Designers can now extend battery life and reduce the solution size of consumer, industrial, healthcare, and IoT systems with three new Essential Analog ICs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. The MAX17227A 2A nano power boost converter, the MAX17291 high voltage, 1A boost converter, and the MAX38911 500mA LDO all provide the lowest quiescent current among competitive solutions to […]
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Handling the 48-to-12-V stepdown
A multiphase, interleaved buck converter can reduce bus voltage down to something useful in data center server racks. Brad Xiao, Nazzareno (Reno) Rossetti Maxim Integrated Hyperscale data centers that dissipate hundreds of megawatts demand efficient power delivery beyond the ability of the traditional 12-V power supplies on old server motherboards. A data center on 12 […]
Battery monitor IC with integrated current sense amplifier has ASIL-D compliance
Designers of automotive battery management systems (BMS) can now deliver the highest level of safety for voltage, current, temperature, and communication while also saving space and reducing solution cost, with the MAX17852 14-channel, high-voltage, ASIL-D data-acquisition system from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Designed for integration within electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and other transportation systems, […]
PMIC sports four buck-boost channels single one inductor in compact package
The breakthrough MAX77655 single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) power management IC (PMIC) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.provides the highest-density power solution for extremely compact next-generation devices. This PMIC delivers a 70 percent reduction in solution size compared to the nearest competition, with 700mA across four buck-boost channels and only one inductor required for a total solution size […]
Automotive sequential LED controller IC cuts cost and size
The MAX25605 sequential LED controller from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. allows easy and cost-effective addition of automotive sequential LED lighting features. It saves development time and reduces design complexity by eliminating the need for a microcontroller or software. In addition, the MAX25605 reduces design space by up to 50 percent and slashes bill-of-materials (BOM) costs […]
USB power delivery buck-boost controller optimized for vehicle apps
Designers of automotive chargers now have the industry’s smallest and lowest-cost solution with the MAX25430 100W USB Power Delivery (PD) buck-boost controller and protector from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. As the industry’s most integrated solution, the MAX25430 can reduce design size up to 40 percent compared to competitive solutions and offer the industry’s lowest cost for […]
Buck-boost controller and charger combo simplify USB-C, power-delivery designs
As portable devices add new technologies such as 5G connectivity and 4K video, many are changing from single-cell to two-series (2S) cell architectures. With this change comes the need for higher power delivery via USB-C PD and higher-power charging (25W or higher). Maxim Integrated Products has released the MAX77958 USB-C PD controller and the MAX77962 […]
Single-input/multiple-output PMIC boosts battery life in hearables, wearables
Designers of compact consumer devices can now slash solution size by half and extend battery life by 20 percent with the MAX77654 single inductor, multiple-output (SIMO) power management IC (PMIC) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). This next-generation SIMO PMIC delivers 3 outputs with just one inductor at 91 percent efficiency, which is 16 percent […]
Automotive display PMIC takes the place of four discrete ICs
Designers of automotive electronic systems can now increase the number of displays per vehicle while reducing design complexity by using the MAX16923 4-output display power IC with watchdog timer from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. By replacing four or five discrete ICs with a single power management solution, the MAX16923 significantly shrinks solution size and makes it […]
SiC isolated gate driver ICs boost energy efficiency in SMPSs
With the MAX22701E isolated gate driver from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., designers of high-voltage/high-power systems can improve power supply efficiency by up to 4 percentage points over competitive solutions, reducing power loss and the resulting carbon footprint by 30 percent. The driver IC is intended for use in switch-mode power supplies within industrial communication systems for solar […]
