Introduction:In today's system design, design cycle time is very short. In many cases, power supply design is put as the last task and PCB space left behind for power circuit is very limited. This issue can be solved by the LMZ-series of power modules introduced by National Semiconductor. SIMPLE SWITCHER Power Module series is an enhancement of the highly successful SIMPLE SWITCHER® family; the new series has a higher level of integration and user can experience new meaning of "ease of use".
The power modules provide the efficiency of a synchronous switching regulator with the simplicity of a linear regulator, eliminating the external inductor and complex layout placement challenges typical of switching regulator designs.
Besides explaining the features of SIMPLE SWITCHER Power Module, this web seminar will touch on the new WEBENCH Power Architect design tool. The enhanced WEBENCH Power Architect enables engineers to rapidly create multi-output DC-DC power supplies for an entire system. SIMPLE SWITCHER Power Module & Power Architect works hand in hand to tackle any power issue from concept to prototype in unprecedented short period of time.

Introduction:With less capital available for continuous system "upgrades", new data center solutions must be flexible and energy efficient to support the multi-faceted expansions to keep ahead of users data storage needs. Engineers are leveraging open industry standards like PCI Express (PCIe) and SAS/SATA, to create cost-efficient architectures which address current and future data center requirements. In this webinar, we are going to discuss the key concerns that system designers face while designing high-speed interconnects and the solutions that can support PCIe 2.5/5.0G and SAS/SATA 3.0/6.0G. National Semiconductor is ready for the future system requirements.

Introduction:Texas Instruments (TI) offers complete power solutions with a full line of high-performance products. These products, which range from standard linear regulators to switching regulators to power supply controllers to plug-in and integrated power solutions, are tailored to meet design challenges in every segment. And, TI makes designing easier by providing leading-edge support tools such as training, a broad selection of evaluation modules (EVMs), application notes, comprehensive technical documentation and more.
During this webinar Brad wish to give you an overview of TI’s power products and introduce new power management products ranging from power supply controllers to DC-DC Converters to digital power controllers to High power PoE controllers with special features.

Introduction:Dimming of LEDs can extend the lifetime even further and also reduces power drain. Today’s TRIAC phase-control wall dimmers are designed to interface with pure resistive load, such as incandescent or halogen light bulbs. Since an LED bulb does not appear as a resistive load to the TRIAC wall dimmer, dimming an LED bulb using a conventional TRIAC wall dimmer does not yield good dimming performance. In this Webinar, we will discuss in detail the challenges of LED dimming with a conventional triac wall dimmer and how National’s new triac dimmable offline LED driver overcomes the issues and achieves full 100:1 range of uniform, flicker-free dimming. This solution enables truly direct LED light bulb replacement of existing incandescent or halogen bulb systems connected to standard TRIAC wall dimmers.

Introduction:Most of the telecom systems today contain on board high performance processors, FPGAs and ASICs. A cost effective solution that can drive these systems while delivering high current levels at low output voltages, fast transient response and tight regulation is in high demand. All these requirements raise the bar for the next generation power distribution architectures (PDAs), which in turn inspire evolution of new technologies. This seminar will discuss the evolution of PDAs, as well as key features and technical details of several power distribution systems. It will conclude with market share predictions of different PDAs for the next 5 years.

Introduction:Differentiating your products inevitably requires FPGAs with greater functionality, maximum performance, and minimum power consumption. You need to find the right mix of features and functionality to manage power budgets in high-performance applications.
In this webcast, learn about high-end 40-nm FPGAs that meet your next-generation performance and power requirements. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at new technologies such as:
• Strained silicon and triple-gate oxide, and why they matter to you
• New transceiver technology for the highest system bandwidth
• Power optimization via FPGA architecture and the Quartus^® II software

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.