The days of a simple dc-charging subsystem in a car consisting of an alternator, rectifying diodes, basic regulator, and battery are nearly gone—no question of that. Now, the 12-V automotive regulator ...

Over the past few years, we have run across some teams who, for the goal of attaining maximum power, chose to run without an alternator. We started thinking about that and decided to see if there were ...

International Rectifier (www.irf.com) has introduced a LIN-controlled alternator-regulator (IRVR101) designed to optimize performance in next-generation intelligent automotive charging systems for ...