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					Power Management is the systems engineering involved in 
					designing ICs and systems to efficiently and accurately 
					deliver electrical power to the various components in a 
					system. It involves efficiently converting unregulated 
					voltages derived from the AC line, batteries, or other 
					sources to regulated, precise and protected levels. Power 
					management ICs manage transitions between standby, sleep and 
					high power modes effectively. As systems become more 
					complex, PM ICs often include auxiliary functions such as 
					Audio, Li-Ion Charging, LED drivers to reduce overall cost 
					and size. Power Management devices help to extend battery 
					life in portable products. These solutions support products 
					that are popular in consumer (hand held/portable), 
					networking and computing, wireless, automotive and motor 
					control applications - especially for extremely specialized, 
					high performance products.                 |