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Choosing an Off-Battery Power Management Integrated Circuit for Powering Automotive Electronics

Choosing an Off-Battery Power Management Integrated Circuit for Powering Automotive Electronics

Navigate off-battery PMIC design trade-offs for automotive instrument clusters and head units, including efficiency, low IQ, and EMI compliance.


Silent Switcher µModule Regulators Quietly Power GSPS Sampling ADCs in Half the Space

Silent Switcher µModule Regulators Quietly Power GSPS Sampling ADCs in Half the Space

Discover how Silent Switcher µModule regulators solve complex multirail GSPS ADC power challenges with low EMI and a compact footprint.


Powering Tomorrow: The Rising Power Demands of Modern Data Centers

Powering Tomorrow: The Rising Power Demands of Modern Data Centers

As AI data centers race to meet exploding power demands, traditional sensing and power delivery methods are hitting their limits — learn how advanced magnetic current sensors and high-voltage gate drivers are enabling the efficiency, protection, and power density that next-generation architectures require.


Power Modules Simplify Creepage and Clearance Design Solutions for Electric Vehicles

Power Modules Simplify Creepage and Clearance Design Solutions for Electric Vehicles

Arcing is not a new problem for electrical engineers, but if overlooked it can have tragic consequences. Learn how overmolding is the key to simplifying arcing issues in 48V automotive power systems.


Accelerate Firmware Development in Motion Control Applications

Accelerate Firmware Development in Motion Control Applications

Learn how ADI Trinamic TMC-API simplifies and accelerates motion control firmware development, from setup and code generation to flashing and debugging on evaluation platforms.


Using ADI Trinamic’s IC Software API and Examples

Using ADI Trinamic’s IC Software API and Examples

This application note from Analog Devices explains how to use the Trinamic TMC-API to simplify firmware development for motion control ICs in embedded and industrial systems. It outlines development setup, build, flashing, and debugging workflows using tools such as J-Link and DAPLink, along with integration into evaluation platforms like the LandungsbrueckeV3. The note also introduces PyTrinamic for Python-based scripting and rapid prototyping, enabling scalable and portable motion control firmware development.


SIMO Switching Regulators: Extending Battery Life for Hearables and Wearables

SIMO Switching Regulators: Extending Battery Life for Hearables and Wearables

Used in hearables and wearables, single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) switching regulators extend battery life by replacing multi-inductor and LDO-based power architectures with a compact, high-efficiency buck-boost design. This white paper from Maxim Integrated (now a part of Analog Devices) explains how SIMO technology time-multiplexes energy across multiple outputs, reduces component count, lowers quiescent current, and optimizes inductor utilization for space-constrained devices.


Quad HDMI Input Fast Switching Solution with ADV7612

Quad HDMI Input Fast Switching Solution with ADV7612

In this application note from Analog Devices, learn how to implement a quad-input HDMI receiver using dual ADV7612 devices and an ADV7511 transmitter, focusing on fast switching, signal integrity, and reliable I2C control. It details bus management, tri-stating, trace routing, and termination strategies for video, audio, and line-locked clock signals, along with optional CEC and interrupt handling.


How to Run a Linear Motor With TMC4671

How to Run a Linear Motor With TMC4671

In this application note, learn how the TMC4671 enables precise closed-loop torque, velocity, and position control for linear motors using Field Oriented Control (FOC). It details configuration steps for incremental ABN encoder feedback, including pole pair setup, encoder resolution calculation, initialization, and linear scaling to achieve micrometer-level positioning. The note also demonstrates system setup and tuning using TMCL-IDE, providing a practical path from hardware configuration to optimized linear motion performance.


The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

Bridge the gap between PCB manufacturing and real-world electronics design with Summit Interconnect’s Electrical Engineering Desk Guide, covering fabrication, stack-up, EMI, power delivery, and regulation fundamentals that drive manufacturable, high-performance hardware.


Powering the Next Generation of High-Efficiency Power Systems with onsemi EliteSiC Technology

Powering the Next Generation of High-Efficiency Power Systems with onsemi EliteSiC Technology

Discover onsemi’s EliteSiC cascode JFET design toolkit — 33 resources to help engineers design higher-efficiency, higher-density power systems.


Securing Cellular IoT: Built-in Protection for Connected Devices, from Chip to Cloud

Securing Cellular IoT: Built-in Protection for Connected Devices, from Chip to Cloud

Secure your cellular IoT devices from chip to cloud with built-in protection that simplifies onboarding, strengthens security, and scales with your connected ecosystem.


Choosing the Right Semiconductor Technology for 800 V AI Data Center Power

Choosing the Right Semiconductor Technology for 800 V AI Data Center Power

This application note compares GaN HEMTs, SiC MOSFETs, and SiC cascode JFETs for high-voltage intermediate bus converters in AI datacenters, highlighting their conduction, switching, and gate-drive characteristics at high frequencies. While all three technologies achieve similar overall efficiency in resonant LLC converters, CJFETs stand out for their lower cost, simpler gate drive, and minimal snubber requirements. The note also shows that a three-phase LLC topology offers the best system-level advantages.


Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Download the eBook to discover how Advantech’s Wi-Fi 7 solutions are driving industrial connectivity and accelerating AIoT innovation.


Advancing Power Circuits with SiC JFETs

Advancing Power Circuits with SiC JFETs

This tutorial highlights the role of Silicon Carbide (SiC) JFETs in modern circuit protection, emphasizing their faster and safer current interruption compared to traditional electromechanical breakers. It explains key features such as on-chip temperature and current sensing, inrush current limiting, and overcurrent protection, showing how SiC JFETs manage power surges efficiently without complex external circuitry. Evaluation results confirm their effectiveness in real-world applications, positioning SiC JFETs as a critical technology for high-power systems and the growing demands of the AI-powered data center revolution.


Advanced Industrial Motor Control for Increased Power Efficiency

Advanced Industrial Motor Control for Increased Power Efficiency

Advanced Industrial Motor Control systems improve energy efficiency by using variable-speed motors and sophisticated inverter designs with IGBTs, SiC MOSFETs, and GaN HEMTs, along with integrated modules like IPMs and PIMs for compact, high-performance operation. In this white paper, learn how systems optimize power delivery through three-phase inverters, power factor correction (PFC), and brake circuits, balancing trade-offs between efficiency, switching speed, cost, and thermal performance.


Poster: Electric Drivetrain Evolution – from Past to Future

Poster: Electric Drivetrain Evolution – from Past to Future

This poster provides an overview of electric drivetrain developments driven by the 2035 combustion engine ban, including wide-bandgap semiconductors, higher voltages, and wireless connectivity. Learn about comprehensive testing approaches for BMS, on-board chargers, and traction inverters at module and system levels, including EMC compliance.


Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

This tutorial guides engineers on optimizing SiC MOSFET performance in high-power applications like EV chargers, solar inverters, and BLDC motors by minimizing conduction and switching losses while ensuring safety and EMI compliance. It covers gate driver selection, voltage swing requirements, gate charge, and timing strategies to improve efficiency and avoid issues such as runt pulses during high-frequency PWM operation. The tutorial also provides practical guidance on onsemi gate driver products, block diagrams, and application examples.


Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

onsemi’s Top Cool MOSFET package enhances thermal performance by exposing the drain on the top side of the device, allowing direct heatsinking and freeing PCB space for additional components. Testing of the TCPAK57 Top Cool device showed up to 11× lower thermal resistance and greater power-handling capability compared to traditional SO8FL packages. This application note explains how this enables smaller, cooler, and more efficient designs for high-power applications in automotive, industrial, and energy systems.


From Stationary Arms to Humanoids: The Journey of Mobile Robotics

From Stationary Arms to Humanoids: The Journey of Mobile Robotics

Access this whitepaper to explore key advancements and challenges in robotics, from stationary robotic arms to a new generation of humanoid, agile, and versatile robots.