Category Archives: app notes

App note: High-speed lithium-ion battery charger

C8051F300 implementation of Li-Ion battery charger from Silicon Labs. Link here (PDF) Driven by the need for untethered mobility and ease of use, many systems rely on rechargeable batteries as their primary power source. The battery charger is typically implemented using a fixedfunction IC to control the charging current/voltage profile. The C8051F300 family provides a […]

App note: Preventing LED failures caused by corrosive material

Chemical compatibility of LEDs application note from OSRAM. Link here (PDF) The performance and stability of light emitting diodes (LEDs) may be influenced by various chemical incompatibilities arising from chemicals and materials used, amongst other things, in luminaire construction, or by gases in the proximate environment of LEDs during field operation. Nevertheless, LEDs have to […]

App note: Fundamentals of operation and recent developments of class D amplifiers

Good read about class D amplfiers from MAXIM Integrated. Link here (PDF) A Class D amplifier’s high efficiency makes it ideal for portable and compact high-power applications. Traditional Class D amplifiers require an external lowpass filter to extract the audio signal from the pulse-width-modulated (PWM) output waveform. Many modern Class D amplifiers, however, utilize advanced […]

App note: Avoid overvoltage stresses by minimizing power supply pumping on single-ended output, class D audio amplifiers

Here’s class D audio amplifier pumping remedy from MAXIM Integrated, power-supply pumping is a problem that occurs when playing low-frequency audio signals through a single-ended output. Link here (PDF) This application note explains what power-supply pumping is and how it occurs in designs that employ a Class D audio amplifier with single-ended output loads. The […]

App note: Performance of noise canceller of LC823450

Audio Noise cancelling LC823450 from ON Semiconductor. Link here (PDF) This application note describes the performance of Noise Canceller of LC823450 Series. The customer can improve of audio characteristics by using this canceller. Its function can be used for various products such as Wireless headset, Earbads, Wireless speaker or IC−recoder.

App note: Performance of echo canceller of LC823450

Audio application echo canceller LC823450 from ON Semiconductor. Link here (PDF) This application note describes the performance of Echo canceller of LC823450 Series. The customer can improve the sound quality of hands free communication by using this canceller. Its function can be used for various products such as Wireless headset. Earbads or other voice communication […]

App note: Enable pin operation and functions of eFuses

Get to know a number of useful usage of the enable pin of ON Semiconductor’s eFuse. Link here (PDF) ON Semiconductor electronic fuses (eFuses) are analog integrated circuits that are used to protect circuits operating from 3.3, 5, or 12 V DC supplies. They have numerous protection functionalities such as overvoltage clamping, current limiting, thermal […]

App note: eFuse load current measurement

App note from ON Semiconductor on eFuse current measurement. Link here (PDF) This application note describes the load current measurement solution for the eFuses which do not provide load current monitoring feature. Since almost all of the eFuses provide adjustable current limit functionality by utilizing an external current limiting resistor between “ILIM” and “SRC” pins, […]

App note: Sub-1 V current sensing with the TS1001, A 0.8 V, 0.6 µA OP-AMP

Another TS1001 op-amp application from Silicon Labs on sensing nano currents. Link here (PDF) Current-sense amplifiers can monitor battery or solar cell currents, and are useful to estimate power capacity and remaining life. However, if the battery or solar source is a single cell, it’s difficult to find a low voltage solution that works below […]

App note: A microwatt charge pump boosts 1 V to 1.8 V at 90% efficiency, providing “Always On” standby power for microcontrollers

Interesting app note from Silicon Labs on high efficiency charge pump utilizing their nanopower TS1001 op amp. Link here (PDF) Boosting the output voltage of common alkaline button-cells to at least 1.8 V needed by microcontrollers provides an “always on” standby power source sufficient for low-power oscillator interrupt/sleep state operation. Two ultralow power op amps […]

App note: High-frequency automotive power supplies

Switching power supply used in automotive electronics app note from Maxim Integrated. Link here (PDF) The combination of high switching frequency and high-voltage capability is difficult to achieve in IC design. You can, however, design an automotive power supply that operates with high frequency if you protect it from temporary high-voltage conditions. High-frequency operation is […]

App note: Fan speed control is cool!

App note from Maxim Integrated about their MAX6650 and MAX6651 fan controllers chip. Link here (PDF) Temperature-based fan control is a necessity in a growing number of systems, both to reduce system noise and to improve fan reliability. When fan control is augmented by fan-speed monitoring, a speed-control loop can be implemented that is independent […]

App note: Current sharing in parallel diodes

Application note from STMicroelectronics on the performance of each diode in a parallel diode connection and how the forward voltage dispersion can have a great impact over thermal effect on the current imbalance. Link here (PDF) The use of diodes in parallel is commonly found in power electronic design. An important consideration for this practice […]

App note: Hot plug insertion startup time delay for eFuse

App note from ON semiconductors about time delay on start up in conjunction with eFuse to compensate voltage spikes that can falsely trigger them. Link here (PDF) The eFuse protection devices are used for limiting the system load current in the event of an overload or a short circuit. Many applications employ ON Semiconductor eFuses […]

App note: Advanced LED rework procedure for video wall and signage applications

App note from OSRAM about LED rework on signages and their demand for more sophosticated tools. Link here (PDF) SMT LEDs have became more and more popular in video wall and signage applications, replacing radial LEDs. This leads to more difficulties during the repair or replacement of failed LEDs on PCBs, especially for QFN (Quad […]

App note: Matrix LED and where they are used

White paper about matrix LED usage from Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. (ISSI). Link here (PDF) People today come in contact with a wide range of consumer electronics (CE) devices in their daily lives. CE devices have become increasingly complex with added functionality enabled by MCU’s which provide the intelligence for automating functions. Control panels used […]

App note: Current limits in electronic fuses using direct and Kelvin R limit connections

App note from ON Semiconductor about eFuse or Electronic fuse. Link here (PDF) The primary function of an Electronic Fuse, or eFuse, is to limit current, the same function provided by any fuse or positive temperature coefficient device (PTC). An eFuse, however, provides this function with much more versatility than either of these devices. An […]

App note: The four benefits brought by using NCP12600

App note discussing extended features of NCP12600, NCP12600 is a multi-mode controller for offline power supplies by ON Semiconductor. Link here (PDF) Beside the novel multi−mode structure it embarks, the NCP12600 packs a lot of features such as an efficient short−circuit protection architecture, a start−up sequence with a slow switching frequency ramp−up, a fast reset […]