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February 22, 2006 - In This Issue

[News Feature]
Converter answers the call for GSM designs
Power supplies for GSM phone baseband chipsets must rapidly ramp from a few milliamps to full load...  — Paul Whytock

[News Feature]
STMicro, Freescale create joint venture design team
In a move to add more strength and diversity to their product lines, a joint agreement was forged between Freescale and STMicroelectronics.  — Paul Whytock

[News Feature]
Cutting back on board space
A new series of non-isolated point-of-load (POL) dc-dc converters will cut board space and design complexity by eliminating the need for additional components...  — Paul Whytock

[News Feature]
Bucharest engineering centre opens
German chipmaker Infineon, in its new Romanian development centre, will initially concentrate on power semiconductors with analog and digital functions (power mixed signals), industrial applications, and security controllers for chip cards.  — Paul Whytock

[Editorial]
What's on the Wall Tonight?
 — Paul Whytock

[Point of View]
Energy efficiency breeds cost efficiency
Chris Rowen looks at how energy efficiency will increasingly drive system-design choices  — Chris Rowen

[Web Exclusive]
Crash alert modems to the rescue
The Trac (Total Remote Access and Control) Modems, developed by Alpha Micro Components, Hampshire, U.K., are equipped with an integrated on-board impact sensor, ignition cut relay circuit, a GPRS modem, and GPS receiver.  — Paul Whytock

[Web Exclusive]
Keep The Cost Of In-Car Displays In Check
Navigation monitors, driver information displays, and backseat entertainment flat panels have inceasingly become a part of standard vehicle equipment. Here, Dr. Thomas Wirschem looks at the role LVDS plays in communicating information around the car.  — Thomas Wirschem

[Web Exclusive]
Distributed Power, POLs Eye RoHS-Compliant Power Supplies
Front-end solutions for systems with distributed power and point-of-load architectures have a new potential weapon in their arsenals  — Paul Whytock

[Web Exclusive]
Protocols,PoE, And The Less-Is-More Objective
Ericsson Power Modules has joined the Power Management Bus (PMBus) Implementers Forum.  — Paul Whytock





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