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Texas Instruments TPS54424 4A Synchronous SWIFT Step-Down Converters | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments TPS54424 4A Synchronous SWIFT Step-Down Converters | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments’ TPS54424 is a 4A synchronous SWIFT Step-Down Converter that is optimized to minimize solution size.


A Simple Method of Driving Low-Current LED Strips: Current Regulators from Diodes Incorporated

A Simple Method of Driving Low-Current LED Strips: Current Regulators from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated has released two new constant-current regulators for powering and dimming low-current LED strips.


News Mar 26, 2018 by Nick Davis
Skyworks Solutions Inc. SKY66114 IoT Front-End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks Solutions Inc. SKY66114 IoT Front-End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks’ SKY66114 is a fully integrated 2.4 GHz front-end module for Bluetooth Low Energy, 802.15.4, and ZigBee, making it easy to implement wireless communications in IoT applications.


Will GaN Take Over Audio, Automotive? GaN Systems Talks Gallium Nitride Applications

Will GaN Take Over Audio, Automotive? GaN Systems Talks Gallium Nitride Applications

Gallium nitride, or GaN, was a hot topic among power companies at APEC 2018. AAC's Karissa Manske had the chance to ask GaN Systems CEO, Jim Witham, about what GaN's capable of and where we'll see it in the future.


News Mar 24, 2018 by Karissa Manske
Average Power Consumption Monitoring: Maxim’s New Four-Channel Power Accumulator

Average Power Consumption Monitoring: Maxim’s New Four-Channel Power Accumulator

Maxim Integrated recently announced an SMBus, four-channel average-power monitoring IC.


News Mar 23, 2018 by Nick Davis
Power Integrations’ InnoSwitch3-Pro Allows In-Field Programmability for Rapid-Charge Designs

Power Integrations’ InnoSwitch3-Pro Allows In-Field Programmability for Rapid-Charge Designs

The key target of the InnoSwitch3-Pro is to support both fast-charging protocols in consumer devices, and non-charging applications requiring either a load-controlled or configurable output.


News Mar 22, 2018 by Karissa Manske
A Triple Output Voltage Controller from Linear Technology: Two Bucks and a Boost

A Triple Output Voltage Controller from Linear Technology: Two Bucks and a Boost

This triple-output DC/DC controller offers two buck converters, each with an output voltage range of 0.8 to 24 V, and a boost converter that can produce up to 60 V.


News Mar 22, 2018 by Nick Davis
Molex High Current Universal Clamp Terminal Blocks | Tech Specs

Molex High Current Universal Clamp Terminal Blocks | Tech Specs

Like oil and water, aluminum and copper don’t mix, but Molex High-Current, Universal Clamp Terminal Blocks let you terminate aluminum and copper wires without worrying about oxidation and high contact resistance.


new products Mar 22, 2018 by TTI, Inc
RECOM RAC05-K Series AC/DC Power Supply Modules | New Product Brief

RECOM RAC05-K Series AC/DC Power Supply Modules | New Product Brief

RECOM’s RAC05-K series are lightweight, fully encapsulated 5 W AC/DC power supply modules.


Designing and Simulating an Optimized Phase-Locked Loop

Designing and Simulating an Optimized Phase-Locked Loop

In this article we’ll explore PLL transient-response optimization using simulations and a design example.


A New Motor Driver for Three-Phase Battery-Operated Motors from STMicroelectronics

A New Motor Driver for Three-Phase Battery-Operated Motors from STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics announces a new low-voltage three-phase and “three-sense” motor driver IC.


News Mar 19, 2018 by Nick Davis
More Power at Higher Temperatures: A New Modular Power Solution from Vicor

More Power at Higher Temperatures: A New Modular Power Solution from Vicor

The new ZVS power modules from Vicor offer high efficiencies at high temperatures.


News Mar 15, 2018 by Nick Davis
Broadcom ACNU-3410-500E Gate Drive Optocouplers | New Product Brief

Broadcom ACNU-3410-500E Gate Drive Optocouplers | New Product Brief

Broadcom ACNU-3410 3 A gate drive optocouplers offer very high noise immunity in a small package for high-voltage, space-constrained industrial applications, such as motor drives, solar inverters, and switching power supplies.


News Brief: New Transceiver and Wi-Fi Modules for Low-Power IoT Applications from Silicon Labs

News Brief: New Transceiver and Wi-Fi Modules for Low-Power IoT Applications from Silicon Labs

This News Brief covers Silicon Labs' WF200 transceiver and WFM200 module, recently added to their Wi-Fi portfolio.


News Mar 13, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Analog Devices µModule Power Products | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices µModule Power Products | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices µModule Regulators are system-in-package power management solutions.


How to Simulate a Phase-Locked Loop

How to Simulate a Phase-Locked Loop

This article presents an LTspice circuit that can be used to explore the behavior of a phase-locked loop.


Two Tiny Form Factors: An NFC Sensor Tag and Data Logger IC from ams

Two Tiny Form Factors: An NFC Sensor Tag and Data Logger IC from ams

A new tiny sensor tag and data logger IC offers efficient and accurate monitoring of sensitive assets.


News Mar 12, 2018 by Nick Davis
What Exactly Is a Phase-Locked Loop, Anyways?

What Exactly Is a Phase-Locked Loop, Anyways?

This article introduces a phase-based feedback system that plays an important role in many applications.


Nonvolatile Resistance Switching in Atom Thin Memristors

Nonvolatile Resistance Switching in Atom Thin Memristors

A research team with members globally has created what seems to be the first working atomically thin memristor.


News Mar 09, 2018 by Zabrel Holsman
High Voltage: An Up to 99% Efficiency Buck-Boost Controller from Linear Technology

High Voltage: An Up to 99% Efficiency Buck-Boost Controller from Linear Technology

A four-switch DC/DC controller that operates from input voltages above, below, or equal to the regulated output voltage.


News Mar 09, 2018 by Nick Davis