Power Management Solutions for Comms Infrastructure

• Internet and broadband telephony
• 2G/3G/4G wireless base stations (BTS) including LTE, WiMAX, WCDMA, GSM/EDGE, CDMA
• Servers
• Routers
• Bridges
• Gateways
• Integrated access devices
• Switches
• Merchant power supply

By combining advanced process technology, chip-scale packaging, and proprietary circuitry, National has developed a range of power management solutions for reliable, high- performance, cost-effective system design.

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• High Voltage Converters ≥42V
• Low Voltage PoL Converters <42V
• Hot Swap and Inrush Current Controllers
• Power-Over-Ethernet (PoE) Controllers
• Isolated PWM Controllers and MOSFET Drivers
• Linear LDO Regulators

Download PDF selection guides including National’s analog products guide and communications infrastructure guide.

Design

• Power Limits make Hot Swapping More Robust (links Power Electronics Magazine)
• Hot Swap Switch Provides Easy Thermal Protection (links to EDN magazine)
• Silently Powering Low-Noise Applications
• Buck Regulator Topologies for Wide Input/Output Voltage Differentials
• Overcoming Challenges in Designing Step Down Regulator Applications with >40V of Input Voltage
• Best Layout Practices for Switching Power Supplies
• Advanced Topics in Powering FPGAs
• Power Supply Design Considerations for Modern FPGAs
• Power Management Considerations for FPGAs and ASICs
• Power Supply Design for Power over Ethernet Applications
• Analyzing Power Modules
• Operation and Benefits of Active-Clamp Forward Power Converters
• Inside Current Mode Control
• Feedback Techniques for Crossing the Isolation Boundary
• Communications System Power Supply Designs
• Power Supply Design and the Thinking Engineer
• Comparing Topologies and the Design Rules of the Game
• Communications System Power Supply Designs
• Power Supply Design Using WEBENCH Tools
• Power Supply Design Techniques for FPGAs

Documents about Power Management

• Application Notes
• Articles
• Conference papers

Boards for Power Management

• Reference Designs
  • Reference designs for Altera FPGAs
  • Reference designs for Xilinx FPGAs
• Evaluation Boards

Videos about Power Management

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Online Seminars

• Introduction to Cascaded and Push-Pull Power Topologies
• High Voltage Switching Power Topologies and Power Management ICs
• Introduction to Emulated Current Mode (ECM) Control and the new SIMPLE SWITCHER® Buck Regulators
• Powering FPGAs: Design Considerations, IC Solutions and Tools

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