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POWER MANAGEMENT: Overview
Power Management focuses on portable battery management, power supplies and components, uninterrupted power supplies and includes automotive, battery, digital-power, display-drivers, high-voltage, lighting and mil/aero/harsh-environments.

The key market trend in the power management industry is energy efficient products and solutions to help operators reduce their operating expenses drastically, to address the economic viability issue on one hand and environmental concerns on the other.

POWER MANAGEMENT: News

Digital Power Management :: Texas Instruments' dual-output, multi-phase Fusion Digital Power controller

Full-featured graphical user interface eases designs, helps speed time-to-market  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: LTC3878: Extremely Fast Wide Input Range Step-Down DC/DC Controllers

Their constant on-time valley current mode control and low 43ns minimum on-time allow very low duty cycles, ideal for high step-down ratios and an extremely fast transient response. Both parts...  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: IR's IR3725 Input Power Monitor IC with Digital Interface Delivers Superior System Accuracy for Energy-Efficient DC-DC Converters

The IR3725 is a highly versatile input power, voltage and current monitor IC for 12V power supplies  >>  

Battery Management :: Battery Switch Features Four Enable Inputs for Disconnecting a Li+ Battery from a Load in Portable Applications

Combining a small footprint with an ultra-low quiescent current, this IC is ideal for cell phones, PDAs, and other portable applications.  >>  

Battery Management :: AnalogicTech Announces Industry's First 2A Switching Charger IC for Feature Rich Mobile Devices

High Efficiency, Low Noise Device Delivers Maximum Current in Compact 3x3 mm Package  >>  

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POWER MANAGEMENT: Blogs

Power-over-Ethernet :: Five top things no one thinks about for PoE -- but should!

Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a concept being applied to new and different applications every day. These applications include school public address systems, LED signage in mass transit stations and...  >>  

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POWER MANAGEMENT: Semiconductor Solutions

Digital Power Management :: ispMACH 4000ZE Perfect for Low-Power, Space-Constrained Hand-Held Applications

Industry's lowest static power, and standby current as low as 10uA, in ultra-small, space-saving packages. [from Lattice Semiconductor]  >>  

Battery Management :: TMS320F2803x/2x Piccolo MCUs -- real-time control for greater energy efficiency to cost sensitive applications

Piccolo MCUs, the new F2803x/2x devices feature architectural advancements and enhanced peripherals in packages from 38-pins to bring the benefits of 32-bit real-time control to applications... [from Texas Instruments]  >>  

Power-over-Ethernet :: Power over Ethernet (PoE)

PD and PSE Solutions - Silicon Labs' Power over Ethernet (PoE) solutions address both ends of the Ethernet cable. - Si3400/01 PD interface and switching regulator - Si3460 PSE interface with... [from Silicon Laboratories]  >>  

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POWER MANAGEMENT: Application Resources

Battery Management Application Notes :: Fairchild's FAN4800 Power Factor Correction (PFC) and PWM Controller Combo

The FAN4800 is a controller for power-factor-corrected, switched-mode power supplies.  >>  

Power Conversion White Papers :: POWER CONVERSION PROCESSOR TM ARCHITECTURE

This white paper details out International Rectifier's Power Conversion Processor TM Architecture. Monolithic integration of high voltage circuits for gate driving with protection, soft start...  >>  

Automotive Power Management Application Notes :: Automotive Solutions

Whether specifying an intelligent ignition control for high performance engine management systems or developing  Products to optimize power management in a next-generation hybrid vehicle,...  >>  

Power Conversion Application Notes :: Shunt Voltage References

Designing Switching Voltage Regulators With the TL494 and Implementing a Direct Thermocouple Interface With MSP430x4xx and ADS1240  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion White Papers :: CURRENT-MODE MODELING FOR PEAK, VALLEY AND EMULATED CONTROL METHODS

Reference Guide for Fixed-Frequency, Continuous Conduction-Mode Operation  >>  

Battery Management White Papers :: Achieving Low Power in 65-nm Cyclone III FPGAs

With the introduction of the 65-nm Cyclone® III family, Altera continues to deliver greater capabilities to designers of cost-sensitive high-volume applications. The move to the 65-nm process...  >>  

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POWER MANAGEMENT: Reference Designs

AC/ DC Power Conversion :: National Semiconductor Introduces Six PowerWise Energy-Efficient Subsystem Reference Designs

Six new PowerWise reference designs from National Semiconductor Corp. empower design engineers to speed through the design process, delivering products that consume less power, extend battery life...  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: Fairchild Semiconductor's 40V Synchronous Rectifier Offers Industry's Best Figure of Merit for Switching Designs

Fairchild Semiconductor enables designers to achieve higher levels of efficiency in their power designs with its 40V breakdown DC-DC synchronous rectifier.  >>  

DC/ DC Power Conversion :: Fairchild Semiconductor Releases Industry's Fastest Two-Bit Auto Direction Detection Translator

Fairchild provides designers a voltage translation solution that minimizes the delay in the timing budget of signal path applications such as notebooks, cell phones, GPSs and displays.  >>  

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POWER MANAGEMENT: Web Seminars

AC/ DC Power Conversion :: Texas instruments and arrow electronics present live webcast on maximizing data converter performance with improved voltage reference

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE: ARW) will present a live Analog eLab TM Webcast for designers titled "Improved Voltage Reference Circuits...  >>  

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