EDN

Audio bipolar transistors achieve industry’s highest voltage

Targeting the high power demands of high-end and professional audio applications, the MJL4281A (npn) and MJL4302A (pnp) audio bipolar transistors offer a sustained collector-to-emitter voltage of 350 ...
EDN

Models for high-voltage transistors in a standard CMOS process

Designers of electronics and communications systems are constantly faced with the challenge of integrating greater functionality on less silicon area. Many of the system blocks – such as power ...
Electronic Design

Test Setup Checks Transistors’ hFEs When Tight Control Is Important

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. The spread of h FE values in a batch of transistors may be wide enough to cause unreliable performance during mass production of a ...
Electronic Design

Test Saturation Voltage to Achieve High Efficiency

Efficiency is the name of the game in the design of power supplies. This is a major reason why switch-mode power supplies (SMPSs) are chosen for power-supply designs. However, even SMPSs have their ...
Nature

High-Voltage Power Devices and Transistors

High-voltage power devices and transistors form the backbone of modern energy conversion systems, serving critical roles in renewable energy, automotive powertrains and industrial drives. These ...
Design-Reuse

Designers confront costs of SoC scaling, integration

SAN FRANCISCO — Transistor voltage scaling and system-on-chip integration — two issues that have put Moore's Law to the test — will take center stage at next year's International Solid-State Circuits ...