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A recent concept being implemented to power circuits is using energy scavenging. This makes use of energy collection through solar cells, piezoelectric generators, or other energy conversion devices. These devices collect energy from diffuse sources...

Diodes Incorporated introduced the AL3353 LED/LCD 40 V max input boost controller, applicable across a wide range of applications where a constant voltage or constant current are required to drive displays and backlights with a dimming ratio of 100:1...

Infineon Technologies is introducing its CIPOS Micro IM231 series, a family of 600 V rated intelligent power modules. It is qualified for harsh humid environments, passing 1000 hours of high voltage, high temperature and high humidity reverse bias stress testing...

Figure shows a configuration that implements a digitally programmable resistor using a quad op amp and a multiplying DAC. The circuit is equivalent to a voltage-controlled resistor...

Designers can now enable smarter digital factories with the MAX22513 surge-protected, dual-driver IO-Link® device transceiver with integrated DC-DC buck regulator from Maxim Integrated Products...

Demand is growing for SiC power products that improve system efficiency, robustness and power density in automotive, industrial and aerospace and defense applications. Microchip Technology, via its Microsemi subsidiary, announced the production release of a family of SiC power devices that offer proven ruggedness...

I began my career in electronic circuit design in 1972; I remember what relatively few integrated circuits were available at that time. So, when I look back at the Apollo program that began in the early '60s and put a man on the Moon in 1969, I am in awe of the creative use of that era’s technology put to use in that spacecraft system...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a low-cost, printed, flexible sensor that can wrap around power cables to precisely monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations...

You need optical-power monitoring to guarantee overall system performance in fiber-optic communication systems. Logarithmic-signal processing can maintain precise measurements over a wide dynamic range...

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation released the AK7604, an audio processor optimized for processing high resolution music sources in automotive sound systems...