Two trends in electronics show no signs of abating: The shift to portable and mobile products across multiple applications; and packing more and more features into each successive generation of equipment. For the end user, it all sounds great. For the power-system designer, though, it translates into making the most efficient use of the available power, since portable devices are typically space-constrained with no room to add extra batteries...
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