Reducing energy consumption and improving efficiency are targeted outcomes for most power electronics applications, especially in motor control drives, uninterruptible and switch-mode power supplies, and in industrial uses such as welding.
One company developing innovative transducer-based solutions for these challenges...
Published: Jul 20, 2018
As power levels for board components have risen, thermal engineers have been forced to design larger and more innovative heat sinks than ever before. Along with the thermal challenge has come the mechanical challenge of attracting these heat sinks to the components in a reliable fashion.
There are many traditional...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
This application note is about creating your own battery model for the R&S®NGM200, beyond the standard models provided within the battery simulation option NGM-K106. The main purpose is to gradually discharge a battery or a rechargeable battery using the internal QuickArb function. The discharge of the battery...
Published: Apr 20, 2021
Any engineer involved with portable or handheld products knows that minimizing power consumption is an absolute requirement for today’s designs. But only the veterans understand the subtle yet important details that can stretch a systems’ battery life to the maximum.
In this white paper Lattice Semiconductor...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Today’s array of coin cell holders is hardly up to the challenges presented by the ever-increasing array of portable devices. With consumers expecting handheld gadgets to work perfectly anywhere at any time, engineers are presented with some unique problems.
Vibration. Heat. Shock. Humidity. Corrosion. Pressure....
Published: Jul 25, 2018
The focus of this article is to address the need to utilize the latest circuit protection technology available to increase the effi ciency of a battery powered remote panel deployed with a SCADA system. Before discussing the newest circuit breaker technology for SCADA systems, there needs to be a review of what a SCADA...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
The use of power supplies in harsh, remote environments brings with it many fundamental design issues that must be fully understood if long-term reliability is to be attained. For designers of communications equipment downtime is not an option. Both revenues and safety can be compromised under such circumstances.
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Published: Jul 23, 2018
Devices that demand reductions in power consumption are increasing, such as cooling fans. If we looked at all process from fan production, usage in field, to scrapping the fan, the highest required energy comes from the power consumption during operation. In other words, reduction of the fan's power consumption is...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
The LGA80D from Artesyn Embedded Technologies is the first DC-DC converter module of its kind on the market. This innovative non-isolated unit offers two independent and configurable 40 amp, 100 watt outputs, which can also be combined to a single configurable 80 amp, 200 watt output. With a footprint of 1 x 0.5 inches...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
How an improved decision flow can help power systems designers reduce materials and development costs and save design time while developing products better aligned with customers’ requirements.
For electronics product designs with a large (>100W) power requirement, the method for choosing a power supply...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
In the case of AC/DC power units, it is not dramatic technology breakthroughs that drive the trend, it is good engineering and the inventiveness to combine the best of a whole range of techniques and technologies that separate a really innovative power supply from an average one.
This article looks at AC/DC power...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Because wireless systems are typically located out of doors and have components located on towers and tall buildings, they are especially susceptible to damage from lightning.
Therefore, it is important that a lightning protection system be designed and implemented at the same time the wireless system is being designed...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
There are currently two common approaches to PFC inrush current protection. Such protection caters only for the first instance of power application at the switching on of the AC power.
Faced with higher customer demand and expectations towards higher stability in power supply systems, a new concept is conceived that...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
This article describes best practices for new designs of PROFIBUS DP nodes, and covers bus node isolation, PROFIBUS compliance, and bus signal polarity. It includes a review of a new family of PROFIBUS International recognized isolated transceivers, whose isolation technology is based on Giant Magneto Resistance (GMR)....
Published: Jul 17, 2018
