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March 12, 2008  |   A Penton Media Publication  |   Volume 6 Number 8  
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Table Of Contents
Digital Controller Eases Design of Isolated Power Supplies
Company Demonstrates Solar Cells Made By Inkjet Printing
ENERGY STAR Gets Tougher For Washers, Covers More CFLs
Vendors Collaborate on Magnetic Device Simulation
Fuel Cell Prototype Demonstrates Benefits For Digital Cameras
ICs Simplify Secondary Feedback and Protection Circuits
Control Chip Provides Flexible CPU Power Designs
High-Current PCB Connectors Ease Assembly
Compact POL Delivers 50 A
Events
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Top Story

Digital Controller Eases Design of Isolated Power Supplies
By David Morrison, Editor-in-Chief, Power Electronics Technology
 A digital power controller developed by Analog Devices to implement isolated power converters aims to provide the same ease-of-use that until now was only available with digital power controllers for nonisolated converters.


Industry News

Company Demonstrates Solar Cells Made By Inkjet Printing
Konarka Technologies has announced that it successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of solar cells manufactured by highly efficient inkjet printing.

ENERGY STAR Gets Tougher For Washers, Covers More CFLs
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has announced more stringent criteria for clothes washers and additional categories of compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL) under the ENERGY STAR label.

Vendors Collaborate on Magnetic Device Simulation
ACME Magnetics USA and Intusoft are working together to incorporate ferrite cores produced by ACME Electronics into Intusoft's "Magnetics Designer" simulation tool.

Fuel Cell Prototype Demonstrates Benefits For Digital Cameras
MTI MicroFuel Cells, a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc. has unveiled a mobile fuel cell prototype for the digital camera market at the 4th International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo in Tokyo, Japan.

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ESC Silicon Valley: Learn Today, Design Tomorrow
ESC Silicon Valley is where the global design engineering community gathers to learn, collaborate and celebrate innovation. ESC is celebrating 20 years of educating the creators of technology at the San Jose Convention Center from April 14 - 17 with over 350 exhibiting companies and over 200 new courses to this year's conference. Register today! Use Code: UX2-D


New Products and Services

ICs Simplify Secondary Feedback and Protection Circuits
ASIC Advantage’s IPS20 and IPS21 power management ICs simplify the design of secondary-based feedback and protection circuit implementations.

Control Chip Provides Flexible CPU Power Designs
Designed to power Intel processors per the VR11.0 and VR11.1 specifications, International Rectifier’s IR3502 XPhase control IC provides overall system control and interfaces with any number of the company’s XPhase phase ICs.

High-Current PCB Connectors Ease Assembly
Anderson Power Products’ high power (45-A) pc board connector and contact series may be pre-assembled in one or two row configurations, reducing assembly costs and eliminating accidental connector separation.

Compact POL Delivers 50 A
Delta Electronics has added the ND 12-V input, 50-A point-of-load converter (POL) to its Delphi Series of board-mounted dc-dc converters.

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Video Highlights From APEC 2008

At their APEC 2008 Hotspot, Electronic Design presents a series of videos shot on location at the recent Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition in Austin, Texas. This video series, which begins with an overview of the event by Don Tuite, Electronic Design's Analog and Power Editor, features interviews on the show floor with a number of exhibitors. Go to electronicdesign.com/subject/apec2008 to see and hear International Rectifier, ON Semiconductor, United Chemi-Con, Vicor , Molex, Vishay, and Rohm discuss their latest product developments and company news.


Upcoming Events

Events
April 17 and 18, 2008
AEi Systems’ WCCA/Worst Case Analysis Training Workshops
Los Angeles, California
AEi Systems’ team of power electronics experts will present a new, specialized version of its two-day intensive course that focuses on the fundamentals and methodology of Worst Case Circuit Analysis. WCCA is used to improve reliability and assure that the product performance meets specifications throughout its entire life. For course descriptions, registration or more information, call 310-216-1144 or visit www.AENG.com/wccaclass.asp


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