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Article: Power chips on the move with mobile electronic devices.(Power Supplement)
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- EDN Asia
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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The rapid popularization of portable electronic devices over the last two decades has driven incredible growth and turned the power semiconductor marketplace on its head. Twenty years ago, practically all power management integrated circuits (ICs) were various types of devices that managed, monitored and converted line power--the AC power coming from the power grid, or a DC battery plant to the requirements of semiconductors.
This has changed dramatically with the sudden rise in portable, battery-powered consumer electronic applications that includes cellphones, portable media players, digital cameras, personal digital assistants, portable medical devices, mobile ...