California Will Require That Power Supplies Operate More Efficiently
Did you know that on December 15, 2005 the California Energy Commission adopted appliance energy efficiency standards for power supplies that are sold or offered for sell in California, which are manufactured on or after July 1, 2006. These new standards will impact many of the power supplies that are used on notebooks and small form factor computers!
Come July 1, California, one of the world’s largest markets for electronics, will require that that power supplies, which are really transformers, operate far more efficiently. To meet those standards, manufacturers will have to use more analog chips in those boxes, Huang says. One company to watch: Power Integrations, which supplies high-voltage analog integrated circuits used in power conversion.
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