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TOP NEWS STORIES Fairchild’s Green FPS Power Switches Increase Efficiency, Reduce EMI in Power Supply Designs Fairchild Semiconductor’s new Green FPS switches, the FSQ0765R and FSQ0565R, feature the company’s proprietary valley switching, hybrid control and inherent frequency modulation, resulting in reduced switching losses by up to 500mW and EMI by up to 5dB over hard-switch converter topologies. Configurable and Customizable Mixed-signal Solution for Motion and Power Management STMicroelectronics’ structured architecture of bridges and regulators (S.A.B.Re) offer the customer an IC with a wide number of features that can be configured and customized for various applications: motor drivers, regulators, high-precision A/D converters, operational amplifiers, and many other digital or analog circuits. Actel Libero IDE v8.1 Maximizes Power Efficiency with New Power-driven Layout and Advanced Power Analysis Actel Corp. has rolled out its Libero Integrated Design Environment with significant new features, such as power-driven layout, that enable designers to further optimize designs to reduce dynamic power consumption by as much as 30 percent for a typical design. Single/dual/quad/octal Precision Voltage Monitors Guaranteed to +125°C Linear Technology Corp. has launched a family of single, dual, quad, and octal voltage monitors that guarantee operation across the -40°C to +125°C temperature range and feature a threshold accuracy of ±1.5% over the automotive temperature range. TI Introduces Dual-voltage Level LDO for Handheld Devices Texas Instruments Inc.’s dual-level 200mA low-dropout linear regulator with simple dynamic voltage scaling enables applications that require two levels of output voltage regulation for programming of eFUSE or SIM cards with additional memory. Phihong’s Linear Replacement Adapters Cost Less than Conventional Switching Products Phihong has expanded its line of standard unregulated adapters with the addition of PLA03A—a lightweight and highly efficient 3W wall plug ideal for applications such as cordless headsets, Bluetooth device chargers, cell phones and other wireless communication devices. High Voltage Technology for Display Driver Applications Release to Production Silterra Malaysia has developed a 0.16mm high voltage technology for the display driver applications targeting the high resolution TFT panels used in mobile devices such as featured cell phones, smart phones, MP3/MP4 players, PDAs and digital cameras. First High-reliability, High-power-density, Synchronous Buck Regulators National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a new line of buck switching regulators, under its PowerWise energy-efficient product family, that are said to be the first in the industry to feature high reliability, efficiency, and power density capabilities. STMicroelectronics Adds Fully-integrated PWM Controllers to Power Management Portfolio STMicroelectronics has extended its portfolio of power management devices with a new family of flexible and high-performance PWM controllers—the L6726A, L6727, L6728 and L6728A—which integrate a voltage reference, control logic, gate drivers, monitoring and protection circuits into standard SO-8 or tiny 3x3mm DFN packages. TECHNICAL FEATURES ON POWER TECHNOLOGY Permanent-magnet Motors Boost Efficiency and Power Density For high-power applications, using ac-induction motors (ACIMs) is still the rule, but, at 2kW and less, permanent-magnet motors are taking over in new designs. UPCOMING EVENTS Tektronix Asia Symposium 2007 Tektronix Asia Symposium 2007 is here! India,Bangalore on Dec 12, 2007. Join us for insights on digital design challenges and the measurement solutions that you will need to enable innovation in the New Digital World. Visit www.tektronix.com/symposium2007/in for the details. It’s a free 1-day event where we also have various application booths on display.

Sponsored by TI TI Power Management Technology Increases System Safety When Charging a Cell Phone TI introduced a family of battery charger front-end integrated circuits, bq243xx, which dramatically increases protection when charging a cell phone or other portable electronic device. The 2 mm x 2 mm safety circuits protect a system from input over-voltage, over-current and battery over-voltage conditions, which may result from a power spike during charging, or a defective or incorrect wall adapter.   EDN Asia Software Center – Your source for free engineering design software and information Obtaining free software and information has never been easier. Simply browse our resource catalogue, click on the items which interest you, submit the online form and leave the rest to us. Your requested software will be mailed out to you free-of-charge. Click here to experience first-hand the convenience of the new EDN Asia Software Center!

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