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Design Considerations For High-Speed Three-Phase PMSM Motor Drives For Consumer Home Appliances 11/15/23
Designing An Open-Source Power Inverter (Part 3): Power-Transfer Circuit Options 04/15/22
Power Supply Design Considerations For Patient Monitoring Patches 03/15/22
Smart Gate Driver IC Simplifies Motor Drive Design In Battery-Powered Applications 09/15/21
Designing An Open-Source Power Inverter (Part 2): Waveshape Selection 09/15/21
A Standalone Controller Eases Compliance With USB PD Standards 09/15/21
Designing An Open-Source Power Inverter (Part 1): Goals And Specifications 05/15/21
Using Forced-Frequency Resonant Zero-Voltage Switching In USB PD Adapters 09/15/20
Choosing The Best Operating Mode In An Ultra-Low-IQ Buck Converter 04/15/20
More-Efficient Boost Converter Extends Battery Life For Wearable Medical Patches 02/14/20
Injecting Noise In Power Supplies Improves Security For Communications Devices 01/17/20
Maintaining Battery Safety And Life Of Battery Are Top Priorities In Battery Charger Design 11/15/19
Surprisingly Simple Control Method Slashes Vampire Power 07/15/19
Sense Current Over A Wider Range For Better Battery Management 07/15/19
How Ulta-Low IQ Boost Converters Extend IoT Device Runtime 04/15/19
Need Uninterrupted Power? Let A Supercapacitor Come To The Rescue 12/18/18
Driver IC Subdues Level-Shifting Losses In Active Clamp Flybacks And Other Applications 11/15/18
Configurable ICs Build Versatile, Low-Cost Regulated Charge Pumps 11/15/18
Boost Converter Optimizes Motor Performance In Battery-Powered Applications 08/16/18
Configurable IC Implements Low-Cost Class D Audio Amplifier For IoT Devices 11/16/17
Cut Your Losses–With an Active Diode 09/15/17
An Introduction to Resonant Inductive Power Transfer 11/10/15
Streamlining Synchronous Buck-Boost Converter Design 03/13/15
Bandgap Voltage Reference Achieves High Performance At Low Supply Voltages 12/15/14
USB Charger Provides Battery Backup And Load Switching With Easy, Low-Cost Design 02/15/14
Tapping into a New RF Energy Source Found in Digital Processing Circuits 12/13/13
Demystifying PSRR Specifications For LDOs 10/15/13
Enhancing RF system efficiency with bypass mode in hysteretic step-down converters 10/04/13
Better Than Class D: Predictive Energy Balancing Can Boost Efficiency And Fidelity Of Cell Phone Audio Amplifiers 03/15/13
Integrated Approach to Wireless Charging Technology, Technology Gives Mobile Devices a Boost 05/01/12
eGaN FETâ€”Silicon Power Shootout Volume 8: Envelope Tracking 04/30/12
Measuring Wireless Power Charging Systems for Portable Electronics 04/01/12
A Holistic Approach To Reducing Backlight Power Consumption 10/27/11
How To Implement A 5-W Wireless Power System 07/27/11
Energy Harvester Produces Power from Local Environment, Eliminating Batteries in Wireless Sensors 10/01/10
How It Works, Wireless Power Technology 04/20/10
Give Your Battery A Rest With A Supercapacitor-based Power Subsystem 11/24/09
Switching-Regulator Insights: Achieving Longer Battery Life in DSP Systems 09/17/09
High Efficiency USB Power Management System Safely ChargesLi-Ion/Polymer Batteries from Automotive Supplies 05/01/09
Understanding System Loads and Interfacing with Chargers 03/01/09
Charging for Ultracapacitors 02/24/09
SUPERCAPS Lighten the Load in LED Flash Applications 01/01/09
Battery Charge Management, New and Emerging Trends 01/01/09
An Efficiency Primer for Switch-Mode, DC-DC Converter Power Supplies 12/23/08
Simple Battery Monitor Works With Higher Battery Voltages 11/07/08
Simple Ambient Light Sensor Controls White LED Driver 09/25/08
Shunt regulator monitors battery voltage 09/18/08
Logic Gates Added To LED Driver Create Camera Privacy Flash Warning 09/11/08
Nanophosphate Batteries Create High-Energy, Rechargeable Source 07/24/08
Switch Tricks Electronic Ballast ICs Into Working On Low Voltages 06/12/08
Maintain Power-Conversion Efficiency While Saving PCB Space 06/12/08
Intelligent NiCd Charger Avoids Battery Damage From High Currents 05/08/08
Low Component Count, Isolated 350 mA, 4.2 W LED Driver 05/01/08
Versatile TFT LCD Bias Supply and White LED Driver in a 4mm x 4mm QFN 05/01/08
Designing a SEPIC Converter 04/30/08
Harvest energy using a piezoelectric buzzer 03/20/08
Understanding Li+ Battery Operation Lessens Charging Safety Concerns 03/07/08
Use 'Extra' LED Driver Channel To Provide Constant-Voltage Source 02/28/08
Inexpensive MCU Replaces Dedicated Backup-Power Controller 02/14/08
Isolated supply powers DVM module 02/07/08
Understanding the Noise Issue Out of Inductor Based DC-DC Converter 02/01/08
Battery monitor also enables constant-power-boost converter 11/08/07
High-Power White LED Driver Runs Battery-Operated Portable Lighting 09/27/07
Circuits monitor and balance large lithium-ion batteries 09/03/07
Cascaded converter boosts LED-drive capability 08/16/07
Germanium Dual-Boost Starts At 260 mV 05/10/07
CPLD autonomously powers battery-powered system 04/12/07
Lead-Acid Battery Charger Becomes A Subfunction In A Microcontroller 03/29/07
Analyzing the SEPIC Converter 11/01/06
Dynamic Power Path Management Simplifies Battery Charging from Solar Panels 10/01/06
No need to fear: SEPIC outperforms the flyback 01/25/06
Better Battery Management Through Digital Control 01/01/06
Linear regulators - matching the device to the application 04/06/05
Charging Li-ion Batteries for Maximum Run Times 04/01/05
Sensorless Control For PMDC Motors 02/01/05
Measure Battery Capacity Precisely in Medical Design 01/01/05
Top 10 Tidbits of Battery Wisdom 12/01/04
Power Converters for Micro Fuel Cells 10/01/04
Power-Monitoring Circuits for Battery Performance 05/01/04
Inductor Current Rating for a Buck-Boost Converter 05/01/04
IEEE 1625 Helps Promote Safety and Reliability 04/01/04
Micro Fuel Cells Strive for Commercialization 02/01/04
Charge Your Battery Faster By Using a USB Port 01/01/04
LED-driver considerations 01/01/04
Boost Regulator Makes Low Profile SEPIC with Both Step-Up and Step-Down Capability - Design Note 317 08/01/03
New current-mode PWM controllers support boost, flyback, SEPIC, and LED-driver applications 01/02/03
Designing DC/DC converters based on SEPIC topology 01/02/03
Selecting LDO Linear Regulators for Cellphone Designs 10/01/02
Improved Power Supply Rejection For IC Linear Regulators 10/01/02
SEPIC Equations and Component Ratings 04/23/02
Power inverter is bidirectional 08/02/01
A Monolithic Switching Regulator with 100mV Output Noise 10/01/97
High Power 1.5V to 5V Converter 08/01/94
Low Power, Low Voltage Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp Power Supply 08/01/94