Introduction:National solves power management design problems in space- and energy-constrained applications, from feature-rich handheld devices through large line-powered systems. From the novice power designer to the power expert, National's products, people and design tools enable customers to design energy efficient systems with complex power supplies in the quickest time. The latest offering is from National's high-performance switching regulators, the SIMPLE SWITCHER^® family. In this seminar, attendees will be shown the new features added to this family and how these new technological advances will help engineers solve their design challenges. At the same time, the complementary Webench design tools that enable engineers to finish prototypes online will be demonstrated.

Introduction:Since the very beginning of Switching Mode Power Supply, controller type solution with separated power switching devices means higher flexibility but much more design efforts. Not to mention the part of complicated loop compensation modeling and calculation. National Semiconductor's brand new constant ON-Time based Emulated Ripple Mode (ERM) regulation scheme provides an extremely cutting-edge and simple solution to design an efficient medium current step down power converter. This technology combines no loop compensation requirement, high efficiency, constant switching frequency, and stability over wide load range. In this presentation we'll be talking about how ERM works and how it benefits system hardware engineer's design with our new online design tools.

Introduction:As more and more features are added to applications, powering different blocks and yet achieving efficiency is a complex issue. Helping engineers to address this complex issue is one of National Semiconductor's power management technology development objectives. In this session, we will take the example of switchers and explain how these advanced switchers can simplify design work. These switchers have wide input voltage range so they can be applied to different applications. They also require less external components. What's more, many of these switchers do not require compensation or are already with internal compensation. Together with our Webench online design tool and excel tool, which simplify the design task, we are making engineers' lives easier.

Introduction:There are many applications that combine the use of Operational Amplifiers and ADCs. However, how to choose the right Amplifier and ADC combination in order to maximize performance? What does the Bandwidth of the Amplifier has to do with the ADC's output error? What do you need to know about Aliasing? You can get all these answers by joining our Online Seminar!