Consider a day with abundant sunshine, resulting in ample renewable energy production, such as through photovoltaic panels. This energy can be utilized while an EV is parked and connected to the charging system, effectively charging the battery.
With the growth of electric vehicles, the demand for small, precise position sensors in automotive applications will grow to $1.6 billion by 2026, tracking the position of rotors in motors responsible for traction machinery, power steering and Windows, and ensuring control and safety coverage. First, this paper reviews the traditional approach and position detection methods and their limitations
Diodes announced new additions to its portfolio of synchronous step-down converters. The AP62500 and AP62800 have continuous output current ratings of 5A and 8A, respectively, giving engineers more flexibility when developing point-of load (POL) solutions optimized for efficiency or size.
Diodes bring out the latest in the Silicon carbide (SiC) series: DMWS120H100SM4 N channel silicon Carbide MosFETs. The device meets the demand for higher efficiency and power density for industrial motor drives, solar inverters, data center and telecommunication power supplies, DC-DC converters and electric vehicle (EV) battery chargers.
Diodes produced new driver ics to meet increased demand for Piezo Sounder output. The DIODES PAM8906 have integrated synchro boost converters that provide higher sound pressure levels (SPL) for longer distances. The drive is also integrated with features that extend battery-powered operation. Key applications include smoke/gas/water alarms, air humidifiers, handheld GPS units, industrial safety alarms, medical devices and appliances.
Diodes bring out the AP7387Q low voltage difference (LDO) voltage regulator. The device provides a maximum output current of 150mA, with a wide input voltage ranging from 5V to 60V, and a voltage difference of 700mV (typical value) at 100mA output current. The device provides engineering teams with an easy-to-implement point-of-load (PoL) solution for automotive audio, navigation, taillight, transmission control units, and battery management systems.
AH1807 is a medium sensitivity micro power all polarity Hall effect switch IC designed for magnetic tamper detection in battery powered consumer products, household appliances, and industrial devices such as smart meters. Based on two Hall effect plates and a chopper stabilized architecture, the AH1807 provides a reliable solution across the entire operating range.
The AP3041 is a current mode high voltage low side channel MOSFET controller that is ideal for boost regulators and is available in an SOIC-16 package. With other protection functions, such as LED short circuit protection, LED high side short circuit to ground protection, diode short circuit protection, overcurrent protection, overtemperature protection, etc.
AP1510 consists of step-down switch regulator and PWM control. These devices include reference voltage sources, oscillating circuits, error amplifiers and internal PMOS. AP1510 has low ripple power, high efficiency and excellent transient characteristics. Because the converter can accommodate up to 23V input voltage, it is also suitable for operation through AC adapters
Diodes Incorporated PI4IOE5V6416RQ The Diodes Incorporated PI4IOE5V6416RQ I/O expander is a 16-bit universal I/O expander that provides remote I/O expansion through an I2C bus interface for most microcontroller families. Providing a simple solution when additional I/O is required while minimizing interconnections, the I/O expander is ideal for sensor, button, keyboard, and battery-powered mobile applications (for connectivity)
Diodes AP22980 6V/6A low-RON power switches are a compact single-channel high-side power switch with flutter rate control, three-state soft start, and active output discharge path. The AP22980 contains an n-channel MOSFET that supports a maximum continuous current of 6A and operates in the input range of 0.285V to 5.5V.
AH266 is an integrated Hall sensor with output drivers designed for electronic commutation of brush-less DC motor applications. The device includes an on-chip Hall voltage generator for magnetic sensing, a comparator that amplifies the Hall voltage, a Schmitt trigger to provide switching hysteresis for noise rejection, and complementary Darlington open-collector drivers for sinking large current loads. An internal band-gap regulator is used to provide temperature compensated supply voltage for internal circuits and allows a wide operating supply range.
The AH277A is an integrated Hall sensor with an output driver designed for brushless DC motor electronic interchange. The device includes an on-chip Hall sensor for magnetic sensing, an amplifier that amplifies Hall voltage, a Schmidt flip-flop that provides switching hysteresis to suppress noise, a temperature compensation circuit that compensates Hall sensitivity temperature drift, and two complementary open collector drivers to reduce large load currents.
The AP130 is a 300mA, fixed output voltage, low dropout linear regulator. The device includes pass element, error amplifier, band-gap, current-limit and thermal shutdown circuitry.
The AP2204 series is a positive voltage regulator IC fabricated by high voltage EPNP process. The AP2204 has features of wide input voltage range, high accuracy, high ripple rejection, low dropout voltage, low noise, current limit and ultra-low quiescent current which make it ideal for use in various USB and portable devices.
The PAM2305 is a step-down current-mode, DC-DC converter. At heavy load, the constant frequency PWM control performs excellent stability and transient response. To ensure the longest battery life in portable applications, the PAM2305 provides a power-saving PulseSkipping Modulation (PSM) mode to reduce quiescent current under light load operation to save power.
The ZXCL series have been designed with space sensitive systems in mind. They are available in the ultra small SC70-5 package, which is half the size of SOT23 based regulators.
The AP3783R is a high frequency, high efficiency and high accuracy switching mode power supply controller to drive power MOSFET for 5V/2A battery charger/adapter applications. The controller regulates the output voltage and current in the primary side by piece-wise Pulse Frequency Modulation (p-PFM) in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). The system operating frequency reduces linearly from heavy load to light load in each interval of the p-PFM, and enters constant current mode when the load current equals to the maximum system output current.
