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Analog Devices LDO Linear Regulators | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices LDO Linear Regulators | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices offers a broad family of low dropout linear regulators, including positive, negative, and extended temperature regulators.


Optimizing for the Smart Grid: A Look at Infineon’s MIPAQ Intelligent Power Module

Optimizing for the Smart Grid: A Look at Infineon’s MIPAQ Intelligent Power Module

This News Brief looks at Infineon's Intelligent Power Module (IPM), the MIPAQ Pro, which has been updated for use in smart grid applications.


News Apr 19, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
Vishay Planar SMT TRANSZORB Transient Voltage Suppressors | Tech Specs

Vishay Planar SMT TRANSZORB Transient Voltage Suppressors | Tech Specs

Vishay’s TransZorb TVS SMBJ-D series is designed to protect sensitive devices against transients from secondary lightning strikes and inductive load switching.


new products Apr 19, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation and Power System Design: An Interview with Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty

Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation and Power System Design: An Interview with Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty

Sudipta Chakraborty is the Director of Energy Systems at OPAL-RT. In this Engineer Spotlight, he speaks about challenges facing power system design, how hardware-in-the-loop simulations are important for problem-solving with grid integration, and his work on the IEEE-1547 standard for power grid test procedures.


News Apr 18, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
The Appearance of the 48-Volt Mild Hybrid Vehicle

The Appearance of the 48-Volt Mild Hybrid Vehicle

This article explores how MHEVs differ from a traditional ICE vehicle, touching on the electrification of the powertrain by digging into some of the key differences in terms of architecture.


What Is an aCOT? A New Synchronous DC-to-DC Buck Converter from Diodes Incorporated

What Is an aCOT? A New Synchronous DC-to-DC Buck Converter from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated recently released an adaptive constant on-time (aCOT) synchronous DC-to-DC buck converter that offers high efficiencies and an improved transient response.


News Apr 18, 2018 by Nick Davis
Analog Devices LTM9100 Isolated Anyside µModule Controllers | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices LTM9100 Isolated Anyside µModule Controllers | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices µModule Regulators are system-in-package power management solutions. They are efficient, reliable, and provide a known-good power conversion solution that reduces board space, design time, and verification time.


Teardown Tuesday: Space Heater

Teardown Tuesday: Space Heater

In this teardown, we dissect a rotating space heater that has two modes of operation: silence and turbo.


News Apr 17, 2018 by Nick Davis
What Is the Difference between Conducted and Radiated EMI?

What Is the Difference between Conducted and Radiated EMI?

This technical brief explains two distinct types of electromagnetic interference.


Low Noise, Low Power, High Speed: An 18-bit, 2 MSPS Precision SAR ADC from Analog Devices

Low Noise, Low Power, High Speed: An 18-bit, 2 MSPS Precision SAR ADC from Analog Devices

The AD4002 from Analog Devices is a low-noise, low-power, and high-speed 18-bit successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter.


News Apr 16, 2018 by Nick Davis
How to Use Carry-Save Adders to Efficiently Implement Multioperand Addition

How to Use Carry-Save Adders to Efficiently Implement Multioperand Addition

This article reviews the use of carry-save adders to efficiently compute a multioperand addition.


Maxim Integrated MAX12900 Sensor Transmitter AFE | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim Integrated MAX12900 Sensor Transmitter AFE | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim’s MAX12900 Sensor Transmitter Analog Front-End is an ultra-low-power, highly integrated 4-20 mA sensor transmitter for industrial applications.


High Efficiencies at Light Loads: A Voltage Boost Converter from Texas Instruments

High Efficiencies at Light Loads: A Voltage Boost Converter from Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments recently released their new voltage boost converter (step-up converter) that offers high efficiencies at light load conditions.


News Apr 12, 2018 by Nick Davis
Molex Imperium High Voltage/High Current Connector System | Tech Specs

Molex Imperium High Voltage/High Current Connector System | Tech Specs

The Molex Imperium High Voltage/High Current Connector System allows designers to connect up to 1000V and 250 A per contact.


new products Apr 12, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Resolving the Signal Part 4: Understanding Effective Noise Bandwidth in Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 4: Understanding Effective Noise Bandwidth in Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs

Part 4 of this “Resolving the Signal” article series covers noise in delta-sigma ADCs focuses on understanding basic effective noise bandwidth (ENBW) topics.


Adjustable Step-Down DC/DC Constant-Current Control: An LED Controller from Diodes Incorporated

Adjustable Step-Down DC/DC Constant-Current Control: An LED Controller from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated announced a new adjustable constant-current LED step-down (buck) DC/DC converter that accepts an input voltage ranging from 5V to 60V.


News Apr 11, 2018 by Nick Davis
Teardown Tuesday: Immersion Cooker

Teardown Tuesday: Immersion Cooker

In this teardown, we open up an Immersion Cooker, from My Sous Vide.


News Apr 10, 2018 by Nick Davis
Power for Airborne Systems: MIL-STD-704

Power for Airborne Systems: MIL-STD-704

This technical brief discusses a widely used military standard for power-supply characteristics.


20A (Single Voltage) or 10A (Dual Voltages): A DC/DC Voltage Regulator Module from Linear Technology

20A (Single Voltage) or 10A (Dual Voltages): A DC/DC Voltage Regulator Module from Linear Technology

A compact μModule point-of-load regulator from Linear Technology can be configured as either a single 20-amp voltage regulator or two 10-amp voltage regulators.


News Apr 09, 2018 by Nick Davis
Coilcraft XEL4020 & XEL4030 Power Inductors | New Product Brief

Coilcraft XEL4020 & XEL4030 Power Inductors | New Product Brief

Coilcraft's XEL4020 and XEL4030 series ultra-low loss shielded power inductors offer exceptionally low DCR and ultra-low AC losses for switching frequencies.