Fairchild's Solar Power Shines Article Wins GreenPower Leadership Award at PCIM Europe

Hesener's article points out that the market drivers for solar power vary significantly from country to country, but all shared one characteristic - a need for the highest levels of efficiency in solar cells and photovoltaic inverters and the pivotal role that semiconductor solutions play in this application space. The article also examines the implications of different solar panel technologies and system power ranges and explains the different technical requirements and how to solve them.

The PSDE GreenPower Leadership Awards competition is structured to recognize editorial contributions from the engineering community that promote energy efficiency in the electronic content of product designs. Finalists and the winner were selected from articles included in PSDE's digital edition by subscriber readership.

With advanced packaging, proprietary technologies and experience in both the design and manufacturing of power semiconductors, Fairchild's products provide the electronics industry with innovative ways to conserve energy. Fairchild Semiconductor's solutions continue to innovate and optimize energy in key applications such as power supplies, mobile, lighting, motor, computing, consumer and automotive applications.