Electronic Design

A Power Module or Discrete Design for Your DC/DC Conversion? How to Choose

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Let’s face it: Some lucky folks don’t have to worry too much about power conversion. Just plug the board into the ...
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Dispelling the Mystery: Transparency and Unity in Course Module Design

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of blog posts about teaching online. Tanya Long Bennett is a professor of English. Although most of us have likely benefited from the self-reflection and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Integration Of S-Parameters For Power Module Verification Into The Engineers’ Design Environment

Developing a power module requires enhanced design and verification methods. Currently, multiple iterations are needed to get the design done. Today, design and manufacturing processes are heavily ...
Semiconductor Engineering

When Less Can Be More With Smart Module Design: Part 1

Size and power often seem like opposite sides of a coin. When you reduce size – one of the ever-pressing goals in our industry – you inevitably reduce power. But does that have to be the case? By ...
EDN

Six key factors for module design in 5G devices

At the end of 2021, 5G was on pace to exceed 540 million connections and 220 commercial networks worldwide, according to Omdia and TeleGeography. What do those numbers mean for engineers, systems ...
Electronic Design

DC-DC Power Modules Cut Design Time, EMI, Size, and Cost

Members can download this article in PDF format. Power modules offer many benefits. Versions with integrated inductors can simplify designs, reduce overall size, and help assure compliance with EMI ...
EDN

Unique Intersil thermal design removes heat from encapsulated, compact 50A power modules

Intersil has designed fully-encapsulated switching power supply modules in very small footprints. The ISL8240 is one example of their dual 20A/single 40A step-down, 100W analog power module. These ...