This application note describes ways to estimate power dissipation of individual CMOS logic devices in a system. It will help users determine if their designs raise any power dissipation concerns. Due ...

Bulkwave quartz crystal units form the resonant elements of oscillators as well as voltage-controllåed oscillators designed to exhibit excellent long- and short-term frequency stability. The roots for ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Today, many portable applications come equipped with Li-ion and Li-polymer batteries, since they provide a very high-energy density relative to their ...

Because today’s System-On-Chip (SOC) designs contain millions of transistors, design engineers must treat power dissipation as an important design goal for IP blocks and not as just a data-sheet ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Integrated circuit manufacturers are working furiously to reduce the package sizes of power devices for their customer base. This effort has been well ...

Joule heating, also known as resistive or Ohmic heating, is the power lost to heat as electrical current flows down a conductor. We were introduced to Joule’s first law (Power dissipation = I²R, VI, ...

Products using the new package include the company's fourth-generation SiC MOSFETs, achieving low ON resistance and ...

MIT researchers have developed a diamond-based thermal management approach that improves heat dissipation in high-power ...

Toshiba has expanded its portfolio of power MOSFETs with nine N-channel devices aimed at industrial equipment operating on ...