Power Management Design Features

What really limits MOSFET performance: silicon, package, driver or circuit board? (Part 1 of 2)

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Optimizing real-time performance and efficiency through intelligent motor control

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System level software centric power debugging using virtual prototypes

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Save space, cost, and power in PLCs with quad voltage/current DACs (Part 2 of 2)

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Probing hints for accurate, repeatable power-supply measurements

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Hot-swapping: from “band aid” to effective solution (Part 2 of 2)

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Class D Audio Amplifiers: What, Why, and How

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Why a power-factor correction device is better suited to industrial applications

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Case study: Solar reader provides proof for self-sufficient devices

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Power Tip 25: Improve a power supply's load transient response--Part 2

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Technical Papers

Reducing Switching Power with Intelligent Clock Gating

Enhancing Robust SEU Mitigation with 28-nm FPGAs

Power Management Solutions for Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3 MCUs

Preparing for Google TV

Critical Techniques for High Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems, 6th Edition

Courses and Webinars

Beyond Receiver Interoperability Testing

Solar Photovoltaic Testing for R&D, DV, and Manufacturing

Input Overvoltage Protection

Fundamentals of DSPs: Part 2 - A Filter Application

Connectivity in Portable Devices

Teardowns

Teardown: Inside the art of pulse oximetry

Ear bud headphones jam lots of complexity in a tiny package

Eye-Fi uses Secure Digital (SD) card slot for Wi-Fi in cameras

UPDATE: B'com, Toshiba win sockets in iPhone 3GS

Comparing the AX508 to the AX502

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Reference Designs

Lattice adds over 90 reference designs for PLDs

Quantenna debuts 802.11n 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge ref design

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Commentary

I'm starting to feel sorry for and worry about Apple--not because of their iPhone RF problem

Bill Schweber

Now that Apple is a wireless connectivity company, they're getting "friends" they don't need

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Bureaucrats ,Government Agencies.. This is not an Apple only problem. Every other handset ...

Sometimes you miss the obvious when you think too much

Bill Schweber

My solar-powered light had me fooled. . . or was it that I fooled myself?

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I find that liberal use of Occam's Razor is the best medicine for any debugging ...

Why legislative mandates of engineering goals are a bad--and even dangerous--idea

Bill Schweber

I am frustrated by these progress-by-fiat actions, and what they imply about engineering effort

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@Pubs : The government has not mandated our use of the internet, only funded the development. The ...

Do we have to make the reliability versus repair tradeoff?

Bill Schweber

Today's products are much more complicated and reliable than their predecessors, in many cases, but when it comes to fixing them, well. . . .that's another story

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Personally, I loathe this "throw-away" attitude that pervades marketing-driven manufacturing. And ...

Consulting engineer sinks teeth into problematic ultrasonic toothbrush

Howard Fidel

Technical solutions abound, but the fix must meet cost constraints

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I know such a feeling, taking a customer request and identify their problem with a suggested ...

The scope of energy savings in LCD TVs

Gyan Tiwary, iWatt, Inc.

New trends on LCD backlighting will change the power-consumption tradeoffs

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Its really amazing how much of power we consume while watching TV or computer. Displays have become ...

Recent Comments

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Student Entrepreneur shakes to charge
I also expect the total available market for this device, those applications with a very low duty ...
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Memory firms move up in semi rankings
Looks like Samsung is inching up close to Intel. Look at their quarterly numbers. Samsungs new ...
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greenpattern  07.31.2010
Micron confirms support for phase-change memory
The article rightly indicates current density, electromigration, and thermal crosstalk as important ...
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Why engineers don't like Twitter

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Employers getting more picky hiring engineers

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Motorola, Nokia, RIM, reject Apple antenna claim

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Opinion: Microsoft dying? Don't bet on it

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Why legislative mandates of engineering goals are a bad--and even dangerous--idea

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