Design Solutions

PMIC Streamlines Automotive TFT-LCD Display Design
TFT-LCD displays dominate the automotive market as they enter a competitive phase with rivaling technologies. In this phase, they can still be highly competitive by achieving higher efficiencies and higher integration in their design. In this design solution, we review a typical, non-integrated TFT-LCD display system and compare it to a highly integrated approach highlighting the latter advantages in terms of BOM and PCB size reduction. With a highly integrated approach, the entire power management system can be implemented with just two ICs, achieving higher competitiveness vs. emerging technologies.

Featured parts: MAX16923, MAX20069
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Improve Automotive Exterior LED Lighting with Buck-Boost Average Current Control
Implementing high-power automotive LED exterior lighting poses challenges in terms of switching losses, which affect power efficiency and accurate current control, which affects the LED color and brightness. This article introduces a new LED controller IC, which, thanks to smooth buck-boost operation, minimizes system complexity and losses while its average current control enhances transient response, preserving LED color and brightness.

Featured parts: MAX25600
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Triple Punch Extends the Life of Your Smart Factory Indoor BLE Beacon
Artificial intelligence-driven smart factories rely on tracking devices to manage their workflow. See how MAX17222 nanoPower, an efficient voltage regulator boost converter with low shutdown and low quiescent current, helps a smart-factory indoor BLE beacon last two years on a single battery.

Featured parts: MAX17220, MAX172222, MAX17225
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