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Tag: Offline Power

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Efficient Offline Power for Small Online Appliances

By Richard Lin, AC-DC Business Unit Manager

It is widely acknowledged that, at its heart, the Internet of Things (IoT) comprises countless sensors, actuators, and other devices that add ‘intelligence’ to the connected world. For the IoT to work as intended, many of these devices must be switched on and connected 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Switching to synchronous rectification delivers efficiency gains in off-line power converters

By Qikun Wu, Product Marketing Manager

Have you noticed how well some things go together? I’m not talking about ham and eggs or salt and pepper, which are really just complementary. No, I’m talking about things that need to go together in order to really work, like a camshaft and a push rod.

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