Top 10 articles in Smart Energy for 2011

What were the important topics within the Smart Energy technical community in 2011? An analysis of what happened with solar power startup Solyndra was the clear winner, followed by articles on LEDs and smart meters. But over all, design articles on all smart energy topics are the perennial favorites. Without further ado, here are the top 10 Smart Energy articles as measured by the traffic numbers of you, the readers:

1. Solyndra: Its technology and why it failed   
2. LED lighting control using powerline communication   
3. Low power solar energy harvesting in a compact footprint   
4. LLC resonant topology lowers switching losses, boosts efficiency  
5. Prevent tampering in energy meters   
6.  Unique input regulation loop simplifies solar panel battery charging  
7. Novel harmonic analysis method for smart metering
8. Gate drive design for enhancement-mode GaN FETs   
9. Efficient method for interfacing TRIAC dimmers and LEDs
10. Are ac mains-dimmable LED lamps green?

For the top 11-20 articles, read here.

Interested in similar lists of top tech articles? Here’s the top articles of 2011 at our Analog and power management sister sites:

Planet Analog,  and Power Management Designline.

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