EDN's Best of Power: Components

By Staff -- 5/15/2008

Switching devices and power-control ICs and architectures are the glamour parts for power-supply subsystems, but components, including passives, switches, and isolators, are vital parts, and EDN readers know that they can make or break a power supply. Switches are particularly popular as companies continue to come up with novel approaches to turning power on and off.

• "Optek Technology OPI7000 Series: Optically coupled isolators suit 6-kV isolation"
• "BI Technologies HM62: Surface-mount power inductors have low profiles"
• "Omron Electronic Components LLC G9E: Power-relay series switches 200A
  at 400V dc"
• "International Rectifier IPS6011: Intelligent power switch features reverse-battery protection"
• "Fairchild Semiconductor Green FPS e-Series: Power switch conserves energy using valley-switching technique"

More on switches in EDN's PowerSource blog: "Optical fibers light up flat switches in tight spaces"

This article comes from EDN's BEST OF POWER A special supplement to EDN

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