Power Supplies
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Designing high-temp electronics for auto and other apps
High-temperature semiconductor technologies can survive temperatures approaching 400°C, but careful design of the product is required to deliver cost-effective devices achieving stable, predictable performance.
Power Tip 21: Watch That Capacitor RMS Ripple Current Rating!
Understand how RMS ripple current can affect power-supply operation, and what to do about it.
Power Trip: Dealing with kVA issues, power factor, and smaller boost vs. buck regulators
Understand the implications of "big power" and the key load-limit difference between boost- and buck-regulator topologies
Advanced integration PFC/PWM combo solution for high efficiency PC power
This article from Fairchild will explore a semiconductor solution for power supplies that consists of boost PFC and dual-forward PWM with very few external components to achieve versatile protections /compensation.
Intelligent Interleaving: improving energy efficiency in AC-DC power supplies
From Fairchild Semiconductor, a how-to on improving energy efficiency in your power supply design using the FAN9612 Interleaved Dual Boundary Conduction Mode PFC controller.
Some tips for charging from USB sources (Part 2 of 2)
Understand the subtleties of using the ubiquitous USB port as a charging and power source
Some tips for charging from USB sources (Part 1 of 2)
Understand the subtleties of using the ubiquitous USB port as a charging and power source
Power Tip # 19: Easily create multiple negative output voltages
Use an innovative topology and circuit design to solve the VoIP power-supply challenge
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About the Power Management Power Supplies How-To Section
Power Management DesignLine's Power Supply How-To section offers highly technical design articles on the development and implementation of power supplies in electronic system designs. Topics covered include power supplies, point-of-load (POL) converters, power modules, MOSFETs, power-over-Ethernet, power efficiency, pulse width modulators (PWMs), voltage sequencing, power transistors, non-isolated power supplies, isolated power supplies, AC/DC power supplies, configurable power, power electronics, and more.
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