Electronics is entering a new phase in low power technology, with it comes increased demand for integrated devices that deliver greater power efficiency without compromising performance.
As the semiconductor industry continues to drive down feature sizes, concerns are increasing over the static and dynamic power requirements of smaller transistors, which could actually be increasing overall system power requirements.
For these power constrained devices, the usage model can often demand five, ten or even 20 years of operation without a battery change. Examples of these industrial sectors include utility, wireless sensors and electronic locks and asset tracking.
In these applications, devices may spend the majority of their time in sleep mode, attempting to conserve power between sensor measurements. However, if an alert condition is detected, they must be able to return to full operational mode quickly, in order to meet their original design objective.
Blog by Gary Price
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