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Fairchild Semiconductora?s Worldwide Power Seminars Provide Design Solutions to Enable Energy-Efficiency

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Monday, August 16th 2010 at 8:10 GMT by Market Wire}  

SAN JOSE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Staying updated on the latest technology is one of the challenges engineers face today.Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is pleased to begin its seventh season of worldwide [ technical seminars ] starting in September. These one-day, comprehensive seminars provide power design engineers design techniques, product technologies and industry trends to develop energy-efficient applications.

"These one day Power Seminars provide power supply design engineers with in-depth information on technology advances and industry trends. Attendees will learn techniques to improve system performance, comply with energy-efficiency regulations and achieve significant overall system-level cost savings for specific analog, discrete and optoelectronic solutions"

The 2010-2011 full-day Power Seminar technical sessions include:

• High Power Factor Flyback with Constant Current Output for LED Lighting Applications
• Drive and Layout Requirements for Fast Switching MOSFETs
• Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Power Supplies
• Minimizing Standby Power By Optimizing Passive Components
• Practical Feedback Loop Design Considerations for Switched Mode Power Supplies
• Synchronous Rectification for Forward Converters

Fairchilda™s 2010-2011 Power Seminars will begin in North and South America and Asia starting in September. A list of these locations, schedules and descriptions of each technical session, as well as registration information is available at: [ www.fairchildsemi.com/powerseminar/ ]. Power Seminars are also scheduled to begin in the spring of 2011 across Europe.

aThese one day Power Seminars provide power supply design engineers with in-depth information on technology advances and industry trends. Attendees will learn techniques to improve system performance, comply with energy-efficiency regulations and achieve significant overall system-level cost savings for specific analog, discrete and optoelectronic solutions,a said Andrea Mirenda, Fairchilda™s vice president of Marketing. aEach seminar is presented by power supply design experts, and developed to address our customersa™ specific needs to optimize and innovate their designs for electronic applications.a

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