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Vishay Intertechnology introduced two new IGBT and MOSFET drivers in the compact, high isolation stretched SO-6 package...

Toggle, slide, push-pull, push-push, tactile, rotary, etc. The list of available switch styles goes on and on...

Figure shows an example of on/off circuitry commonly used in battery-operated devices. The p-channel MOSFET, Q1, serves as a power switch...

Toshiba Electronics Europe introduces the TB67S559FTG 50 V/3.0 A stepper motor driver IC that supports constant current control with built-in current detection...

Figure silly-simple voltage-to-time ADC is an exercise in dynamic range. Assuming that it is used with a 10-MHz counter/timer, its resolution is roughly 10 µV per count for inputs around 0 V and 100 mV per count at 1 kV, and it never really over-ranges...

Short-circuit protection is an obvious requirement for a power supply, especially when its load connects to a cable that's subject to damage...

Whether its buck, boost, or buck/boost, internal or external switch, milliamps or tens of amps, a literal cornucopia of programmable output switching regulator/converter chips are commercially available...

Figure shows how to position a mechanical device into four discrete positions but with only two free outputs and one free input from the control system...

High precision op amps enable system designers to create circuits that condition signals (amplify, filter, and buffer) while maintaining the precision of the original signal. When information is contained in very small variations of the signal, it is critical that op amps in the signal path perform their operation while contributing very little dc and ac error...

For the heating and cooling elements common in industrial systems, resistance is not a fixed quantity. These elements include such devices as positive-temperature-coefficient heaters and thermoelectric coolers...