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Battery Management :: LG Chem and STMicroelectronics Drive to Improve Battery Technologies for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

STMicro and LG, have unveiled details of a new automotive battery pack that significantly extends the potential of electric and hybrid electric vehicles, reducing both petrol consumption and CO 2...  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: Wolfson Smart Power gets smarter

Wolfson Microelectronics has announced two additional products utilising its Smart Power technology. The WM8351 and WM8352 integrated high fidelity audio CODEC and power management ICs have been...  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: AnalogicTech's Half-Bridge MOSFET Driver Offers Lowest Impedance in Its Class for Multiphase DC-DC Converters

Analogic announced today a new high-voltage addition to the company’s growing MOSFET driver product family. Supporting voltages up to 28V, the AAT4910, half-bridge, dual MOSFET driver offers...  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: Micrel Tunes In With New Fully Integrated, Wide-Input Range Boost Regulators

Micrel introduced the MIC2605/6, two new wide-input range boost regulators operating at 1.2MHz (MIC2605) and 2MHz (MIC2606).  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: LT3682: 36V Input with 60V Transient Protection, 1A(IOUT), 2.2MHz Step-Down DC/DC Converter Offers Quiescent Current of Only 75uA

Linear Technology announces the LT3682, a 1A, 36V input step-down switching regulator with input transient protection up to 60V.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: TI 0.7-V input boost converter supports 5 uA operating current

Texas Instruments has introduced a 2 MHz DC/DC boost converter that operates at 5 uA of quiescent current, while maintaining a high efficiency at light load conditions.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: AnalogicTech's High Voltage Step-down Controller Maximizes 12V Adapter Design Flexibility

Analogic Tech announced today the AAT1185, a single output, step-down controller capable of providing high efficiency power conversion for lower cost 12V adapters.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: Austriamicrosystems' new AS1324 DC-DC buck converter supplies 600mA for low output voltages

Austriamicrosystems   introduces AS1324, a step down regulator optimized for low output voltages in battery powered applications.  >>  

Battery Management :: Smallest, Full-Featured NiMH Charger IC Speeds Time to Market

Maxim introduces the DS2710, a stand-alone, NiMH charger IC with alkaline-cell detection. It incorporates fast-charge control and alkaline-cell detection, saves space, cost and time to market.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: IR's XPhase Control IC Provides High Density, Scalable Power Solution for POL Converters

International Rectifier has  introduced the XPhase IR3513 control IC for point-of-load (POL) converter designs. The IR3513 enables a power solution with any number of phases.  >>  

Digital Power Management :: Dual, Quick-PWM Step-Down Controller Provides a Complete Solution for Notebook Power Supplies

Maxim introduces the MAX17101, a dual, Quick-PWM step-down controller with synchronous rectification for generating 5V/3.3V supplies in battery-powered systems.   >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: Siliconix Releases First 20-V and 30-V N-Channel TrenchFET Gen III Power MOSFETs With TurboFET Technology For Low Switching Losses and Faster Switching

Vishay Intertechnology has expanded its family of power MOSFETs with the release of two 20-V and two 30-V n-channel devices which enable significantly lower switching losses and faster switching.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: LTM4606/12: Ultralow Noise DC/DC uModule Regulators Meet Both EMI & Multi-Gigabit SERDES Specifications

Linear Technology introduces the LTM4606 and LTM4612, ultralow noise DC/DC uModule regulators designed to deliver low noise power by attenuating both radiated energy and conducted wideband harmonic...  >>  

Battery Management :: AnalogicTech's Battery Charger IC Dynamically Manages System Load and Charging

Analogic announced the AAT3672, a highly integrated, single-cell Lithium-ion (Li-on)/polymer battery charger and system management IC. Using an innovative three-switch architecture, the dual path...  >>  

AC/ DC Power Conversion :: New Vishay Siliconix 20-V TrenchFET Gen III Power MOSFET Features Industry-Best Maximum 2.0-mΩ On-Resistance at 4.5 V and 1.55 mΩ at 10 V

Vishay has released a 20-V n-channel device offering low on-resistance and on-resistance times gate charge in the PowerPAK SO-8 package type.  >>  

AC/ DC Power Conversion :: ON Semiconductor's New Highly-Integrated Overvoltage Protection IC Reduces Board Space in Portable Devices by Up to 40 Percent

ON Semiconductor has introduced the NUS6189 , a device that integrates the performance and functions of an overvoltage protection (OVP) circuit, a 30 volt (V) P-channel power MOSFET, a low VCE(sat)...  >>  

Display Driving :: IR's Control ICs for Energy-Efficient Fluorescent Ballasts Slash Component Count; Increase Reliability and Performance

International Rectifier, introduced the IRS2530D and IRS2158D 600V control ICs for energy-efficient dimming fluorescent lighting ballast applications.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: Fairchild Semiconductor's 8A Buck Regulator Achieves 95 Percent Peak Efficiency in Servers, Workstations and Distributed POL Applications

Fairchild Semiconductor enables power designers to achieve higher output current and high efficiency using less PCB space with its TinyBuckTM DC-DC regulator.   >>  

Power-over-Ethernet :: ON Semiconductor Brings Legacy Power Supply Support to the Industry's Highest Power Integrated PoE-PD Interface

ON Semiconductor has announced the availability of the NCP1082 and NCP1083, two new members of its Power over Ethernet (PoE) product family.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: ANALOG DEVICES SHRINKS HIGH-FREQUENCY DC-TO-DC REGULATORS WITH INDUSTRY'S SMALLEST-IN-CLASS SOLUTION

Analog Devices has introduced the industry’s smallest 500-mA buck regulator, high-frequency 6-MHz dc-to-dc regulator. The ADP2121 has a razor-thin height of 0.6 mm.  >>  

Digital Power Management :: LTC4222: Hot Swap Controller with Onboard Power Monitoring & Fault Logging Protects Dual Supplies

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4222 dual Hot Swap controller for protecting boards with multiple load supply voltages ranging from 2.9V to 29V.  >>  

Display Driving :: LT3598: LED Driver Drives up to 6 Strings of 10 LEDs Each & Offers 3000:1 True Color PWM Dimming

Linear Technology announces the LT3598, a 45V, 2.5MHz DC/DC boost mode converter designed to operate as a constant current LED driver for up to sixty white LEDs.  >>  

Automotive Power Management :: Micrel Maps Out Success In Automotive Market With Introduction Of Industry's First 120V Automotive AEC-Q100 Qualified LDO

Micrel launched the MAQ5280, a 120V LDO designed and qualified for the automotive market. It consumes 31µA of quiescent current and shutdown current of 0.02µA.  >>  

Display Driving :: Power Integrations Introduces Five New TOPSwitch HX Offline Switcher ICs in Ultra-Low-Profile eSIP-L Package

Power Integrations has launched five new members of its popular TOPSwitch-HX family of AC-DC power conversion ICs in the company's new 2-mm-high e-SIP-L package.  >>