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Techniques to Maximize Solar Panel Power Output

Trevor Barcelo - Product Line Manager - Battery Management Feb 3rd 2014
Two recent articles, "Energy Harvesting With Low Power Solar Panels" and  "Solar Battery Charger Maintains High Efficiency at Low Light", discuss how to efficiently harvest energy with low power solar panels. Both of these articles mention a concept known as maximum power, which in the context of solar panels is the ability ...

What to Do If You Can’t Find a Battery Charger IC for Your Application

Trevor Barcelo - Product Line Manager - Battery Management Jun 25th 2013
Batteries are used in an application space that is broad and varied.  To accommodate such a wide range of products, battery charger IC manufacturers have an almost equally broad and varied line-up of solutions. However, it is virtually impossible for companies, such as Linear Technology, to predict all of the clever ways ...