A smart power-management IC recently rolled out by Nexperia can efficiently extract tiny amounts of power from energy sources such as light and vibration to run wireless sensors, wearables, and other ...

Low-power IC design techniques have been around for quite a while. They weren’t always required, though they were nice to have. The rapid growth of the consumer market for battery-powered devices has ...

Performance of InnoSwitch™3-AQ flyback IC demonstrated in new reference designs featuring wide-creepage package “The new InSOP™-28G package, with its wide 5.1 mm drain-to-source pin creepage distance, ...

Power optimization is playing an increasingly vital role in chip and chip and system designs, but it’s also becoming much harder to achieve as transistor density and system complexity continue to grow ...

In the process of creating ICs, the digital implementation stage is focused on meeting the performance, power, and area (PPA) targets defined for the design. Traditionally, when talking about PPA ...

It is very encouraging to see several industry-wide efforts being made to achieve a common mean to integrate low-power-related design features into IC design flows. In the absence of such a standard, ...

Novel MinE-CAP device dramatically reduces the input bulk capacitor size, reduces in-rush current by up to 95%, eliminates NTC thermistors and associated losses SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS ...

Extending its reach into higher power applications such as data centers, solar, and electric vehicles, Navitas Semiconductor has introduced the NV6169, a new high-power 650/800 V-rated GaNFast power ...

A French-Taiwanese collaboration has produced a primary-side IC for 65W ac-dc USB PD adapters. The companies are GaN specialist Wise-integration and mixed-signal IC maker Leadtrend Technology.

The power semiconductor market is recovering from its downturn, with demand starting to pick up, according to industry sources from China and Taiwan.The industry generally expects AI PCs to drive the ...