VIROLOGY: Portable Energy Supplements

Virology

This volume of the Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology contains a wealth of information on the neural control of movement. Overall, the approach of the authors is to stress basic experimental data. Therefore, the book will be an excellent reference source for basic scientists as well as clinicians. The first chapters of the book examine the role of muscle in movement. These chapters discuss rec...

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Energy Management for Small Portable Systems - AN671

Because power requirements for hand-held applications vary widely with product use, no single "best" power source exists for these applications. A device used intermittently is more concerned with no-load quiescent current than with full-load efficiency, and so may operate satisfactorily with alkaline batteries. Cell phones, on the other hand, must contend with high peak loads and frequent use....

Energy management for small portable systems - AN671

This application note describes power-management schemes for portable applications with fourand three-cell battery systems. Optimal designs and uses for step-up/down converters, linear regulators, voltage converters, charge pumps, and inductorless regulators are shown. Several Maxim power-management devices are featured. Numerous diverse and conflicting constraints burden the designer of small ...

Software strategies for portable computer energy management

Limiting the energy consumption of computers, especially portables, is becoming increasingly important. Thus, new energy-saving computer components and architectures have been and continue to be developed. Many architectural features have both high performance and low power modes, with the mode selection under software control. The problem is to minimize energy consumption while not significant...