Learn cutting edge power management tactics and techniques from today's leading OEMs. Through the two day conference, attendees will have the opportunity to engage technical specialists and experts in intimate learning sessions.

 
Digital Interfaces in Power Supply Solutions
Speaker: Mark Hartman, Applications Engineer in Advanced Power products, National Semiconductor
Date/Time: Thursday (September 18, 2008)   1:00pm — 1:50pm

This paper presents an overview of needs for a digital interface in power supply designs and includes a detailed explanation of dynamic and adaptive voltage scaling, PMbus and digitalloops in regulators.

Ease Power Supply Design with Design Tools
Speaker: Jeff Perry, Manager of Web Design Tools, National Semiconductor
Date/Time: Wednesday (September 17, 2008)   1:00pm — 1:50pm

Designing a power supply is often the last design task in any system project. Until othersystem elements are created the power budget is often not known. Designing a robust power supply involves picking the right regulator and the right components for the power stage and feedback loop. This paper presents challenges in designing a robust power supply showing how this task can be eased by National Semiconductor's WEBENCH power supply design tool. The presentation explains the power supply design process and shows tools that the designer can use to quickly optimize a power supply.

SupIRBuckTM Integrated Point-Of-Load Voltage Regulators
Speaker: Cecilia Contenti, International Rectifier
Date/Time: Thursday (September 18, 2008)   1:00pm — 1:50pm

The innovative SupIRBuck point-of-load (POL) voltage regulators integrate IR’s high performance synchronous buck control ICs and benchmark HEXFET® Trench technology MOSFETs in a compact 5mm by 6mm Power QFN package, shrinking the silicon footprint by 70% compared to discrete solutions, and offering between 8% to 10% higher full-load efficiency than competing monolithic ICs.

An Alternative to Expensive Point-of-Load Modules
Speaker: Chris Cooper, Avnet
Date/Time:  Wednesday (September 17) 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Avnet and National Semiconductor have collaborated on a new, flexible reference design that enables developers to migrate expensive power modular designs to low-cost, high-performance, board-level solutions. This reference design utilizes the LM3495 PWM buck regulator and supports wide input-output voltages, while delivering up to 12 A in an industry-standard footprint.