DDR4 low-power memory termination |
| 2008-08-01 |
Power ICs with step-down converters rev up efficiency |
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AnalogicTech has launched two new Power management ICs for portable applications. The AAT2782 and AAT2783 devices can be used to power both traditional power management functions and noise-sensitive circuits without compromising power efficiency |
| 2008-07-31 |
Power managers meet automotive quality standard |
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Diodes Inc. has announced that its Zetex Power management ICs have been qualified to the AEC-Q100 automotive quality specification |
| 2008-07-16 |
Atmel bestows upgrades to PMU |
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Atmel Corp. introduces the AT73C237, a Power management unit (PMU) compatible with a 5V input supply and generating four regulated output voltages, with programmable output voltage selection and output current up to 70mA |
| 2008-07-14 |
Tip of the Week: Simple Power supply for FPGAs (Part 1 |
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Linear Technology recently provided Power management support to one designer, who asked for upwards of 40A at 1.5V to power four FPGAs in the smallest board area possible and the highest efficiency to minimize component overheating |
| 2008-07-10 |
Power management IC eyes mobile GPS |
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The AAT2603 from Advanced Analogic Technologies, a Power management IC targeted at mobile GPS devices, PMPs and other handheld mobile systems operating off a single Li-ion battery |
| 2008-07-09 |
NXP customizes green ICs toward sustainability |
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NXP recently said that the company has developed and produced the third-generation Power management ICs, and over the past decade, has made a dramatic contribution toward environmental sustainability |
| 2008-07-07 |
USB Power manager stretches battery life |
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Linear has launched the latest in a family of compact next-generation, multifunction Power management products for Li-ion/polymer battery applications |
| 2008-07-03 |
TI sets up Power unit under analog business |
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Texas Instruments Inc. has launched a Power management strategic business unit to better focus on solving customers' analog, power management and energy-efficiency design challenges |
| 2008-06-26 |
Oscillator streamlines Power design |
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The STCL1120 family of silicon oscillators from STMicroelectronics combines fast start-up and high immunity to shock, vibration and EMI with lower operating current and a chip-select control for easier and more efficient Power management compared to other silicon-based devices |
| 2008-06-24 |
Low Power design for analog/mixed-signal IP |
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Power reduction and management techniques using multiple clock and power domains, dynamic voltage and frequency scaling and power gating are effective for digital circuits but for analog design, lowering power consumption must be considered early in the design phase |
| 2008-06-13 |
O2Micro wins low-Power audio CD player patent |
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Power management IC supplier O2Micro International Ltd has been granted 35 claims under U.S. patent number 7,359,998 for its Low-Power Audio CD Player invention |
| 2008-06-02 |
Power-over-Ethernet goes green |
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Here's how the efficiency of PoE systems compares to traditional wall adapters in various applications, and how new techniques and technologies, including dynamic Power management and emergency power management, promise to make new PoE solutions more power- and cost-efficient |
| 2008-05-23 |
USB battery charger integrates buck-boost, buck converters |
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Linear Tech has announced the LTC3558, an efficient, multifunction Power management solution for handheld applications |
| 2008-05-16 |
Cut down processor Power consumption with CPLD |
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According to Mark Ng of Xilinx Inc., Reducing Power consumption not only involves correct management of the operating mode of a device, but designing a system to take advantage of the modes a device can operate within. Offloading operations of the microprocessor allows it to stay in its low-power state for a longer amount of time. One way to reduce system power is to allow a low-power programmable logic device, such as a CPLD, to manage these offloaded operations |
| 2008-05-15 |
TI acquires Power management company |
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Beefing up efforts in Power management, TI has acquired Irish power supply reference design provider Commergy Technologies |
| 2008-05-08 |
AAT4674/4674-1 Eval: Power supply selector switch |
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The AAT4674/4674-1 are members of AnalogicTech's Application Specific Power management SmartSwitch family designed to operate from batteries, or any other power supply with an input voltage up to 6V |
| 2008-05-05 |
Power management IC meets CDMA handset needs |
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AnalogicTech has launched a Power management IC designed with a single-cell Li-ion battery charger, a 300mA step-down converter, five LDO regulators, a reset function and an I2C interface to supply all the power requirements of new CDMA handsets |
| 2008-04-30 |
Infineon beefs up Power biz with Primarion acquisition |
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Infineon Technologies has acquired Primarion to further strengthen its Power management applications activities |
| 2008-04-25 |
CAN transceiver features advanced Power management |
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Advanced Power-management features enable Maxim's new automotive CAN transceiver to minimize power consumption in ECU modules that are permanently supplied by a battery |
| 2008-04-25 |
Enhanced Cortex-M3 achieves ultralow Power |
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The latest release of the Cortex-M3 processor by ARM includes a new controller that allows almost instantaneous return to fully active mode from an Ultra-Low Leakage retention state and introduces enhanced Power management features |
| 2008-04-24 |
Chip streamlines Power supply designs |
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Freescale Semiconductor has added the MC34700 power supply IC to its portfolio of Power management products optimized for space-constrained high-voltage and high-power applications |
| 2008-04-22 |
VCSO has expanded frequency range, ultralow jitter |
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The VS-705 VCSO from Vectron International delivers new and improved features including an expanded frequency range and Power management capabilities that support "green" initiatives |
| 2008-04-21 |
Buck regulator touts highest efficiency for DVS apps |
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Fairchild has developed a highly efficient Power management solution for new dynamic voltage scaling platforms found in cellphones, portable media players and other portable applications |
| 2008-04-16 |
Manage circuit board Power with PLDs |
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This article proposes a design solution to the complex Power management problem in circuit board design: the use of a programmable, mixed-signal power management device |
| 2008-04-10 |
VI bricks feature advanced modular Power platform |
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The VI BRICK, from Vicor's brick business unit, touts an advanced modular Power platform incorporating the technical attributes of the company's V?I Chip technology and robust packaging that facilitates enhanced thermal management and through-hole assembly |
| 2008-04-07 |
Taiwan Power IC firm is Intel's preferred supplier |
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Taiwan firm Richtek Technology Corp. was awarded Intel Corp.'s 2007 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) for its efforts supplying Intel with Power management solutions to Intel |
| 2008-04-04 |
Maxim to Power Intel-based mobile Internet devices |
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Maxim Integrated Products will work with Intel Corp. for the development of highly integrated Power management and multimedia solutions for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs |
| 2008-03-25 |
Analog companion IC joins Power management, audio interface |
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Atmel has announced the release of its AT73C209 analog companion Power supply and audio interface IC designed for low-cost music players |
| 2008-03-20 |
Using the Mindi Power management simulator tool |
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This application note describes how to use the Power management circuit design and analysis portion of the Mindi design tool, and serves as a tutorial for simulating a power management application circuit |
| 2008-03-14 |
Dual DC/DC buck regulators with dual low-noise linear regulators |
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The LM26480 is a multi-function, programmable Power management unit, optimized for low power digital applications |
| 2008-03-13 |
PMIC aims at MOST networks in cars |
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STMicroelectronics has launched what it claims as the industry's first integrated Power management solution for MOST networks |
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