With the increasing use of start-stop vehicle technology (which automatically turns off the engine while it is idling), more and more automotive systems must operate at low input voltages. These low ...

The trend to higher levels of power supply integration seen in many industries is present in automotive systems. However, the growth in applications and highly variable requirements for power supplies ...

Today, 80% of all input/output (I/O) devices in automation applications are supplied with 24VDC power. The second most popular voltage is 120VAC, which is used on 15% of all I/Os. Over the past decade ...

Switching power supply chips from firms such as Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, Calif.) and Switching power supply chips from firms such as ...

Autoranging power supplies, sometimes simply called autorangers, are designed to provide a greater range of operation than a typical supply. In my estimation, less than 10% of the power supplies on ...