Tiny Rectifiers Help OEMs Meet Consumer Demands for Ever-Smaller Wearables
As the wearable technology market sees impressive growth, design engineers must meet the demand for ever-smaller components.
Tag: Discrete Products
How Intelligent MOSFET Switches Are Replacing Automotive Fuses and Relays
The automotive industry's rapid transition to electric or hybrid vehicles, and increasing ADAS and ECU usage, result in more power and computational performance being required to drive new loads and process data in real time.
40V MOSFET Delivers Efficiency Gains for Electric Vehicles
Right now, the automotive industry is going through a big transformation as it rapidly shifts from internal combustion engines to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs).
Brushed Motors Are Not Going Away
Even when not taking into account the electrification of the drivetrain, the number of electric motors in the average car is increasing significantly.
Electrical Threats to USB Type-C Ports and How to Prevent Them
Markets of all types – such as consumer, industrial, and medical – demand smaller, slimmer devices that deliver faster performance, more features, and extra flexibility. The latest USB Type-C® (or USB-C®) interface and Power Delivery (USB PD) specifications are part of the industry’s response to these demands.
The Latest Load Switches Leave Few Reasons to Design Your Own
By Muhammad Zafar Kausar, Junior Applications Engineer
At face value, the function of a load switch is straightforward; essentially, inserting a MOSFET in series between the power rail and the subsection of circuitry to be controlled, and applying a suitable signal to the gate, provides the desired control.
The Case for a Constant Current
By Shane Timmons, Product Marketing Manager
Not only has LED technology all but completely displaced conventional incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent tube lighting, it is used far more extensively than any other forms of lighting technology that have come before it.
Looking Beyond the Datasheet – New Ways to Use Devices
By Isaac Sibson, Applications Engineer
Current regulators are a basic building block that can be used wherever a circuit or device needs a steady and stable source of current. They will often be used when an unstable supply can have a negative impact.
Great Things Come in Small (Outline) Packages
By Shane Timmons - Product Marketing Manager
Gordon Moore’s prescient prediction of the ever-growing density of components on integrated circuits (ICs) continues to be proved right. Even if the recent growth is slowing down, the trend towards smaller packages continues apace.
How Hall Effect Switches Enable Autonomous Vehicles
By Charles Kuo, Sensor Marketing Manager
Automotive engineers around the world are immersed in harnessing the latest technologies to bring smart, autonomous vehicles to our roads. Those technologies will also enhance the driver and passenger experience far beyond today’s norm, through intuitive human-machine interfaces and highly personalized cockpits.
