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InnoMux Chipset from Power Integrations Reaches 91% Efficiency

InnoMux Chipset from Power Integrations Reaches 91% Efficiency

Single-stage architecture provides independently-regulated constant voltage and constant current outputs.


News Apr 08, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
6 Trends Changing EE Jobs: Altium’s Lawrence Romine Talks Increasing Demands on Engineer Skills

6 Trends Changing EE Jobs: Altium’s Lawrence Romine Talks Increasing Demands on Engineer Skills

A conversation with Altium's Vice President of Global Marketing, Lawrence Romine, about how EEs must evolve.


News Apr 03, 2019 by Kate Smith
ADI’s Director of Power Business Development, Tony Armstrong, Talks Dream Jobs and PCB Design

ADI’s Director of Power Business Development, Tony Armstrong, Talks Dream Jobs and PCB Design

Tony Armstrong of Analog Devices, Inc., shares his thoughts in an interview with AAC on smart risks, thinking big, and the importance of reading data sheets.


News Mar 31, 2019 by Mark Hughes
New Renesas Power Modules Claim Highest Density at 10A and 15A, Leverage New Packaging and PMBus

New Renesas Power Modules Claim Highest Density at 10A and 15A, Leverage New Packaging and PMBus

At APEC 2019, Renesas highlighted new PMBus DC-DC power modules.


News Mar 27, 2019 by Kate Smith
“Faster, Smaller, Quieter”: Analog Devices Shows Off Silent Switcher 2 Buck Regulator at APEC

“Faster, Smaller, Quieter”: Analog Devices Shows Off Silent Switcher 2 Buck Regulator at APEC

A look at the Analog Devices Silent Switcher 2 buck regulator.


News Mar 25, 2019 by Mark Hughes
New Mesh Networking Products Expand Use Cases for Connected Devices

New Mesh Networking Products Expand Use Cases for Connected Devices

Learn how mesh networking, with low power needs and fast deployment, may be crucial in IoT and automation.


News Mar 13, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
e-peas Announces PMIC for Energy Harvesting from Thermoelectric Generators

e-peas Announces PMIC for Energy Harvesting from Thermoelectric Generators

e-peas releases the AEM20940 PMIC, which enables energy harvesting from thermoelectric generators.


News Mar 04, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
A New Wideband Upconverter for High-Frequency Radar and Communication Systems

A New Wideband Upconverter for High-Frequency Radar and Communication Systems

Analog Devices has recently released an SPI-programmable RF upconverter that can translate baseband or IF signals to extremely high transmission frequencies.


News Feb 12, 2019 by Robert Keim
What’s Inside a PCB Manufacturing Facility? A Tour of Royal Flex Circuits

What’s Inside a PCB Manufacturing Facility? A Tour of Royal Flex Circuits

Take a look inside a PCB manufacturing facility.


News Feb 09, 2019 by Mark Hughes
A New High-Precision Low-Power Voltage Reference from TI, the REF3425-EP

A New High-Precision Low-Power Voltage Reference from TI, the REF3425-EP

This article looks at the REF34xx-EP which is a low-drift, small-size, low-power voltage reference.


News Feb 06, 2019 by Dr. Steve Arar
X-FAB Releases New Automotive-Qualified, High-Temperature Galvanic Isolation Semiconductor Process

X-FAB Releases New Automotive-Qualified, High-Temperature Galvanic Isolation Semiconductor Process

This week, X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE released news that it was going into production with a new galvanic isolation semiconductor process for manufacturing.


News Feb 01, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Microsemi Releases Libero SoC 12.0, a New Unified Design Suite for SoC FPGA Development

Microsemi Releases Libero SoC 12.0, a New Unified Design Suite for SoC FPGA Development

This week, Microsemi announced their latest unified design suite to help streamline the process of developing on FPGAs.


News Jan 31, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
A New Series of Isolated DC/DC Converters for Space-Constrained Applications from RECOM

A New Series of Isolated DC/DC Converters for Space-Constrained Applications from RECOM

RECOM recently released a line of user-friendly 15 W DC/DC converters that incorporate a variety of useful features.


News Jan 30, 2019 by Robert Keim
A New Non-Contact Current Sensor IC from ROHM Semiconductor

A New Non-Contact Current Sensor IC from ROHM Semiconductor

This high-sensitivity device is designed for space-constrained and low-power applications.


News Jan 14, 2019 by Robert Keim
Fast Screening for Next-Gen Memory Chips: A Look at Intermolecular, a Silicon Valley Fab Company

Fast Screening for Next-Gen Memory Chips: A Look at Intermolecular, a Silicon Valley Fab Company

Here is the profile of a fab that provides composition screening and stack engineering services for new materials used in the next-generation memory devices.


News Dec 10, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Supercapacitor Auto Balancing PCB from Advanced Linear Devices Expands to Six Channels

Supercapacitor Auto Balancing PCB from Advanced Linear Devices Expands to Six Channels

Auto-balancing gets complicated when handling more than two supercapacitor cells. The new board can balance up to six supercapacitors of any size.


News Nov 28, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Microchip Technology Introduces Tiny, Low-Power MEMS Clock Generator to Save Board Space

Microchip Technology Introduces Tiny, Low-Power MEMS Clock Generator to Save Board Space

Microchip Technology Introduces a Tiny, Versatile Clock Generator to Save Board Space and Power


News Nov 27, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
ON Semiconductor Launches Power Modules for Solar Energy, Uninterruptible Power Supples

ON Semiconductor Launches Power Modules for Solar Energy, Uninterruptible Power Supples

ON Semiconductor has launched two new Power Integrated Modules to be demoed at electronica 2018 alongside an Intelligent Power Module for EV charging.


News Nov 09, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Historical Engineers: Michael Faraday, a Founding Father of Electrical Science

Historical Engineers: Michael Faraday, a Founding Father of Electrical Science

Who was Michael Faraday? What did he contribute to the field of electrical engineering?


News Nov 05, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
News Brief: Microchip Releases AVR-IoT WG Development Board

News Brief: Microchip Releases AVR-IoT WG Development Board

Creating IoT projects can be an exhaustive process involving RTOS and complex frameworks. Yesterday, Microchip announced an IoT development board that aims to streamline IoT device development.


News Oct 11, 2018 by Robin Mitchell