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MAX1726x – Maxim Integrated fuel-gauge IC family
Maxim Integrated has developed an algorithm to accurately estimate the battery state of charge and safely handle most batteries. Designers of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery-powered mobile devices such as wearables, electric bicycles, power tools and internet of things (IoT) products can...
Continue Reading4-channel voltage supervisors accurate to ±0.5%
Analog Devices' LTC2962-LTC2964 family of 4-channel voltage supervisors has been designed with exceptional accuracy for increased system voltage margin and enhanced reliability. [via] ASIC, FPGA, DSP, MCU and MPU architectures that operate from supplies as low as 1V cannot utilize...
Continue ReadingNexperia’s 74AUP1Txx & 74LV1Txxx logic families
Nexperia’s 74AUP1Txx & 74LV1Txxx logic families provide solutions that integrate voltage level translation with a Boolean function. 74AUP1Txx & 74LV1Txxx types are single supply general-purpose voltage-translating devices, respectively operating in the 2.3 V to 3.6 V and 1.6...
Continue ReadingAEM10941 – Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Power Management IC
E-peas’ photovoltaic energy harvesting IC solution – AEM10941 – is the next generation integrated energy management subsystem that extracts DC power from up to 7 cells solar panels to simultaneously store energy in a rechargeable element and supply the system with two independent...
Continue ReadingBack-up power manager can support two supercapacitors
A complete supercapacitor back-up power management system for 2.9 to 5.5V supply rails is available from Analog Devices. The LTC4041 uses an on-chip bi-directional synchronous converter to provide high efficiency step-down supercapacitor charging. There is also high current, high...
Continue ReadingIntegrated battery charger has optional power point tracking
An integrated, high voltage multi-chemistry synchronous monolithic step-down battery charger and PowerPath manager with onboard telemetry functions and optional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) has been announced by Analog Devices. The Power by Linear LTC4162 is 3.2A, 35VIN/35VOUT...
Continue ReadingHybrid Synchronous Step-Down Controller
The LTC7821, an industry first hybrid step-down synchronous controller that merges a switched capacitor circuit with a synchronous step-down controller, enables up to a 50% reduction in DC/DC converter size compared to traditional solutions. The LTC7821 uses a proprietary architecture...
Continue ReadingLow profile regulator has digital power system management
Available as either a dual 10A or single 20A thin uModule regulator, the LTM4686 has a PMBus interface and is housed in a 16 x 11.9 x 1.82mm LGA package. The Power by Linear regulator’s low height allows the it to be placed on a PC board very close to its load such as an FPGA or...
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