Tag: Load Switches

How Power Efficiency Enables Low-Cost Sensing for Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

Posted in Technology, Tagged Analog Products, Boost Converters, Load Switches, Posted 5 months ago by , Tu Bui | Systems Applications Manager

For sensors to use the least possible power in flexible and compact solutions, design engineers look to Diodes' load switches and converter power systems.

The Latest Load Switches Leave Few Reasons to Design Your Own

Posted in Technology, Tagged Discrete Products, Energy Efficiency, Hot Swapping, Load Switches, Posted 4 years ago

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.