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The Fundamentals of Power Density

In this article, learn about the power density in power management systems, including how it is estimated, its limitations, and solutions for overcoming those limitations.

October 09, 2020 by Texas Instruments

Prolonging the Battery Life of Wireless Security Cameras with Proper Power Management

This article explores how a power management voltage regulator’s efficiency and quiescent current play a critical role in wireless security camera battery life.

March 24, 2020 by Chinmay Honrao, Maxim Integrated

Will Energy Harvesting Be What Fuels the Growth of the IoT?

This article explores the challenge of constantly powering the billions of devices that make up the IoT and how energy harvesting could be an effective solution.

May 28, 2019 by Robert Huntley, Mouser

Finding a Solution to Extend the Run-Time of a DSLR/DSLM Camera Design

This article presents the challenges of powering a digital camera and proposes a new design approach to save power while being more flexible.

May 16, 2019 by Sami Nijim, Maxim Integrated

Design Solution: Using a Small Amount of Space to Add More USB Ports to a Vehicle

This article looks at a solution to add additional USB charging ports to a vehicle using a single chip containing all the necessary parts and delivers 5V to the device.

July 10, 2018 by Nazzareno Rossetti, Maxim Integrated

How To Simplify USB PD 1-4s Charging Design

In this video, we'll take a look at a buck/boost battery manager IC that can charge your device battery using standard USB PD voltages—but it can also work in reverse, providing output to power or charge other devices.

December 05, 2017 by Chris Anderson

Power Supply Management of GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers for Pulsed Radar

Systems that incorporate highly integrated and highly sophisticated, high power radio frequency (RF) GaN power amplifiers (PAs), such as pulsed radar applications, are a constant challenge for today’s digital control and management systems to keep up with these ever-increasing levels of sophistication.

November 21, 2017 by Analog Dialogue

Power Path Management in Charger ICs

In this article, we look at a commonly used power path management scheme: dynamic power path management (DPPM).

June 27, 2017 by Aaron Xu, Monolithic Power Systems