Special Contributor: Kevin Parmenter

Kevin Parmenter has over 20 years of experience in the electronics and semiconductor industry. Presently the director of Advanced Technical Marketing for Digital Power Products at Exar, Kevin previously led global product applications engineering and new product definition for Freescale Semiconductors AMPD - Analog, Mixed Signal and Power Division based in Tempe, AZ. Prior to this, he worked for Fairchild Semiconductor in the Americas as senior director of field applications engineering. In this role, Kevin led the FAE team in the Americas region plus three regional design centers. Previously Kevin held various technical and management positions with increasing responsibility at ON Semiconductor and in the Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector. Kevin also led an applications engineering team for the start-up Primarion where he worked on high-speed electro-optical communications and digital power supply semiconductors. Kevin is president and serves on the board of directors of the PSMA (Power Sources Manufacturers Association) and was the general chair of APEC 2009 (the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference.) Kevin has also had design engineering experience in the medical electronics and military electronics fields. He holds a BSEE and BS in Business Administration, is a member of the IEEE, and holds an Amateur Extra class FCC license (call sign KG5Q) as well as an FCC Commercial Radiotelephone License.

Articles written by Kevin Parmenter in How2Power Today:
02/14/25	Snapback TVSs Deliver More Accurate And Robust Circuit Protection
12/15/22	Good Planning Made ECCE 2022 Productive For Attendees And Exhibitors
10/15/20	Avoiding Thermal Runaway In Schottkys Is Key To More Reliable And Efficient Designs
07/15/20	Mounting Bridge Rectifiers: Compliance Needs Make It Complicated
03/13/20	PFC (Part 2): How Current Harmonics Cause Distortion And The Role of the Delta-Wye Transformer
02/14/20	Power Factor Correction (Part 1): Why We Need It And How It Evolved
01/17/20	A Guide To Second Sourcing Rectifiers
12/13/19	X-Capacitor Discharge Must Satisfy Both Safety And Energy Efficiency Rules
11/15/19	Maintaining Battery Safety And Life Of Battery Are Top Priorities In Battery Charger Design
10/17/19	Selecting An AC Line Filter For Switching Power Supply Applications
10/15/19	How To Select Bridge Rectifiers
09/16/19	Secrets Of The Datasheet: What Rectifier Specs Really Mean
06/17/19	New Packages Offer Smaller Size, Greater Reliability For Rectifiers—With Some Tradeoffs
06/17/19	Measuring Common-Mode And Differential-Mode EMI Currents
12/18/18	Proper Design Of The Power Supply’s Input EMI Filter Protects Against Power Line Transients
05/16/18	Beware The Pitfalls Of Power Suppy Hipot Testing
02/16/18	PCB Board Layout Is Critical When The Power Supply And MCU Live On The Same Board
10/16/17	Understanding LISNs Is Essential To EMI Pre-Compliance Testing
09/15/17	Power Supply Standards: Which Ones Apply In Your Application?
11/15/16	Surges and Transients Can't Read Specifications! How to Protect Power Supplies Against Real-World Threats
10/15/16	Meeting High Altitude Requirements For Power Supplies: A Guide For Designers And Specifiers
08/15/16	Wide Voltage Trim Power Supplies: The Benefits Of Linear Supplies Without The Drawbacks
04/16/15	APEC (2015) Rap Session Ponders Progress, Prospects And Pitfalls For GaN Devices
09/16/13	In Pursuit of Energy Efficiency, Better Physics Can Trump Better Electronics
04/01/11	Rap Session Wrap Up: APEC Panelists Explore Social Media As Cure For Corporate Hiring Woes
12/01/10	Working With Recruiters: What Engineers and Employers Need to Know
10/01/10	Bad HR Processes Stymie Efforts To Hire Talented Engineers

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