Application Solutions
Paralleling IGBTs and Diodes Within One Power Module
December 9, 2010 7:14 am | by Werner Obermaier, Head of Product Marketing, Vincotech GmbH | Articles | CommentsThe increasing request for motor drives with higher power levels is also driving the demand for power modules providing higher currents. The conventional approach to fulfill this requirement is to look for dedicated high current power modules.
Passives – Putting The “Smart” In Smart Meters
December 8, 2010 10:47 am | by Arthur Evans and Bill Kutsche, Murata Electronics North America | Articles | CommentsMillions of homes and businesses throughout the country are using smart meters which have passive components to thank for powering their “smart” abilities. Passives’ unique qualities are critical to smart meters, and engineers should know about their important role in this rapidly growing industry.
Design Guidelines for Transistor Output Optocouplers
December 8, 2010 6:54 am | by Larry Sisken, Product Marketing Manager and Van Tran, Sr. Applications Engineer, CEL | Articles | CommentsA standard optocoupler provides complete electrical isolation of electronic circuits from input to output while transmitting information across that electrical isolation barrier using infrared light from the phototransistor contained inside the optocoupler.
Orthogonal Backplane Connector Technology Offers Design Flexibility
December 7, 2010 6:31 am | by Kevin O’Connor, Molex Incorporated | Articles | CommentsHigh-speed backplane connectors continue to be in great demand in supporting next-generation product development in the telecommunication, data networking, data storage, medical diagnostics and other market sectors.
Designing an Automotive Instrument Cluster for Increased Sound Pressure Level
December 3, 2010 5:30 am | by Jon Levin, Star Micronics America, Inc. & Krunal Patel, Jaguar Land Rover | Articles | CommentsNearly all vehicles have a chime or speaker on the dashboard instrument cluster for various alert functions. Increasingly, instrument cluster manufacturers are turning to speakers...
Network security facing dual challenge
December 1, 2010 4:57 am | by Dan Joe Barry, Napatech | Articles | CommentsNetwork security systems are under pressure. You might not be experiencing it yet, but you will soon. The dual challenge of dealing with more attacks at higher speeds threatens to undermine the stability of the most important commercial platforms of the 21st century; namely the Internet.
The Use of Touch-screens in Industrial Applications
December 1, 2010 4:30 am | by Simon Wyre, Lascar Electronics, www.lascarelectronics.com | Articles | CommentsAutomation in the workplace has been rising from the middle of the 20th century, with the introduction of the microprocessor in the 70’s fuelling a massive increase in the use of electronic devices to measure, monitor and control industrial processes.
Benefits of Custom LED & LCD Technology
November 23, 2010 6:45 am | by Jeff Oliveros, Director OEM Products, Lumex | Articles | CommentsOne of the most significant developments in the global optoelectronics and display markets over the past few years has been a complete revolution in the value proposition offered by custom technologies.
Putting the “Touch” in Multi-Touch
November 16, 2010 8:39 am | by Gary L. Barrett, Chief Technical Officer, Touch International | Articles | CommentsMulti-touch touch screens are fast becoming the standard for touch interface systems. This white paper examines what the term “multi-touch” means, what it does, and how it is used.
Wireless HDTV with WHDI – Changing the Way Consumers Consume Content
November 16, 2010 4:43 am | by Noam Geri, Co-Founder and Vice President Strategic Marketing, AMIMON | Articles | CommentsThe Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI), the new wireless HDTV standard promoted by AMIMON, Hitachi, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sharp and Sony, could not have arrived at a better time. Consumers are increasingly using their portable devices such as notebook PCs and tablets to find and view HD content...
Achieve Cost-Effective LED Control with High Efficiency
November 9, 2010 5:33 am | by Erhard Muesch, ZMDI, www.zmdi.com | Articles | CommentsAlthough the incandescent light bulb has dominated lighting applications since its introduction in the late 19th century, its efficiency has remained at less than five percent. Worldwide ecological awareness and the search for more cost-effective lighting options have made the light bulb the target of technology...
Driving LEDs – A Fresh Look
November 9, 2010 5:20 am | by Joe DeNicholas, National Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsIt is a well established fact in the solid state lighting industry that LEDs are constant current devices. This is because light output (luminous flux) is more or less linearly proportional to forward drive current over a given operating range.
Choose the Right Topology for LED Driver Design
November 9, 2010 5:08 am | by Michael Keene, Endicott Research Group, Inc., www.ergpower.com | Articles | CommentsIn order to properly drive the wide variety of LED-backlit LCDs available on the market now, electrical design engineers need to successfully implement one of many different driver topologies available. Whether the LED string voltage is higher than the voltage supply available in the system...
USB 3.0 Ushers In Plug-And-Play Displays At Multi-Gigabit Speed
November 8, 2010 9:24 am | by Mark Fu, SMSC | Articles | CommentsWith the more than 10 billion PC peripherals and consumer gadgets sporting a USB connector as their primary or only interface to the rest of the world, USB is arguably the most successful connectivity technology the world has ever seen.
Interface Technology Considerations for HMI Systems
November 8, 2010 9:11 am | by John J. Pannone, VP Sales, HMI Systems | Articles | CommentsHuman Machine Interface (HMI) Systems provide the controls by which a user operates a machine, system, or process such as high-speed trains, CNC machining centers, semiconductor production equipment, or medical diagnostic and laboratory equipment.
Foldable Twin Axial Ribbon Cables Free Space, Maintain High Performance
November 8, 2010 8:46 am | by Doug Gundel, 3M Electronic Solutions Division, 3Mconnectors.com | Articles | CommentsDesigners of enterprise computing systems face a difficult challenge every day. How can I pack more performance and increasing I/O in the same volume as the previous product generation? Cables and cable assemblies, which perform much of the internal I/O...
Improving Efficiency in Datacenters, Telecom and Communications
November 2, 2010 5:52 am | by Mike Speed, Segment Marketing Director, Fairchild Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsIntroducing a game-changing component is a bit like golfer hitting a hole in one. Both events happen relatively infrequently, yet everyone knows there’s another one coming...
Reducing Complexity and Cost for Portable Medical Electronics
October 20, 2010 6:38 am | by Sanjeev Kumar, Cypress Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsPortable Medical Electronics has seen tremendous growth and adoption in the recent years. More new variants are being introduced in the market by an increasing number of new companies. The need of the hour is better mass producible designs which are low in complexity...
Accelerating mobile health systems through technology
October 8, 2010 7:04 am | by Sid Shaw, Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments | Articles | CommentsSeveral factors are enabling the mobile health initiative ranging from aging populations, the rise in healthcare costs, the need to provide remote healthcare, as well as the increased awareness and demand for living healthy and staying fit...
Shielded Interconnect Technology Keeps Pace with Medical Device Community
October 7, 2010 11:21 am | by Tom Kannally, Hypertronics Medical industry Manager | Articles | CommentsAs medical devices are required to transmit more and more critical data, a higher degree of protective shielding is now being called for by the medical industry. The good news is found in the fact that connector vendors are hearing and indeed responding to this call with a collective sense of urgency...
Breathe Safely – Embedded Electronics Helps Save Lives
October 4, 2010 11:59 am | by Christian Schuster, Head of Software Development MEN Mikro Elektronik, Urs Reidt, Head of Development HAMILTON MEDICAL, Switzerland | Articles | CommentsIn the United States alone, error in medical treatments causes 98,000 deaths a year. For this reason, the American Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) founded the “100,000 Lives Campaign”, an initiative to improve patient care and prevent unnecessary deaths.
Meet the Demands of High-Temperature Applications With Thin Film Resistors
September 30, 2010 9:13 am | by Dr. Claude Flassayer, Vishay/Sfernice Thin Film Division, www.vishay.com | Articles | CommentsThe demands in high-temperature applications are growing more stringent, not only in terms of ambient temperatures up to + 230 °C, but also regarding density of power dissipation and reliability. In order to cope with these severe requirements...
Developments in USB Connector Technology
September 29, 2010 6:47 am | by Gijs Werner, Global Market Manager, Commercial Products, FCI | Articles | CommentsAs USB connectors have gained widespread usage in personal electronics equipment, it is necessary that the connectors be small in size as well as rugged and reliable in performance, which has spawned the next-generation microUSB connectors.
Power Management Solutions for Portable Medical Applications
September 23, 2010 5:23 am | by Ken Marasco, Portable Power Systems Applications Manager, Analog Devices | Articles | CommentsThe availability of portable medical equipment to diagnose a health issue inside or outside of the doctor’s office or hospital is rapidly increasing. Portable healthcare devices help medical professionals to monitor vital signs, restart the heart, and look inside the body with ultrasound...
Critical Demands on Ruggedized Wireless Systems
September 10, 2010 5:21 am | by Gregory Powers, Market Development Manager, Tyco Electronics | Articles | CommentsWireless systems are now fully mainstream in our lives, not only in the consumer world of cell phones, wifi enabled laptops and satellite television, but also in the mission and life critical world of aerospace and defense. Recent applications such as ADS-B (Automatic Dependant Surveillance - Broadcast) managed commercial airline flight...
