Efficiency Updates
Green transistors promise greener pastures for IC power consumption
Integrated circuits (ICs) consume significant amounts of power, so much so that the overall power that ICs account for has become an international problem....
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What most people think they know about energy efficiency is probably wrong
Most people don't have a clue about what practices save energy. Numerically illiterate people tend to be the worst at this....
Appliances more efficient in some countries than others
The Energy Information Agency has found quite different energy efficiency metrics among home appliances made in different European countries....
EET Blog
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Updates from the Department of Energy
Product Briefs
Power MOSFETS suit automotive applications
International Rectifier announces the introduction of two automotive DirectFET 2 power MOSFETs optimized with low gate charge for switching applications including Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS), Class D Audio systems, High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting, and other automotive power conversion applications....
Online software simplifies and speeds lighting design
National Semiconductor Corp. announces the addition of WEBENCH LED Architect to its portfolio of online WEBENCH Designer tools....
Rugged ICs suit automotive gate drive applications
International Rectifier announces the introduction of a family of rugged 600-V ICs for energy-efficient automotive gate drive applications including piezo and common rail injection, starter alternator, electronic power steering, fan, and compressor applications....
LED dot-matrix driver offers high efficiency in small space
austriamicrosystems announces the AS1119, one of the most advanced and smallest LED dot-matrix drivers (channels vs. PCB space) available, according to company sources....
Basics of Energy Efficiency
The Switch to Switched Reluctance
A quest for energy efficiency has fostered development of switched reluctance motors that are inherently simple and can supply variable speeds....
Green Technology: How to power an energy-efficient light
New lamps are more efficient, but what about the electronics? Designers need to learn a few new tricks about driving LEDs and CFLs....
