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Supplement-Current Paths during Synchronous Rectifying Step-Down Converter Operation
Description: in this article an explanation is given of the current paths during synchronous rectifying step-down converter operation, which may be regarded as standard operation in the high-efficiency DC/DC ...
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Synchronous Rectifying Circuit Section: Selection of Synchronous Rectifying MOSFET
Description: Keeping in mind the "Example of Power Supply Specifications and Replacement Circuit" of the previous article, we begin actual circuit design ...
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Is Today's Accepted MOSFET Figure of Merit Still Relevant?
From: Nexperia B.V.Description: We are all accustomed to looking at the Figure of Merit for MOSFETs as a product of RDS(on) and Qg. However, with gate drivers now capable of efficiently meeting large Qg requirements and faster ...
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Why Trench Schottky Rectifiers are the Preferred Choice
From: Nexperia B.V.Description: When it comes to any system, to achieve the most efficient design we try to utilize the most ideal solution possible. Compared to their planar counterparts, Trench Schottky rectifiers take us much ...
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Embedded Systems Design Guide for Removable USB Flash Drives
From: DatakeyDescription: Implementing an embedded system with a removable USB flash drive can be a difficult task. Knowing the key concepts and considerations beforehand can make the job much easier. ...
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How to Choose Portable Memory for Embedded Systems
From: DatakeyDescription: While most embedded system components are sourced from OEM-focused manufacturers, portable memory devices are a gray area. The high-volume consumer electronics market - estimated at $200 billion ...
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Removable Memory Key to Successful OTA Firmware Updates
From: DatakeyDescription: A well-known principle of embedded products states that the more complex a device firmware is, the higher the probability that it will need to be replaced in the field. More code means more bugs. More ...
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Wireless Coexistence: Pairing Wireless Medical Devices
From: DatakeyDescription: From smart thermostats to Wi-Fi enabled dishwashers, smart, connected devices are all around us. These technologies present original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a variety of challenges which ...
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Design Consideration: Cycle Life of Connectors
From: DatakeyDescription: If you have an embedded design project in your future, be sure to consider connector cycle life. How long it will take to reach the rated cycle life of the various connectors used, and what is the ...
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Not All SD Cards Are Created Equal
From: DatakeyDescription: How can embedded system manufacturers make sure their users don't use unsupported or counterfeit SD cards? ...
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Portable Memory in IoT Applications
From: DatakeyDescription: Removable memory can be used with IoT or cloud-connected devices to provide ID or location information ...
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RUGGEDrive Torture Test Video
From: DatakeyDescription: Who doesn't love a good product torture test video? Watch what happens when a 120,000-pound tank runs over a USB flash drive, an SD card and a Datakey RUGGEDrive ...
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Security Risks of USB Ports on Embedded Devices
From: DatakeyDescription: A recent BBC article explained how USB devices can be used for malicious purposes without the user opening an infected file on a USB flash drive. ...
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Thwarting Elbonians with Proprietary Memory Devices
From: DatakeyDescription: a simple physical-layer security feature can be sufficient to prevent access by those who lack the knowledge or motivation to circumvent it. ...
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World's Toughest SD Card
From: DatakeyDescription: Are there SD cards that are physically more robust than others, when they all use the same form factor? The video in this blog post shows destructive testing of SD cards. ...
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You Just Bricked Hundreds of Devices. Now What?
From: DatakeyDescription: An over-the-air (OTA) update just bricked hundreds of remote devices. Now what? ...
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Combination or Configurable Logic: When to Use Which and How?
From: Nexperia B.V.Description: Combination and configurable logic devices provide the flexibility to implement various logic functions with a reduced pin count. Combination and configurable logic can also lower system cost, ...
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How it Works - Micropulse
From: RDP ElectrosenseDescription: Explanation and details of how a micropulse works in a transducer ...
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Turning up the Heat on Reliability and Reduce the Chances of a Thermal Failure with Diodes, Bipolar Transistors and MOSFETs that are Specified Up to 175°C
From: Nexperia B.V.Description: Reducing the chances of a thermal failure. Nexperia offers a wide and growing range of diodes, bipolar transistors and MOSFETs that have a junction temperature specified up to 175 °C Some things never ...
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Surge Protection Device Sizing for Industrial Control Panel Design
From: Littelfuse, Inc.Description: Panel design is an art. A well-designed panel strikes a balance of form, function, and cost. Find out more by downloading our application guide. ...
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Active Photonics Alignment Demos
Description: The new area of silicon photonics is being driven by us. We walk around with supercomputers in our pockets. We consume streaming media. We participate in social networks. We benefit from personalized ...
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Detecting Manufacturing Defects on Semiconductor Wafers Using a Digital Microscope
From: Evident ScientificDescription: Semiconductors are essential components in many electronic devices. Semiconductor manufacturing can be broken down into two processes-circuit formation and packaging. Circuit formation begins with ...
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Enabling The Latest In Industrial Digital Signage
From: WINSYSTEMS, INC.Description: The age of digital signage is upon us. Just driving down the highway shows examples of billboards that rotate their messages as we pass. In many scenarios, signage that can recognize what’s ...
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Noise Source Series Delivers High Outputs to 18 GHz
From: PasternackDescription: Noise sources have long served as practical test tools for evaluating different aspects of communications systems. In fact, additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) sources helped establish many early ...
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Ready for IPv6
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: In case you missed the news, the North American well has finally run dry on IP (IPv4 - 32 bit) addresses. What's been happening for the past few years in Asia, Europe, and Latin America - i.e., the ...
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Big news on the semi-conductor front
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: There's been so much change in the semiconductor world these days, it's hard to keep up with it all. Last week, it was the Avago-Broadcom deal. This week, with the agreement that Intel will acquire ...
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Control System Basics - PNP vs. NPN Logic
From: Sealevel Systems, Inc.Description: In the third installment of this five-part series, Jon Titus explores the basic elements of a control system. In the first two installments, Jon covered relays and sink vs. source control. ...
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Moore's Law Turns 50
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Moore's Law is based on an observation that Gordon Moore, who co-founded Intel, made that year in which he stated that, looking back over the hardware history, the number of transistors in an ...
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Trends Impacting the Semiconductor Industry in the Next Three Years
Description: Arguably, at no point in the history of electronics has so much change happened all at once than right now. Digital transformation, the proliferation of technologies enabling the smart city and smart ...
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Processing Primer
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: In a website section called Getting Started with TI Processors, TI has a good general overview piece, Getting to Know Processor Architectures. This is at a pretty high level, but it's solid, and helps ...
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The passing of Ray Dolby
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Don't know if you saw the news, but Ray Dolby, the electrical engineer who brought us surround sound, died a few weeks back. ...
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Industrial HMI in a Package
Description: The RZ/A Software Package Simplifies and Accelerates Camera-GUI-Display Implementations for Human Machine Interfaces. ...
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Eliminating Power Supply Design Complexity with 'Simple Digital' Modules
Description: Step-down (buck) regulators are used industrywide to convert power from a distributed bus to the individual point-of-loads (POLs) in industrial and infrastructure systems. These buck converters need ...
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Achieve up to 99% Efficiency in a Robust Battery Backup System Using a True Bidirectional Buck-Boost Controller
Description: A true bidirectional buck-boost approach for DC power backup applications provides utmost efficiency and improves overall system reliability. This approach is also ideal for optimizing battery health ...
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Quick & Easy Cellular IoT Application Development
Description: Integrating cellular for IoT represents a challenge for developers. Learn about the evolution of cellular for IoT and how to rapidly evaluate emerging cellular technologies and develop embedded IoT ...
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Eutectic Die-Attach of GaN and GaAs MMICs
From: SemiGenDescription: The latest GaN and GaAs circuit chips (die) are providing higher power levels than previous solid-state technologies. These new-generation devices require incredible precision and consistency ...
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Wireless Charging Eliminates the Cable Mazes in Your Home
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: End-to-end solutions with key components from Infineon - MOSFETs, driver ICs, voltage regulators and microcontroller units with software ...
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Cree's Wolfspeed Technology Moves Electric Vehicle Market to the Fast Lane with Newest 1,200 V SiC MOSFET
From: WolfspeedDescription: Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, announced a performance breakthrough in the ability to power the drivetrain of electric vehicles (EVs) using its new third generation 1,200 V SiC MOSFET family. This ...
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New Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide Semiconductors First to Meet Automotive AEC-Q101 Standards
From: WolfspeedDescription: new family of robust SiC semiconductor devices for the Electric Vehicle (EV) and renewable energy markets that delivers the highest available power density and durability for on-board automotive power ...
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Wolfspeed Addresses Growing Ultra-High Frequency Radar Market With New GaN HEMT
From: WolfspeedDescription: The device was engineered for the growing ultra-high frequency (UHF) radar market, in which defense, public safety and land mobile radio applications seek to upgrade performance and component life ...
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Wolfspeed's New C3MTM 1200 V SiC MOSFET Increases Power Density and Efficiency in Solar Boost Converters
From: WolfspeedDescription: n solar power generation, the photovoltaic (PV) cells utilize the sun's energy to generate DC voltage in the range of 400 to 600 V DC. This DC needs to be boosted to approximately 850 V DC so that an ...
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Benefits of Scalable Digital Point-of-Load Solutions
Description: Scalable Point-of-Load (POL) offers design flexibility for a wide range of load-current requirements. Combined with benefits derived from digital power management, the scalable digital POL simplifies ...
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Doing More with Buck Regulator ICs
Description: One of the most popular switching regulator topologies is the buck or step-down converter. Buck regulator ICs make it easy to implement buck converters for realizing step-down power conversion. They ...
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72V Hybrid DC/DC Reduces Intermediate Bus Converter Size by Up to 50%
Description: The combination of a switched capacitor circuit to halve the input voltage followed by a synchronous step-down converter (hybrid converter) provides up to a 50% reduction in DC/DC converter solution ...
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Why Are High Quality Components So Desirable in Pro Audio?
Description: In the 21st century, high-quality sound can seem like a dinosaur-a remnant of a bygone age in an era where the majority of music exists in low-resolution mp3 form and gets played through a pair of ...
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New C3MTM 1200 V SiC MOSFET Increases Power Density and Efficiency in Solar Boost Converters
From: WolfspeedDescription: There is a growing need for high-efficiency power conversion (DC/DC) in a variety of industrial applications, including solar power generation. In solar power generation, the photovoltaic (PV) cells ...
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Circuit Protection Methods
Description: Differentiating between Supplementary Protection, Branch Circuit Protection, and Self-Protected Devices ...
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Low Voltage Motor Protection
Description: This paper addresses many issues related to the proper understanding of short-circuit and overload protection devices and how to select them. ...
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The Silicon Carbide revolution - reliable, efficient, and cost effective Schottky diodes
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Application engineers, powers supply designers and academics who work with high-efficiency and high-density powers supplies have to focus on many different aspects of the power supply design. The ...
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Advantages of Using Gallium Nitride FETs in Satellite Applications
Description: Silicon FETs have long since dominated the space and high-reliability industry, but they are quickly approaching their theoretical limit of performance. To move forward, we need to look towards wide ...
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Wolfspeed SiC MOSFET-Based, Bidirectional, Three-Phase AC/DC Converters
From: WolfspeedDescription: This article demonstrates a design concept using commercially available SiC MOSFETs (C3M0065100K), which meets new market requirements for bidirectional functionality. A prototype 20-kW system in a ...
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Selecting the Right Circuit Breaker for Your Application
From: E-T-A Circuit BreakersDescription: Specifying the right breaker early in the design process can lead to a more robust design, avoid redesigns, decrease development costs, and add value to the end product. Seems pretty simple, right? ...
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Ensuring Power Supply Sequencing in Spaceflight Systems
Description: ASICs, FPGAs, DSPs and microcontrollers demand very specific power-up and power-down sequencing for reliable operation and better efficiency. Adding the complexity of a spaceflight environment leaves ...
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SiC Optimization from the Chip Up
From: WolfspeedDescription: The benefits of SiC are no longer a secret. Various industries include SiC technologies in the development process. SiC power is making its way into so many applications and device manufacturers need ...
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Perspective of Loss Mechanisms for Silicon and Wide Band-Gap Power Devices
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Semiconductor losses and their potential for further improvement: This paper compares latest generation Superjunction power transistors versus e-mode GaN HEMTs and SiC MOSFETs ...
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Inside a New Architecture for USB Type-C Applications
Description: The USB-C interface is revolutionizing the way we charge our electronics devices. In addition to data transfer, USB-C supports bidirectional power flow at a much higher voltage range than traditional ...
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Ushio Laser Diode Handling Instructions
From: World Star TechDescription: how to use Ushio laser diodes. ...
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Powering Small Satellite Constellations with Plastic ICs
Description: This article examines the emerging small satellite constellations market and explains why manufacturers are forgoing the traditional radiation hardened components used in spaceflight for the last 50 ...
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Low Power Microcontroller (Lapis)
Description: In today's energy consumption and the safety-conscious world, collecting and using accurate information about ambient temperature and humidity and the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) is of ...
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Wolfspeed SiC MOSFETs Enable Improvements in Efficiency, Power Density and Cost for Three-Phase Industrial PFCs
From: WolfspeedDescription: The need for higher efficiency, greater power density, lower cost and bi-directionality pose design challenges when using silicon in traditional circuit approaches. An alternative utilizing SiC ...
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A Roadmap for SiC Power Modules and Diodes
From: WolfspeedDescription: The continual drive for greater efficiency and power density in power conversion systems is leading to the expanded use of silicon carbide (SiC). This wide-bandgap semiconductor has a dielectric ...
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Advances in Sensor Technology Help Make Autonomous Vehicles Safe and Reliable
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: In 2006, cars carried an average of 40 sensors. Currently, this figure sits at around 90, and the self-driving car in 2025 might have double that number. ...
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Bridge Amplifier Shunt Calibration
From: EndevcoDescription: How do I make use of the Shunt Calibration feature for the model 126? ...
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Signal Conditioner Error Codes
From: EndevcoDescription: How can I translate the Error Code identified with a particular fault with my model 133 conditioner? Is there a definition of the particular error codes, since it is unclear what the error codes mean? ...
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Preventing Automotive Backover Accidents
Description: The importance of automobile safety has driven several key innovations over the last 50 years. In recent days, many new technologies have been implemented to improve driver safety. This white paper ...
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EiceDRIVER™ and CoolMOS™ CFD2 Join for High Efficiency in Refrigeration
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Home appliances, which run 24h and 7 days a week, have high efficiency requirements. Therefore, the use of MOSFETs is preferred over IGBTs. Modern MOSFET technologies based on the superjunction ...
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Automotive Application Guide: Driving the Future of Automotive Electronics
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: The drive towards a more environmentally friendly future for automobiles reveals new challenges for engineers, from innovating solid state technology to reducing size, weight, and copper usage, to ...
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Technical Article:1200V CoolSiC™ MOSFET: High Performance Complemented by High Reliability
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: The dedicated material properties of SiC enable the design of minority carrier free unipolar devices instead of the charge modulated IGBT devices. ...
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Magnetic Sensor Materials
Description: Magnetic materials - based magnetic field sensors are used in a wide range of applications in the marketplace. ...
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Anadyne's Next-Gen Detector Log Video Amplifier Foils CW Jamming Threats
From: AnadyneDescription: Today's technology enables the integration of the logging circuit and additional support functions, such as voltage references, noise control, low offset control, large bandwidth and uncommitted ...
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Thermal Resistance and Thermal Characterization Parameter
Description: The definition and how to use thermal resistance and thermal characterization parameter of packages for ROHM's integrated circuit are described in this application note. ...
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How to Protect Buck Regulators from Overcurrent Damage
Description: Overcs explains how these schemes work and how to implement them in buck regulators. We will also discuss the practical considerations examined by power supply designers to help them make the most ...
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How to Reduce SWaP of Satellite Command and Telemetry Subsystems
Description: By 2017, there were nearly 1,400 satellites in orbit, serving both military and commercial customers. Their missions span a wide range of functions including reconnaissance, surveillance, imaging, ...
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Modern Induction Cooking Demands Compact and Efficient Solutions
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Discrete IGBTs are the preferred power switch for modern inverter-based induction cooking products due to their inherent efficiency. As energy costs continue to rise and consumer demand for ...
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RS-485 Isolator Raises the Bar for Bus Node Designs
Description: This white paper focuses on isolated digital interfaces conforming to RS-485, which continues to be the industry's workhorse standard for data transmission. We'll provide an overview of RS-485's ...
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Selecting the Right Battery Chemistry for Automotive Safety Applications
Description: The automotive industry is quickly moving toward more electrification. The deployment of start-stop systems, emergency call (eCall) telematics, and hybrid vehicles is fueling the need for advanced ...
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Technical Article: Control Method for a Reverse Conducting IGBT
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Enhanced current carrying capabilities with combined IGBTs and diodes in one module. ...
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Capacitive Technology can Handle the Pressure
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Low-power, high-accuracy pressure sensing for battery-powered and wearable devices ...
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Application Relevance of Clock Jitter
Description: Clock Jitter is commonly used to describe the performance requirements of oscillators and PLLs when driving high performance components like FPGAs, Microprocessors, and PHYs. But the plethora of clock ...
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48V Board Net Reduces Vehicle CO2 Emissions and Improves Drivability
Description: Automakers around the world have begun releasing vehicles that include a new 48-volt (48V) power subsystem, also known as board net. The first announcements have come from European OEMs, like Audi, ...
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Dual Protocol Transceivers Ease the Design of Industrial Interfaces
Description: The trend in industrial PC designs towards smaller form factors and more communication versatility is driving the development of modern bus transceivers. This white paper discusses the industry's most ...
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Putting Safety into Li-ion Battery Packs
Description: The power FET is an essential safety function in a battery management system (BMS). The main purpose of the power FET is to isolate the battery pack from either a load or a charger in errant ...
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How to Match the Color Brightness of Automotive TFT-LCD Panels
Description: This technical article examines the practice of gamma correction, also known as gamma calibration, to ensure consistent brightness and color matching of TFT-LCD panels used in automobiles. We'll ...
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Overcurrent Protection Enables More Efficient and Reliable Systems With Longer Lifecycles
From: Texas InstrumentsDescription: Thermal management in modern electronics, whether the newest smart phone or the largest industrial machine, has become vitally important as two industry trends take hold. The first is the desire for ...
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Ratiometric Measurements in the Context of LVDT-sensor Signal Conditioning
From: Texas InstrumentsDescription: Ratiometricity is a common approach for measuring analog-sensor signals for the purpose of conditioning and standardizing the signal for proper operation with an industrial control system. In the ...
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White Paper: Automotive (R)evolution: Defining a Security Paradigm in the Age of the Connected Car
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: The potential for dramatic improvements in driver safety and comfort/convenience is accelerating the integration of "Connected Car" technology in passenger vehicles. Blending vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) ...
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Examining a New In-Amp Architecture for Communication Satellites
Description: With more 500 conventional sensors monitoring the condition and performance of various subsystems on a medium sized spacecraft, there is a growing need for precision radiation tolerant instrumentation ...
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Optimizing Battery Accuracy for EVs and HEVs
Description: Automotive battery management system technology has advanced considerably over the last decade. Today, several multi-cell balancing IC features play a key role in meeting the stringent safety, ...
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Implementing Laser Scanned-MEMS Projection in Automotive Head-Up Displays
Description: Automotive HUDs are benefiting from big innovations in MEMS projection systems and are now central to ADAS and safety. The latest laser scanned-MEMS projection systems can provide higher resolution ...
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Microcontroller Multicore Architecture to Advance Automotive Industry
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: How multicore microcontroller for high performance applications is advancing the Automotive industry. ...
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Technical Article: Low Loss Thyristors for High Power Applications
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: How improved manufacturing methods for thyristors are allowing a higher maximum operating temperature of up to 125 °C. This has no negative effects on critical thyristor parameters like surge ...
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Image Sensor: 3D Image Sensor for Enhanced Safety and Convenience
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Besides driver state monitoring, capturing 3D data inside a car facilitates entirely new human machine interface (HMI) concepts. ...
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Application Note: 600 V TRENCHSTOP™ Performance versus TRENCHSTOP™
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: TRENCHSTOP™ Performance enables higher efficiency in motor control, air conditioning compressors, HVAC motor drives, UPS, solar power converters and all power conversion applications working up ...
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Over-Voltage Protection for RS-485 Bus Nodes
Description: RS-485 has been widely deployed because of its large differential signal swing and reliable operation over a wide common-mode voltage range. However, with this widespread use comes an increasing ...
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Technical Article: The Future of Power Semiconductors: Rugged and High Performing Silicon Carbide Transistors
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: SiC based systems have the revolutionary capability which can be characterized by a steep change in performance which can make them attractive for designers targeting innovative and disruptive ...
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Safety-Critical Challenges In The Networked Vehicle
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: How modern semiconductor solutions enable security systems that protect personal data as well as the lives and limbs of people on the road. ...
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Improving Power Density and Efficiency in Servers and Telecom
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: In a server there might be several places where power losses occur, but in many cases the power supplies for the CPUs and memories are the most stressed components due to the high power requirements. ...
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Application Note: Using a Magnetic 3D Sensor in a Gear Stick Application
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: A magnetic 3D sensor is well suitable for a detection of the position of the gear stick. The "State-of-the-art" solution with up to 6 single hall switches can be replaced by one 3D sensor. ...
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Radiation Tolerant Multiplexers Move to Low Voltage Rails for Space Flight
Description: When a satellite is launched into space, it's accompanied with a multitude of sensors that read out various telemetry signals and statuses for mission critical systems. Digital microprocessors ...
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How to Efficiently Boost Power in High Voltage Automotive Applications
Description: While the 12-volt lead acid battery is still the dominant power source in automobiles, there are new automotive applications that require higher voltages. To address these high voltage applications, a ...