The inductor-free, single-stage design delivers the industry's highest system efficiency and saves up to 60-percent board space compared to a multi-stage implementation.

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It sets the stage for what we expect would be some major efficiency gains as volumes come back on the rails.

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Each stage of converting and transmitting power results in a loss of efficiency, but with technological improvements these losses are being reduced.

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With a gas turbine for a second stage, one is now operating at a 56% electrical efficiency and at natural gas pipeline stepdown substations, they operate at 60% efficiency.

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This time around, James Noone, the set designer, has installed a turntable on the company's thumbnail-sized stage, allowing the actors to zip from scene to scene with breezy efficiency.

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Because some users turn the crank-handle faster and harder than others, a nifty three-stage gearbox and a dynamo based on powerful neodymium-iron-boron magnets is used to ensure that efficiency is largely independent of the torque applied.

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