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Texas Instruments brings WEBENCH® speed training to DESIGN West!
Jeff Perry - WEBENCH Design Center
Have you finished your PCB design but still need to power it? Are you confident your design features the best mix of performance and cost? If you've been in this situation, I've got a free class for you! Texas Instruments will host a special “speed training” session, " Play...
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Apr 10, 2013
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APEC 2013: Mac and Cheese
Jeff L Nilles
Wednesday was the APEC night social event at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Most people consider it only a social event and stayed in the large lobby area and skipped the best ocean displays in the Aquarium. I have to admit there was a very impressive three-foot, giant crab that I would not want to meet...
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Mar 22, 2013
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Dave's powertrip #10: Next Round... GaN versus Si
Dave Freeman
In the late ‘80s, I was working on a method to use near infrared to determine the mineral content of reservoir samples. The goal was to provide an alternative to X-ray diffraction. I used a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer to determine the transmission spectra of potassium bromide pellets...
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Dec 18, 2012
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Calling all Power House readers, let’s hear your thoughts!
Mary Dunnie
Another Power House blogger here writing to let you know, the Power House team is listening and we’re always thinking of new posts for you, our readers! As you know, there’s never a dull moment on the blog, and thanks to a variety of writers, engineers and other TI members covering power...
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Jun 6, 2012
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Increasing Efficiency and Design Flexibility for Harvesting Applications with TPS62125
Thomas Hoffmann
Developers working with high impedance sources, such as current loops or discontinuous energy sources like harvesters, tend to use a storage element in front of the voltage regulator to buffer the energy. To avoid starting the application before the regulator can provide a stable output voltage (wasting...
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May 25, 2012
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Schedule for 2012 TI Power Supply Design Seminar in North America
MattMcK
Sign up to get your spot at the 2012 TI Power Supply Design Seminar (visit: www.ti.com/powerseminars ), which will be in 29 cities in the United States and Canada beginning Sept. 25. Celebrating 35 years of educating tens of thousands of power supply designers with innovative design concepts, TI’s...
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May 23, 2012
Blog Post:
DCS-Control™ topology increases power density and efficiency of TI step-down regulators
Thomas Hoffmann
Designers are challenged with increasing peak power demands and yet need to achieve high efficiency over the entire load range without sacrificing DC output accuracy. The DCS-Control™ architecture ( D irect C ontrol with S eamless Transition into Power Save Mode) used in TI’s low-power DC...
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May 4, 2012
Blog Post:
The Opening of TI Silicon Valley Labs: A Center for Innovation
Arik Flanders19177
Just a few short weeks ago, Texas Instruments introduced the opening of TI Silicon Valley Labs, a new analog research center nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley. As described by Gregg Lowe, senior vice president of TI’s Analog business, this new TI lab will be a center for disruptive innovation...
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Apr 3, 2012
Blog Post:
TI Expands Power Presence at APEC 2012
MattMcK
Dateline - Orlando, Florida. TI is participating this week at the largest, most influential power electronics conference in the industry. The Applied Power Electronics Conference ( www.apec-conf.org ) is a platform for leading power management IC companies like TI to present deep technical sessions and...
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Feb 6, 2012
Blog Post:
Power Solution of the Month Article, by Adam Castaldo: Flexibility and Reliability in High-Voltage (reduce BOM and overall solution cost)
AmyL
Flexibility and Reliability in High-Voltage Telecom with the 100V LM5017 By Adam Castaldo Telecommunications systems typically have a nominal 48V input supply that is subject to transients as high as 100V. Most power converters on the market today cannot tolerate transients above 60V. As...
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Jan 26, 2012
Blog Post:
CES 2012 visit us in person, or online
AmyL
With the turn of the New Year, comes the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). For those of you not familiar with CES, the official name of the show is the 2012 International CES. The show’s producer and sponsor is the Consumer Electronics Association, CEA, and it is held around the first of January...
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Jan 4, 2012
Blog Post:
2011 Power Guide is Here
MattMcK
As the TI power portfolio continues to expand, so does our popular Power Management Guide. We're up to 96 pages... full of new portable and line power solutions aimed at emerging and specific power design areas. Download your copy at www.ti.com/powerguide . Featured content includes design...
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May 27, 2011
Blog Post:
Top 5 Design Considerations for HEV/EV/LEV Battery Systems
AmyL
Below are 5 main areas of consideration when implementing HEV/EV/LEV battery systems. 1) Measurement Accuracy Li-Iron-Phosphate cells have limited voltage slope so determining State-of-Charge from voltage requires <3mV accuracy. 2) Hot Plug Performance With so many series cell connections...
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May 25, 2011
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Power Systems Design interview with TI's Senior VP of Power
MattMcK
Sami Kiriaki, senior vice president of TI's Power Management business, sits down with Cliff Keys, editor of Power Systems Design magazine, at the Applied Power Electronics Conference 2011 on March 9 to discuss how TI meets demanding power requirements facing end-equipment designers worldwide. See...
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Mar 22, 2011
Blog Post:
Taking Portable Electronics to a Higher Power
MattMcK
OK, there is no doubt the new iPads have cool features and offer tremendous usability. Next you’ll see handheld electronics like DLP® pico projectors, bar code readers and digital cameras with amazing features and wireless connectivity with even higher data rates. But adding all these new features...
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