PHOENIX—August 22, 2012 — The stroke of midnight EDT on September 19, 2012 will mark the start of the third annual Power Forum, presented by Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT). This year’s Power Forum promises to be the best yet, offering more than 30 online, on-demand webinars focused on helping design engineers with everything from choosing the right device, to decreasing noise to reducing overall engineering time. Registration is free and open now at www.em.avnet.cm/powerforum2012. Watch a video previewing what you can expect to see at this year’s event.
“This year we are expanding our technical content while continuing to deliver the practical, solutions-based training that design engineers expect from the Power Forum,” said Chris Cooper, technical director, power, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. “By leveraging Avnet’s in-house technical expertise and the vast knowledge of our supplier partners, the Power Forum is 24 hours of crucial technical information that will help any engineer with their toughest design dilemma.”
During the span of 24 hours the Power Forum will provide registered attendees with in-depth technical training featuring experts from Bourns, Fairchild Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, Texas Instruments and more than 18 other leading power suppliers. The technical webinars featured cover a range of topics including:
- Demystifying the concerns designers have about powering noise-sensitive circuits, such as ADCs, DACs, amplifiers, and PLLs, with switching regulators.
- Taking a deep dive into the nuances of measuring standby power for off-line supplies and new techniques for decreasing standby power.
- Exploring the tradeoffs between achieving low IQ and good dynamic performance when looking to integrate a low dropout linear voltage regulator (LDO).
- Finding success in electronic application design by choosing the right power devices.
To see the entire list of participating supplier partners and webinar topics, visit www.em.avnet.com/powerforum2012.
