What are the characteristics of integrated power management semiconductors?
Integrated power management devices are becoming more prevalent because IC manufacturers have developed techniques for combining the control circuits and power semiconductor switch in the same monolithic package. Often, the power semiconductor switch operates at higher voltage than the control section, which requires isolation between the high voltage and low voltage circuits. It is difficult to isolate higher voltages within the small spaces of an IC, and it also consumes extra silicon as well. However, these problems have been overcome.
