During the early 1980s, Dean Venable popularized the Bode plot with the introduction of a low-cost frequency response analyzer (‘FRA’) that allowed power engineers to directly...
Research projects can benefit from do it yourself (DIY) techniques to design and build open-source hardware. Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research...
Because of their high ESL compared to ceramic, tantalum capacitors are not the optimum choice for high frequency decoupling. Paralleling tantalum capacitors for bulk capacitance...
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The second part of this feature on controlling EMI in power supply boards explores the challenges posed by external switch drive signals and the effectiveness of shielding techniques...
Low CTE graphitic substrates, thermally conductive dielectric coating materials and photosinterable Cu inks can provide a potentially promising opportunity for cost-effective ...
Reducing a power system’s size while increasing overall system efficiency requires reducing the number of conversion stages, higher conversion ratios, and increased throughput...
The choice of IGBTs presents a challenge in balancing the potential for power losses at higher switching frequencies resulting in heat or reduced control precision at lower switching...
