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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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Power Supply Design Seminar Kicks Off in Boston
MattMcK
We kicked off our 22nd bi-annual Power Supply Design Seminar series yesterday in Framingham, Mass. Approximately 50 attendees attended the advanced, day-long seminar, which covers everything from magnetic design to digital control of PFC performance to LED lighting control and four other advanced power...
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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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May 25, 2012
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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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May 4, 2012
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Optimizing Power Output in Solar Panels
Christoph Goeltner
Power Optimizers have been introduced to the photovoltaic (PV) market in the past few years and proven that there is a viable market for distributed electronics in PV systems. As of early 2012, more than one million power optimizers from various manufacturers have been installed in all climate regions...
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Apr 30, 2012
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TI's Intel Atom Tunnel Creek platform power system referene designs reduce time to revenue
George10687
If you're designing an embedded computing platform using Intel's 2010 Atom Tunnel Creek processor there's good news in dealing with the complexity of the power design, and ensuring your power supplies are compliant to the Intel power specifications: TI now has a complete Atom Tunnel Creek...
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Aug 26, 2010
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2010 North American Power Supply Design Seminar Dates Announced
Julie4332
TI's popular Power Supply Design Seminars are back! The seminars provide rich technical and practical presentations that combine new advanced power supply concepts, basic design principles and real-world application examples. Seminars are also planned for Europe, Asia, Mexico and South America for...
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Jun 8, 2010
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Power Demos at APEC
MattMcK
Imagine hundreds of power design engineers on a golf course. It could happen next week in Palm Springs. Hard to concentrate to hit a golf ball when there is a major power conference going on. And it's much easier to concentrate on what TI is showing at the Applied Power Electronics Conference...
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Feb 19, 2010
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Palm Springs Bound
MattMcK
More than a dozen TI power management experts will present at next week’s Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) 2010 in Palm Springs, Calif. This the 25th anniversary of the show, which seems to increase in attendance every year. Come by our booth at #502. For additional information and complete...
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Feb 17, 2010