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TI sets power supply seminar dates

Thursday, June 3, 2010
By Gina Roos
TI sets power supply seminar dates

TI has set the North America schedule for its 2010 Power Supply Design Seminar series. Bob Mammano and other TI power management gurus will conduct one-day seminars in 30 cities in the United States and Canada beginning Sept. 8, 2010. »

Coilcraft step-up transformers target energy harvesting

Friday, March 26, 2010
By Gina Roos
Coilcraft step-up transformers target energy harvesting

Coilcraft offers a line of ultra-miniature step-up transformers that can be used with energy harvesting ICs. The LPR6235 family offers turns ratios as high as 1:100 and a coupling coefficient (k) of 0.95 or more in a surface-mount package that measures 6-mm square x 3.5-mm high. »

C-MAC delivers high-temp dc/dc converters

Thursday, February 4, 2010
By Gina Roos
C-MAC delivers high-temp dc/dc converters

C-MAC expands its agreement with CISSOID to integrate Vesuvio technology into high-temperature dc/dc converter designs featuring their latest Magma and Hyperion semiconductor devices. These new state-of-the-art modules offer improvements in efficiency and packaging density and provide multiple output voltages with life time operation at 225 degrees C, says C-MAC. »

Power switch improves off-line power supply supply designs

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
By Gina Roos
Power switch improves off-line power supply supply designs

Fairchild Semiconductor claims the FSGM0565R is the only power switch in the industry that integrates drain-current sensing in a 650-V internal avalanche-rugged SenseFET, reducing power dissipation and improving reliability by shortening the over-current time delay to less than 200 ns. »

National Semi launches power module family

Monday, January 25, 2010
By Gina Roos
National Semi launches power module family

Claiming accelerated time-to-market and superior thermal and EMI performance, National Semiconductor unveils the first three products in its SIMPLE SWITCHER power module family. Designed to take ease-of-use to the next level, National also launched its WEBENCH Power Architect that allows engineers to quickly design multiple-output, high-performance dc/dc power supplies for an entire system. »

Avnet, TI, Xilinx launch Analog eLab Videocast

Thursday, November 12, 2009
By Gina Roos
Avnet, TI, Xilinx launch Analog eLab Videocast

Avnet, TI and Xilinx have launched a new Analog eLab videocast series that demos TI's digital power technology in Xilinx FPGA-based designs. »

National Semi’s WEBENCH tool enables real-time comparison of power solutions

Monday, November 9, 2009
By Gina Roos
National Semi’s WEBENCH tool enables real-time comparison of power solutions

National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced WEBENCH Visualizer, a comparison and selection tool that enables engineers to rapidly select an optimal power system design. It also creates a graphical snapshot of options across multiple criteria, such as power efficiency, footprint and system bill of materials (BOM) cost. »

NXP sets new benchmarks for LED drivers, launches online SSL design tool

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
By Gina Roos
NXP sets new benchmarks for LED drivers, launches online SSL design tool

NXP Semiconductors has announced its SSL2101 LED driver IC matches LED lifetimes in an accelerated lifetime test. The company also announced the introduction of the SSL 2102 integrated dimmable mains LED driver IC for SSL retrofit lamps and modules, and the launch of its online design tool for SSL applications, which makes it easy... »

TTI launches power management webcast series

Friday, October 30, 2009
By Gina Roos
TTI launches power management webcast series

TTI, Inc., a global distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical, and discrete components, has released two Power Management Webcasts in the wake of its Power Management Resource Center launch last month. »

Power Integrations launches online courses for power-supply design engineers

Thursday, October 29, 2009
By Gina Roos
Power Integrations launches online courses for power-supply design engineers

Power Integrations has launched PI University, an online technical learning center featuring practical instructional videos that deliver a complete how-to tutorial in power-supply circuit design. »

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