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DCS-Control™ topology increases power density and efficiency of TI step-down regulators
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12 days ago
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Thomas Hoffmann
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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...
Optimizing Power Output in Solar Panels
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15 days ago
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Christoph Goeltner
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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...
Introducing TI’s new Power Solution Video Series
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26 days ago
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Arik Flanders19177
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Over the next several months TI will be rolling out a new Power Solution video series, which will break down a variety of power solutions, ranging anywhere from telecomm to LED lighting solutions. The new series, which will be hosted right here on...
How to Power the New Sitara AM335x Family
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1 month ago
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Pedro Artal
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The new AM335x SITARA family is becoming very popular in the market. Hundreds of customers are starting new designs with this low-cost Cortex A8 processor. The next obvious question is how can we power this new family? The table below provides an overview...
The Opening of TI Silicon Valley Labs: A Center for Innovation
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1 month ago
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Arik Flanders19177
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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...
Now that ISSCC 2012 is History
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2 months ago
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Gene Frantz
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I’m at the airport in San Francisco waiting for the redeye back to Houston . I’ve determined to take a moment and review my experience at the conference. First of all it was a great pleasure seeing many friends and spending time talking about...
The cloud: a power hungry entity
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2 months ago
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Dave Freeman
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This year at ISSCC, I had the pleasure of participating in a forum titled “Robust VLSI Circuits & Systems for Sustainable Society”. Most of the presenters focused on the robust angle, a few translated the title to reliability, and one...
The Power of ISSCC
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2 months ago
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Gene Frantz
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I am not a circuit designer, but I’ve been a sporadic attendee at ISSCC over the years due to my passion for systems and signal processing. Well, I’m attending this year for both of my passions – low power and medical applications...
Live Demos from Strategies in Light!
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3 months ago
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Arik Flanders19177
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As mentioned in Monday's Strategies in Light blog post we've taken the time to record a few live demos from the Strategies in Light show floor in Santa Clara. The first demonstration that we have features two of our new LED Drivers, including TPS92070...
What to expect from TI at Strategies in Light 2012
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3 months ago
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Arik Flanders19177
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If you’re planning to attend Strategies in Light this year in Santa Clara, then you’re in for a treat. You see, a few months ago TI’s LED Lighting product portfolio grew significantly in result of the National Semiconductor acquisition...
TI Expands Power Presence at APEC 2012
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3 months ago
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MattMcK
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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...
Challenges facing designers of power solutions for set-top boxes, by Luis Huertas
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3 months ago
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AmyL
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Some of the challenges facing designers of power solutions for set-top boxes are: Operation for a wide range input supply (5, 12, 15 or semi-regulated inputs) Efficiency in all ranges of operation. Set-top boxes must be powered all the time ...
Power Solution of the Month Article, by Adam Castaldo: Flexibility and Reliability in High-Voltage (reduce BOM and overall solution cost)
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3 months ago
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AmyL
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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...
CES 2012 coverage: Battery life takes center stage
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4 months ago
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AmyL
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As I was preparing for the show yesterday, I caught some coverage of CES by a major news network. One of the technology contributors discussed the importance of battery life/battery operation as being a major factor of a solution's success and adoption...
CES 2012 coverage: Wireless power, one year and 75 new Qi complaint products later
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4 months ago
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AmyL
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It is hard to believe a year ago (time flies), we announced our first Qi-compliant wireless power development kit . With the release, we were asked a number of questions about expected adoption rate, markets pursuing the technology, and the value of the...
CES and dead battery anxiety: what’s the connection?
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4 months ago
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AmyL
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At CES many of us often suffer from dead battery anxiety, aka DBA. We find ourselves tracking the charge level on our smartphone and other portable devices constantly. Tradeshows demand that we stay connected in real time to co-workers, the office, customers...
CES 2012 visit us in person, or online
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4 months ago
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AmyL
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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...
Power Stage Enables Efficient, High-Density Power Integration
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4 months ago
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Ninon
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Given the word's increasing energy needs there is a worldwide effort underway to reduce the operating costs of all energy consuming equipment. This includes base stations, server farms, storage systems, telecom switches and routers, gateways,...
Driving AMOLEDs using TPS65138
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5 months ago
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Sanjay Pithadia
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In my introductory post to the TI E2E Community Power House blog, I want to take a few moments to explain how you design engineers out there can drive AMOLED displays using the TPS65138 power supply. Active-matrix OLED ( active-matrix organic light...
TI PowerLab™ Reference Design Library
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5 months ago
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Arik Flanders19177
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Have you ever had trouble finding a fully tested and functional Power Management design for your project? More often than not, I'm finding out that the answer to this question is, yes! With that in mind, we've developed an understanding of...
TI grabs 14 spots on EDN Hot 100 Products of 2011 list.
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5 months ago
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Robert Rich
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Each year, the later months on the calendar bring an influx of awards and acknowledgement from the media about which parts were the "best" or "most innovative" or "most influential." EDN prefers to take a different route...
The First TI PV Arc Detection Chip Set
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6 months ago
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Arik Flanders19177
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Did you happen to make it to Solar Power International 2011 in Dallas? If so, then you probably got a glimpse of TI's new photovoltaic (PV) arc detection system. It's designed to help detect hazardous arcs in PV systems and is the first of its kind from...
Watch the New Power Tips Video Series
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9 months ago
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nancy!
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Since 2008, Robert Kollman, Senior Applications Manager and Distinguished Member of the Texas Instruments Technical Staff, has written a series of short technical articles on EE Times that cover all the facets of power management you want to know about...
Fundamentals of Solar: Off-Grid - Online Course Now Live
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9 months ago
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nancy!
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The latest EE Times Fundamentals of Solar Course by Dave Freeman from TI and John Donovan, Editor/Publisher of Low-Power Design is now available online. This course covers the fundamentals of off-grid, stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) systems, with the aim...
Powering RF devices with a DC-DC Converter: a conflict?
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9 months ago
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Thomas Hoffmann
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Low power RF devices and controllers likely run on battery power and typically burn more power than what is required. But, why? Typically, creating additional system losses was avoided by connecting the battery directly to the load. This causes more...
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