In early 2006, KCP&L executives looked for ways to reduce system peak demand. The distribution automation engineering group proposed a voltage reduction option called dynamic voltage control (DVC).

The SC471(A) and SC475A synchronous, pulse-width modulation buck controllers squeeze the controller, driver, and voltage transition switches into 3 mm x 3 mm packages. The integrated ...

Hitachi Europe Ltd. has concluded an agreement with Western Power Distribution for the supply of a Dynamic Voltage Control System for a smart grid demonstration project under the UK's Low Carbon ...

Why ultra-low-power micros are a challenge to design. How power management works in NXP’s MXC L family. I talked with Jeff Steinheider, General Manager of Industrial Edge Processing at NXP, about this ...

Westborough-based American Superconductor Corp., an electricity solutions company, has sold two dynamic voltage control systems to a large North American wind farm. Westborough-based American ...

Spanish grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) said this week that it has authorized 24 renewable energy facilities to provide dynamic voltage control services under Operational Program 7.4 (OP 7 ...

Dynamic voltage scaling means that the output voltage of a power supply can be adjusted during operation. Such an adjustment can be made for various reasons. Increasing the Conversion Efficiency of a ...

It is necessary to reduce energy consumption in circuit operations toachieve longer battery life in mobile devices. One new energy reductionscheme is to combine dynamic voltage and frequency scaling ...