Highlights

Switching Converters Combine AC-DC and DC-DC Stages on a Single Chip
Power

Switching Converters Combine AC-DC and DC-DC Stages on One Chip

Power Integrations’ latest series of power converters leverages the advantages of GaN technology to create a family of highly efficient multi-output devices.
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Learning Resources

Mid-Voltage Systems Turn to GaN Devices to Achieve the Highest Power Density

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Thanks to the promise of efficiency, high density, and ability to operate at higher frequencies, more designers now favor gallium-nitride power...
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Apply Power-Density Fundamentals to Enhance Power-Management Systems

A range of power-density techniques, when properly employed, can significantly improve power management for various electronic designs.
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Power

Voltage-Reference IC with Integral Heater Offers Single PPM-Class Results

A high-precision voltage reference developed by Analog Devices helps turn a very good analog data and measurement signal chain into a really, really good one.
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Test & Measurement

Benefits from Calibrating Your Battery Tester

Learn why calibrating your battery tester is essential for maintaining accuracy and peak performance. What are the risks of neglecting calibration and how does it impact the test...
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Power

Lesser-Known High-Voltage Methods: From X-rays to Offshore Wind Farms

HV techniques discussed include neutral grounding reactors for transmission lines, X-rays for flaw detection, and DC offshore wind farms.
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Power

Transforming Electric Vehicles: The Doubly-Fed SYNCHRO-SYM Motor (Part 1)

Learn about the brushless SYNCHRO-SYM, which revolutionizes electric motors by offering twice the power density and octuple the peak torque at half the cost and half the loss ...
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Power

Playing Stackelberg Games in Power Systems

The Stackelberg game—a strategic game in economics—involves a leader firm that moves first and then follower firms move sequentially. Such an approach can be applied to power ...
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Power

Pinpointing the Best DC-DC Converter for Your EV Design

The complexity of EVs leads to demands for multiple kinds of voltages, all of which must be derived from the main battery. So, conversion and management of current and voltage...
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Automotive

“Squib” Driver IC Helps Ensure Rapid EV/HEV Battery-Pack Cutoff

Developed by Texas Instruments, this IC initiates battery cutoff via a pyro, non-thermal fusing device.