Medical power supplies: trends, challenges and design approaches

Medical power supplies: trends, challenges and design approaches

By Peter Blyth, Industry Director, XP Power

Medical electronic equipment is getting smaller. Of course, this could be said of all electronic equipment but it is in medical area that the pressure for size and weight reduction is greatest. Not only is the hospital bedside environment very space-constrained but there is a trend for more equipment to be used in the home, in doctors’ offices, and even in cars and on planes. This is creating particular pressure on power supply manufacturers to reduce the size of their products. ■