Only a few half bridge driver ICs currently available offer an integrated bootstrap function for the high-side supply. More typically the integrated bootstrap functions are realised by high-voltage FET ...
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We need to use our limited energy resources more efficiently if we want to live sustainably. Approximately 20% of global electrical energy is consumed by lighting. At the same time we expect lighting ...
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The low inductive strip line concept offers several benefits regarding the switching behaviour of IGBT modules, but for implementation in real packages a lot of boundary conditions have to be considered. ...
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In today’s chip business, one increasingly common market model involves an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) buying microcontrollers from a chip supplier and then engaging an independent design house ...
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LED lighting and especially intelligent LED lighting is gaining popularity. One of the most interesting and fastest growing segments is architectural lighting where high-quality colour mixing is an important ...
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With its new XMC1000 microcontroller family, Infineon is offering a 32-bit alternative for related 8-bit products, with significantly higher performance but for 8-bit prices. The product family is based ...
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Proper thermal design in power electronics is fundamental to ensuring that the final application will operate over its predicted lifetime. Thus, it remains a key element in the design process. Thermal ...
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Power Semiconductors are facing rising demands. Faster switching frequencies and higher operating temperatures provide a challenge for packaging and system concepts. Notebooks of today and tomorrow ...
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In launching its AUDO MAX TriCore family, Infineon has introduced three new series of the TriCore microcontroller in 90 nm technology onto the market, which are suitable both for high-performance and ...
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Engineers are striving to achieve 100% failsafe systems; however this Utopia is very difficult to realise in practical implementations and in a cost-effective way. Therefore a probabilistic and risk-based ...
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Infineon has taken its wealth of know-how in microcontroller design for real-time critical control applications and combined it with the benefits of an industry standard core. The result, the 32-bit XMC4000 ...
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The trend by power semiconductor manufacturers over the past years to increase the switching speed of their devices offers the benefit of reduced switching losses and the possibility to improve the efficiency ...
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