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Display Driving Application Notes :: Power Management - MAX1582 White LED Driver Emulation with PSoC(R) - AN2340

This project demonstrates how to emulate the functionality of a MAXIM MAX1582 white LED driver with a PSoC device. This driver is intended to power a circuit containing 2 to 6 white LEDs from a...  >>  

Digital Power Management Application Notes :: Alternate Circuits for Overvoltage Protection: Tips and Tricks

Overvoltage protection (OVP) devices protect downstream circuits from overvoltage conditions that occur during load-dump events or transients. This application note discusses techniques of design...  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Insulated Ultrafast Rectifier Module

This application note is about UFB60FA40 insulated modules which integrate two state-of-the-art International Rectifier's Ultrafast recovery rectifiers in the compact, industry standard SOT-227...  >>  

Battery Management White Papers :: Considering ultracapacitors, batteries, and fuel cells

The challenge for power systems designers is to make the most of the technologies available in a system that manages energy storage and power delivery as two complementary requirements.  >>  

Digital Power Management Application Notes :: Auto-track voltage sequencing simplifies simultaneous power-up and power

Auto-track sequencing is a feature available on select power modules in the Texas Instruments plug-in power solutions family. The feature is designed to simplify the amount of external circuitry...  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Charge Pump Converts -5V to +5V

For applications requiring output currents of 100mA or less, a circuit converts -5V to +5V by operating a switched-capacitor converter backwards. The MAX1681 voltage converter is used as the example.  >>  

Battery Management White Papers :: Achieving Low Power in 65-nm Cyclone III FPGAs

With the introduction of the 65-nm Cyclone® III family, Altera continues to deliver greater capabilities to designers of cost-sensitive high-volume applications. The move to the 65-nm process...  >>  

High Voltage Power Management Application Notes :: AAT4285 | 12V Slew Rate Controlled Load Switch

The AAT4285 SmartSwitch is a P-channel MOSFET power switch designed for high-side load switching applications. The MOSFET operates from a 3.0V to 13.2V input range making it ideal for applications...  >>  

Power Conversion White Papers :: POWER CONVERSION PROCESSOR TM ARCHITECTURE

This white paper details out International Rectifier's Power Conversion Processor TM Architecture. Monolithic integration of high voltage circuits for gate driving with protection, soft start...  >>  

High Voltage Power Management White Papers :: High-voltage discrete technology

This webcast illustrates how Fairchild optimizes the design of its high-voltage MOSFETs and rectifiers to meet different needs, and discusses the performance of Fairchild's new SiC Schottky diodes.  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Charge Pump Converts -5V to +5V

For applications requiring output currents of 100mA or less, a circuit converts -5V to +5V by operating a switched-capacitor converter backwards. The MAX1681 voltage converter is used as the example.  >>  

Automotive Power Management White Papers :: Combined Device and System Simulation

For Automotive applications, device optimization requires both system and device level simulation in order to properly predict its performance and thermal response, especially in the case of...  >>  

Power-over-Ethernet Application Notes :: TPS237x: IEEE 802.3af PoE Powered Device Controllers

These easy-to-use 8-pin ICs contain all of the features needed to develop an IEEE 802.3af-compliant powered device. The TPS237x family is a second-generation PDC featuring 100-V ratings and a true...  >>  

Battery Management Application Notes :: Fairchild's FAN4800 Power Factor Correction (PFC) and PWM Controller Combo

The FAN4800 is a controller for power-factor-corrected, switched-mode power supplies.  >>  

Battery Management White Papers :: Some new trends in battery-powered portable devices

The year 2006 turned out to be stellar for the shipment of battery-powered portable electronic devices. Last year, consumers bought over 950 million cell phones, 220 million notebooks, 140 million...  >>  

Automotive Power Management White Papers :: A 42V Inverter/Rectifier for ISA using Discrete Semiconductor Switches

A demonstration inverter has been built to illustrate the feasibility of implementing an ISA inverter in a 42V automotive powernet using discrete semiconductor switches. The component count is...  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion White Papers :: CURRENT-MODE MODELING FOR PEAK, VALLEY AND EMULATED CONTROL METHODS

Reference Guide for Fixed-Frequency, Continuous Conduction-Mode Operation  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Understanding and Applying Voltage References

Specifying the right reference and applying it correctly is a more difficult task than one might first surmise, considering that references are only 2- or 3-terminal devices. Although the word...  >>  

High Voltage Power Management White Papers :: Basics of EL Panel Drive Techniques

Thin-film electroluminescent panels operate on a principle of successive pulses of opposite polarity. These pulses must exceed a threshold of approximately 200 V for the panel to emit light.  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Shunt Voltage References

Designing Switching Voltage Regulators With the TL494 and Implementing a Direct Thermocouple Interface With MSP430x4xx and ADS1240  >>  

High Voltage Power Management White Papers :: High-voltage IC design and development considerations

This paper is a distillation of the company's findings in designing high-voltage analog ICs. The material primarily covers BiCMOS HV technology, with features including both bipolar and MOS...  >>  

Display Driving Application Notes :: Maxim: Application Notes for Display Drivers

LCD Drivers...LED Drivers...VFD Drivers...White-LED Power Supplies  >>  

Display Driving White Papers :: A Flexible Architecture to Drive Sharp Two-Way Viewing Angle and Standard LCDs

One of the most common elements in today's consumer and automotive electronics is the liquid crystal display (LCD). LCD technology has produced a large array of products that meet a wide range of...  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Dual FETKY Integrates All Power Devices for a Synchronous Buck, Enabling Up to 96 Percent Efficiency

Notebook PC’s are reducing in size at an alarming rate, and with each reduction, they need to squeeze the power for next generation microprocessors. This application note is about the Dual...  >>  

Battery Management Application Notes :: Ultra Portable Solution Design Guide

In this design reference guide you will find solutions by application and function as well as a list of our new products for ultra-portable market. A list of application notes is included at the...  >>  

Digital Power Management Application Notes :: Managing processor power consumption

Applications dial-in processor frequency and voltage to manage power consumption  >>  

Digital Power Management White Papers :: An Introduction to Digital Control

Applying digital methods to the control of power converters, in particular board-mounted dc/dc converters, offers a rich set of possibilities from which to create new features, improved...  >>  

Display Driving Application Notes :: National: APPLICATION NOTES & OTHER DOCUMENTS

Set of 800+ Application Notes related to Display Drives  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Insulated Ultrafast Rectifier Module

This application note is about UFB60FA40 insulated modules which integrate two state-of-the-art International Rectifier's Ultrafast recovery rectifiers in the compact, industry standard SOT-227...  >>  

High Voltage Power Management White Papers :: Using monolithic high-voltage gate drivers

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the most common subjects driving a half bridge power stage in motor drive applications (with monolithic IC gate driver) and to suggest appropriate...  >>  

AC/ DC Power Conversion Application Notes :: PFC Converter Design with IR1150 One Cycle Control IC

This Application Note describes the design methodology of a Continuous Conduction Mode Power Factor Correction circuit utilizing a boost converter and featuring the IR1150S PFC IC. It presents a...  >>  

Battery Management White Papers :: Li-ion battery-charging considerations

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) chemistry has evolved as the battery chemistry of choice for many portable applications. However, design engineers face increased challenges to charge these batteries fast,...  >>  

Digital Power Management Application Notes :: Power management IP: Coming to the rescue for nanometer design

As ICs marched down the technology path from 1.0 to 0.18 µm, SoC designers and their customers enjoyed faster and more complex IC, without a significant increase in power consumption.  >>  

Automotive Power Management White Papers :: Automotive Design Tips

IRF Site contains various articles on Automotive design applications, solutions, design support.  >>  

Mil/ Aero/ Harsh Environments Power Management White Papers :: Compact, Rugged Digital Sine Drive for High Reliability Applications

Future air land and sea vehicles demand highly efficient speed controls for continuous duty machines such as fuel pumps, airflow machines/fans, and compressors. Controls are positioned near loads...  >>  

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