Electronics in Motion and Conversion February 2010 the Power Magazine

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Viewpoint Data Books are Smart ...... 4

Events ...... 4

News ...... 6-9

BlueProduct of the Month MOSFETs with Reduced Top-Side Thermal Impedance Texas Instruments ...... 10

Green Product of the Month Fifteen Times Higher Temperature Cycling Capability Semikron ...... 12

Guest Editorial As Silicon Matures, Power Conversion Seeks New Technology Platform By Graham Robertson, International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif...... 14

Market Electronics Industry Digest By Aubrey Dunford, Europartners ...... 16

Market Standards Drive New Products at Consumer Electronics Show By Linnea Brush, Senior Research Analyst, Darnell Group ...... 18-19

Market Evaluating the Manufacturing Cost of an IGBT By Michel Allain, General Manager, System Plus Consulting ...... 20-21

Cover Story High Energy Savings for Less Money By Juergen Hoika, Infineon Technologies ...... 22-25

Measurement Improved Measurement and Analysis Yields Cost-effective Standby Battery Monitoring By Loic Moreau, Lem Switzerland ...... 26-28

IGBT Driver Low-Cost Highly Integrated Gate Driver Core By Jan Thalheim, Olivier Garcia, Sascha Pawel, Michael Hornkamp, CT-Concept Technologie AG, Switzerland ...... 30-31

Power Management Power Management IC Simplifies Design for Bluetooth Headsets By Thomas Schaeffner, Texas Instruments, Freising ...... 32-33

Measurement Acoustic Flatness Measurement Enhances Die Attach Analysis of Power Device By Tom Adams, Consultant, Sonoscan, Inc...... 34-36

Power Management Effective Battery Charging and Management By George Paparrizos, Director, Product Marketing, Summit Microelectronics, Inc. . . . . 38-39

MOSFETs Application Guides the MOSFET Selection Process By Mike Speed, Fairchild Semiconductor ...... 40-42

New Products ...... 43-46

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