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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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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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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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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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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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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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Updated SwitcherPro™ design tool offers better functionality and more designs
Julie4332
TI's popular SwitcherPro™ design software for DC/DC controller and converter power-supply designs now features more than 110 parts and 40 evaluation module designs. www.ti.com/switcherpro-em . Access both SwitcherPro™ versions: www.ti...
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