A DC-to-DC step-down switching regulator is an electronic circuit that converts a higher voltage DC input to a lower voltage DC output. It does this by switching the input voltage on and off at a high frequency, and then filtering and smoothing the resulting waveform to produce the desired output voltage.(more)

The ATDC2934 is a high efficiency DC-to-DC step-down switching regulator designed to step down high voltage input sources to lower voltages, with an input voltage range of 5V-42V and output current of 600mA.(more)

Analog Technologies has recently launched two series of compact and highly efficient isolated DC-DC power modules with input voltages of 12V and 24V respectively. These modules are designed to deliver reliable and high-quality power conversion performance in a space-saving form factor.(more)

This article is from Photonics Magazine. TEC controller design experts from Analog Tehcnologies, Inc offer tips to lower the cost and simplify the design of the devices, and to increase their ease of use.(more)

In this figure, PO is the optical output power of the laser diode; ILD is the laser diode input current; ITH is the so-called threshold current of the laser diode. The laser diode only emits laser beam when the input current exceeds this value; otherwise, it will emit a weak, non-laser light.(more)

Thermistors are temperature sensing instruments that have a semiconductor material in them. The property of this material is to exhibit a large and precise change in its electrical resistance when subjected to small change in its body temperature.(more)

Surface Mounted Device resistors, also known as SMD resistors are used by millions of electronic equipment manufacturers. These manufacturing firms range from cell phones and MP3 Players and televisions to computer accessories like CPU,(more)

It is apparent that designing a laser driver will save money in the long run for high volume production laser systems. But the cost for this route is not low: high design cost, long design time, high risk to fail or result in sacrificed performance because designing a good laser driver requires years’ experience and many times failure,(more)

Piezoelectric crystal is a non-centrosymmetric crystal, deforming under the mechanical force, which causes the relative displacement of the charged particles, so that positive and negative bound charges are produced on the crystal surface.(more)