Further reading:

• X-capacitor discharge ICs
  25 September 2019, MB Silicon Systems, Power Electronics / Power Management
  Power Integrations announced CAPZero-3, the latest generation of the company’s energy-saving X-capacitor discharge ICs. Two-terminal CAPZero-3 ICs enable designers to meet IEC60335 safety approvals for ...
  
• Controllers for new PoE standard
  25 September 2019, EBV Electrolink, Power Electronics / Power Management
  ON Semiconductor is supporting the IEEE 802.3bt standard with a growing portfolio of compliant products and technologies. Using the new IEEE 802.3bt standard, Power over Ethernet (PoE) can be used to ...
  
• Battery protectors with integrated fuel gauges
  25 September 2019, CST Electronics, Power Electronics / Power Management
  Designers concerned about battery safety now have access to an advanced battery protector with integrated fuel gauges from Maxim Integrated Products. The newest 1-cell, pack-side ICs in this portfolio ...
  
• Flexible digital power-factor controller
  25 September 2019, Altron Arrow, Power Electronics / Power Management
  Combining the flexibility of digital power with the responsiveness of analog algorithms, STMicroelectronics’ STNRGPF12 dual-channel interleaved boost-PFC (power factor correction) controller is easily ...
  
• MCU-based solution for offline face recognition
  25 September 2019, EBV Electrolink, DSP, Micros & Memory
  NXP Semiconductors unveiled the world’s first microcontroller (MCU)-based solution for adding offline face and expression recognition capabilities to smart home, commercial and industrial devices. Built ...
  
• Isolated industrial drive switches
  25 September 2019, NuVision Electronics, Power Electronics / Power Management
  Silicon Labs has introduced a family of compact, robust isolated smart switches designed to drive any load, even in the harshest industrial environments. The new Si834x isolated switches are ideal for ...
  
• High-voltage rack-mount PSUs
  25 September 2019, Vepac Electronics, Power Electronics / Power Management
  XP Glassman Power has introduced a series of rack-mount, high-voltage DC power supplies (PSU) able to supply up to 60 kV. Aimed at laboratories and OEMs, the EY series of 1200 W power supplies feature ...
  
• Power controller for smart home appliances
  28 August 2019, RF Design, Power Electronics / Power Management
  Qorvo has introduced a new intelligent power control solution for reducing energy consumption, bulk, weight and noise in smart home appliances, AC-powered fans and compressors. This mixed-signal system-in-package ...
  
• UPS battery configuration made easy
  28 August 2019, Forbatt SA, Power Electronics / Power Management
  Determining the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) battery configuration using a formula can be quite complicated and, since many users are not very familiar with it, a more simplified method can be used ...
  
• Bidirectional laboratory power supply
  28 August 2019, Vepac Electronics, Power Electronics / Power Management
  EA Elektro-Automatik’s new 30 kW EA-PSB 10000 is a bidirectional power supply with a working efficiency of up to 96%, both as a source and as a drain with energy feedback. The device can be switched from ...
  
• 3 Watt DC-DC converters
  28 August 2019, Avnet South Africa, Power Electronics / Power Management
  Aimtec has introduced three new series of switching regulators – the AMSRB1-78JZ, AMSRL1-78JZ and AMSRL-78JZ – all meeting the EN62368 standard and suitable for IoT (Internet of Things) applications. The ...
  
• Isolated PFC module
  28 August 2019, Conical Technologies, Power Electronics / Power Management
  SynQor has added a new isolated PFC (power factor correction) module to its AeroQor range of products for the airborne electronics market. Featuring highly efficient active power factor correction, the ...