No-Converter Power Architecture

by Linnea Brush
November 10, 2008

Could dc-dc converter modules become a thing of the past? Three years ago, I wrote a column about how the old power supply business models were dying, with a shift from modules to discrete solutions. I noted that, “New communications and computer technologies… now demand power solutions better served by the semiconductor industry. Instead of power supply companies getting into the semiconductor business, semiconductor companies are getting into the power supply business. ... read more

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