Using two-transistor forward topology for 80 PLUS power
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2008-11-18 |
| Achieve higher efficiency and greater reliability with two-transistor forward topology for 80 PLUS supplies |
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| What the next transistor will be like
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2011-08-01 |
| Here's a comprehensive discussion on the race is on to redefine the transistor |
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Two-transistor forward topology for 80 PLUS efficient power supplies
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2007-10-04 |
| Achieve higher efficiency and greater reliability, using a two-transistor forward topology for 80 PLUS-rated ATX supplies |
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Trim down transistor mismatch errors
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2008-10-29 |
| The Survivor strategy enables a circuit to select the best two matching transistors out of an array of possible pairs. |
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Billion-transistor full-custom designs
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2006-09-17 |
| Read about power integrity issues in today's advanced designs and the unique challenges of full-custom designs. |
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Back to the basics of power MOSFETs
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2007-02-21 |
| This article provides the basics on power MOSFETs. It compares the MOSFET to the bipolar transistor and discusses some tradeoffs |
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Explaining redundant power techniques for servers
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2008-08-18 |
| Problems with redundant power in server applications can be addressed with field effect transistor ORing controllers |
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Back to the basics of power MOSFETs
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2007-02-21 |
| This article provides the basics on power MOSFETs. It compares the MOSFET to the bipolar transistor and discusses some tradeoffs |
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Identifying front-end challenges for 90nm design
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2003-09-01 |
| FEOL scaling is about density improvement while simultaneously improving transistor performance |
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Timing closure: Hybrid optimization to the rescue
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2004-08-16 |
| Hybrid optimization combines ASIC cell-based design flow with transistor-level optimization to achieve improvement in timing closure |
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Equivalence checking for SoC blocks
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2001-11-16 |
| This technical article explains that as custom blocks become increasingly important for SoCs, equivalence checking between transistor-level implementation and behavioral modeling become equally significant design factors |
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Understand linear voltage regulators
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2008-12-08 |
| Read about a circuit that may help move heat from the regulator chip to a transistor on a heat sink |
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Increase equipment efficiency with app-specific IGBTs (Part 1)
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2009-09-29 |
| The IGBT, also known as the conductivity-modulated field-effect transistor, is one of the most commonly available advanced switching power devices in the market today |
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Embedded processors of tomorrow
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2003-11-03 |
| Goodbye binary arithmetic, instruction sets, and assembly language programming. Hello 4.5-billion transistor, 250GHz processors. O brave new embedded world |
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| Power tip: Discretes as alternative to integrated MOSFET drivers (Part 1)
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2011-12-20 |
| Here's why the humble, inexpensive discrete transistor can be a cost- and performance-effective option, and better in some ways than a more-highly integrated component |
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Energy conservation in portable devices (3)
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2008-04-25 |
| This article addresses the hierarchical approach to low power design of portable devices starting with process and transistor technology |
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A view of energy conservation in mobile devices, Part 2
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2008-04-16 |
| The gaps grow larger between what mobile devices can do and the amount of energy engineers can deliver. Here is an in-depth look at the power consumption, energy types, process and transistor technology, and packaging issues inherent in mobile device design |
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Design with low power while controlling leakage
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2006-06-18 |
| This paper reveals the techniques of designing with low power CMOS circuits. |
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LED-driver level-shifter includes fault detection
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2007-10-18 |
| Overcome the drawback of loss of fault detection in LED-string drive. |
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To use or not use external DAC
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2009-04-01 |
| Know why using an external audio converter IC over one integrated on SoC can help ensure high-quality audio performance. |
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Redundant power techniques for servers explained
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2007-05-08 |
| This article takes a look at several techniques that are used to support high availability systems. Find out which redundant power technique works best. |
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Improve top-level simulation for switching DC-DC converters
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2006-04-16 |
| This article presents an optimized solution strategy to improve top-level simulation for switching DC-DC converters. |
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| Retro transmission: Hoffman RT-159A radio
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2008-12-18 |
| The RT-159A is a crude tool by today's standards, but in the past it provided a simple but critical function. |
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Developing a design methodology for embedded memories
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2001-01-01 |
| Developing a design methodology for |
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Looking at embedded trends: Non-volatile memory (Part 1)
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2010-01-06 |
| Here's a look at non-volatile memory, one of the three significant trends emerging in one of the most critical and competitive sockets in modern electronic systems. |
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Integrated power detector solutions and design strategies
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2007-10-03 |
| This article discusses design tradeoffs for power detection and automatic gain control (AGC) circuitry. It examines simple diode and simple FET circuits, integrated differential implementations, and a log-amp power detector design. |
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| Address GaN measurement challenges
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2012-04-16 |
| Learn about Gallium Nitride, and the challenges that come along with this particular semiconductor material. |
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Smart partitioning in WiMAX radios shows design challenges (1)
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2006-10-13 |
| This article in a two-part series provides background information on the traditional partitioning in WiMAX radios. |
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| Why use SONOS memory for eflash
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2011-10-13 |
| Read about the features of silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon memory technology that make it ideally suited for embedded Flash. |
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Advancing energy harvesting schemes
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2009-08-04 |
| Modern ultralow-power microcontrollers have reached such a level of integration and processing efficiency that many applications no longer require traditional batteries. |
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