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Engineering Essentials: Choosing Between Digital Isolators or Optocouplers

Engineering Essentials: Choosing Between Digital Isolators or Optocouplers

Learn different isolation technologies and how modern digital isolators overcome the limitations of optocouplers and maintain their isolation rating even after a catastrophic EOS event.


Introduction to 1200 V SiC MOSFET Modules for On-Board Charger Applications

Introduction to 1200 V SiC MOSFET Modules for On-Board Charger Applications

Learn how to take advantage of SiC MOSFETs to enhance your OBC system and get guidance for adopting and transitioning to the SiC technology.


High-Side SmartFETs with Analog Current Sense

High-Side SmartFETs with Analog Current Sense

This application note describes the structure and design philosophy of onsemi High-Side SmartFETs, and provides specific examples and numerical calculations of how to apply SmartFETs with analog current sense into your system to achieve the optimal switching performance.


Power Electronics Design and Testing | Poster

Power Electronics Design and Testing | Poster

Get an overview and quick guidance on usual converter types, critical measurements and general requirements on all things power electronics design and testing.


Debugging Conducted Emissions with Oscilloscopes Made Easy

Debugging Conducted Emissions with Oscilloscopes Made Easy

Learn how to transform oscilloscopes into powerful EMI measurement tools to save time and make it more likely that EMI compliance can be achieved without having to be redesigned.


Optimizing Power Efficiency and Performance for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Optimizing Power Efficiency and Performance for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Explore onsemi’s complete VE-Trac traction inverter portfolio in both SiC and IGBT modules and choose the optimal solution that delivers the highest efficiency and peak power for the next generation of electric vehicles.


Optimizing EMI Input Filters for Switched Mode Power Supplies

Optimizing EMI Input Filters for Switched Mode Power Supplies

Explore methods for separating common-mode and differential-mode noise using two oscilloscope channels without the need for any additional hardware.


Understanding Power MOSFET Avalanche Operation and Associated UIS (UIL) Data Sheet Ratings

Understanding Power MOSFET Avalanche Operation and Associated UIS (UIL) Data Sheet Ratings

Learn more about a specific avalanche power function that forms the basis of avalanche ratings found on power MOSFET data sheets.


Test and Optimize Your SiC Design to Minimize EMI

Test and Optimize Your SiC Design to Minimize EMI

Explore EMI challenges associated with migrating a design from Si to SiC, test tools and test methodology, along with mitigation and optimization techniques.


Meeting the Demand for Smaller and More Reliable Power Modules with the X Series RC-IGBTs

Meeting the Demand for Smaller and More Reliable Power Modules with the X Series RC-IGBTs

Explore the advantages of the next generation in IGBT technology and how this benefits industrial and automotive applications.


Microchip SiC Power Solutions Guide

Microchip SiC Power Solutions Guide

Using this comprehensive guide, engineers will feel confident to switch to Silicon Carbide (SiC). They can leverage SiC's low switching losses, improved system efficiency, high power density in a smaller footprint, 3x superiority to silicon in thermal conduction, and many other benefits. Download your copy here!


Zero Volt Operation With an Electronic Load

Zero Volt Operation With an Electronic Load

In this application note, EA Elektro-Automatik discusses areas of application, validity, auxiliary power supply requirements, test application setups, and provides a specific application example.


Panasonic Market Solutions for EV Charging

Panasonic Market Solutions for EV Charging

While the right technology is important to secure efficiency and reliability in electric-vehicle design, safety is equally important. This guide explores solutions such as protecting locking mechanisms, safe and reliable relays, efficient capacitors designed for safety, and more. Secure your copy now and start charging for the future!


Simulating Solar Cells

Simulating Solar Cells

This resource note discusses how using a power supply instead of a solar cell provides a controlled, repeatable output for testing solar inverters. The application note also goes over how to use an EA-PSB 10000 series bidirectional power supply to simulate solar cells.


Autoranging DC Power Supplies

Autoranging DC Power Supplies

Programmable DC power sources are an essential tool in product development and production testing of a wide range of electronic devices and systems. In many instances, functional test requires submitting the device-under-test (DUT) to a wide range of operating conditions. In some cases, the DUT draws constant power under variable input conditions.


Power Integrity Pocket Guide

Power Integrity Pocket Guide

This pocket guide evaluates these aspects as well as important considerations in making accurate power rail measurements and how impedance measurements can help to detect typical root causes of power integrity issues.


4 Tips For Integrating and Using an ATE System Power Supply

4 Tips For Integrating and Using an ATE System Power Supply

Follow these four expert tips to integrate and use your system power supply successfully.


Generate Transistor Curves with a Power Supply

Generate Transistor Curves with a Power Supply

This white paper from Keysight Technologies discusses generating transistor curves with a power supply in greater detail and also provides information on Keysight's EDU36311A Smart Bench Essentials DC Power Supply.


Using Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies For Battery Testing

Using Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies For Battery Testing

This application note provides a closer look at the PSB bidirectional programmable DC power supply series by EA Elektro-Automatik. The reader will learn how the PSB bidirectional supply can seamlessly switch between providing power to charge the battery and controlling the discharge of the battery. This resource also provides guidance on building a robust battery test system to ensure the safety and proper functioning of all test equipment and batteries under test.


How the Smart Hardware Engineer Can Easily Design Power Supplies: Mini Tutorial

How the Smart Hardware Engineer Can Easily Design Power Supplies: Mini Tutorial

This mini-tutorial gives an overview of the possibilities for power supply design. It addresses the basic and commonly used isolated and nonisolated power supply topologies along with their advantages and disadvantages. It also covers electromagnetic interference (EMI) and filtering considerations.