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Mastering Power Factor Correction

Mastering Power Factor Correction

Download the eBook to learn how modern PFC architectures, control strategies, and simulation tools enable higher efficiency and performance in today’s power electronics systems.


On Track with EN 50155

On Track with EN 50155

EN 50155 compliance isn't just a checkbox, it's the starting point for reliable railway power design. Bel is keeping you on track with a practical guide to understanding the standard and selecting the right ruggedized power converters for your rolling stock application.


Smart Monitoring Improves Distribution-Grid Reliability

Smart Monitoring Improves Distribution-Grid Reliability

In this application note, learn how smart powerline monitors help utilities improve distribution-grid reliability by measuring voltage, current, power, and power factor across all phases, while addressing challenges like aging equipment, nonlinear loads, EV adoption, and distributed generation. Using high-accuracy ADCs and mixed-signal ICs, these monitors enable real-time calculations, predictive maintenance, and edge-of-grid monitoring for faster problem detection and response.


DC Energy Metering Applications

DC Energy Metering Applications

Used in electric vehicle charging stations, sustainable microgrids, and high-efficiency data centers, precision DC energy metering is critical for accurate billing and reducing CO2 emissions, but traditional AC-side measurements and technical challenges like shunt self-heating and the Seebeck effect often limit performance. This white paper from Analog Devices details a design utilizing the ADA4528 zero-drift amplifier and AD7779 24-bit ADC to overcome measurement drifts and achieve 0.5% class accuracy across a wide dynamic range.


Overvoltage Protection for Power Semiconductors in Solid-State DC Breakers for BESS and Datacenter Applications

Overvoltage Protection for Power Semiconductors in Solid-State DC Breakers for BESS and Datacenter Applications

Learn how TVS diodes protect power semiconductors in solid-state DC breakers through surge thermal modeling, with insights on switching behavior, packaging, and design optimization.


Advances in Smart Electricity Meter Field Diagnostics

Advances in Smart Electricity Meter Field Diagnostics

In this white paper, learn how smart electricity meters equipped with mSure technology enable real-time diagnostics, self-calibration, and fraud detection, addressing the limitations of traditional open-loop meters. By injecting a precise reference signal, these meters maintain high accuracy over their lifetime without interrupting normal energy measurement. Integrated with Energy Analytics Studio, mSure supports cloud-based monitoring, optimized asset management, and enhanced utility revenue protection.


Next-Generation Wearable Electronics: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Trends

Next-Generation Wearable Electronics: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Trends

Explore the latest innovations, challenges, and future trends shaping next‑generation wearable electronics—from advanced materials to AI‑powered sensing. Download the white paper to see what’s driving the future of wearable technology.


MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

Download the application guide to master Bode plot analysis and optimize the stability of your switching power supply designs.


The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

Bridge the gap between PCB manufacturing and real-world electronics design with Summit Interconnect’s Electrical Engineering Desk Guide, covering fabrication, stack-up, EMI, power delivery, and regulation fundamentals that drive manufacturable, high-performance hardware.


Efficiency and Reliability with Silicon Carbide JFETs: A Practical Guide for Power Engineers

Efficiency and Reliability with Silicon Carbide JFETs: A Practical Guide for Power Engineers

This white paper explores how SiC JFETs are stepping into future-proof applications from data centers and renewable energy to advanced protection circuits.


Understanding Power Integrity in PCB Design: Power Analyzer by Keysight

Understanding Power Integrity in PCB Design: Power Analyzer by Keysight

This white paper explores the importance of power integrity in PCB design and demonstrates how the Power Analyzer by Keysight, integrated with Altium Designer, helps engineers identify and resolve voltage drop and current density issues early in the design process.


Sensors in the Energy Systems of the All Electric Society

Sensors in the Energy Systems of the All Electric Society

Learn how sensing technologies drive renewable energy, grid stability, and intelligent energy management in the emerging All-Electric Society.


Memory Innovation at the Edge: Power Efficiency Meets Green Manufacturing

Memory Innovation at the Edge: Power Efficiency Meets Green Manufacturing

Discover how Winbond’s low-power memory and Customized Memory Solutions (CMS) advance sustainable, high-performance design for AI, automotive, and industrial applications. Download the white paper to learn more.


Advanced Programmable Power Supply Features Boost Productivity

Advanced Programmable Power Supply Features Boost Productivity

Learn how cutting-edge advanced programmable power supplies enhance productivity with remote control, regenerative capabilities, and high-frequency options. Download this AMETEK Programmable Power's White Paper Today!


Robotic Arms Reach for a New Horizon

Robotic Arms Reach for a New Horizon

Download the white paper to explore how software-driven platforms and AI are reshaping the future of robotic arm design and performance.


What Utilities Need to Take Hyperscale Smart Meters to A New Generation

What Utilities Need to Take Hyperscale Smart Meters to A New Generation

Smart meter adoption is surging worldwide driven by upgrades in mature markets and rapid rollouts in developing regions. With electricity meters leading the charge and next-gen devices enabling smarter, more sustainable energy management, the global shift is accelerating fast especially in Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Discover how LTE 450, Wi-Fi, and LoRaWAN are powering this evolution in our latest white paper.


System Solution Guide: AI Data Center

System Solution Guide: AI Data Center

AI data centers require specialized power solutions to support high-performance servers, networking equipment, and storage systems, with rising energy demands driving the adoption of efficient wide bandgap (WBG) materials like SiC and GaN. The guide explores AI data center architecture and power systems, covering components such as racks, PSUs, UPS, BBUs, Solid State Transformers, PDUs, and the shift to high-voltage DC bus bars for improved efficiency and power density. onsemi provides advanced power solutions for AI data centers.


Design Considerations for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems

Design Considerations for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems

Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) enable homeowners to store excess solar or grid energy for use during peak demand, reducing costs and dependence on fossil fuels. This white paper details key design aspects—including grid-tied, hybrid, and off-grid architectures, AC/DC coupling, BMS functionality, and safety standards—while highlighting advanced components like SiC and GaN-based inverters and MPPT-enabled controllers. It also explores modern converter topologies, smart energy management, and more.


Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

This tutorial guides engineers on optimizing SiC MOSFET performance in high-power applications like EV chargers, solar inverters, and BLDC motors by minimizing conduction and switching losses while ensuring safety and EMI compliance. It covers gate driver selection, voltage swing requirements, gate charge, and timing strategies to improve efficiency and avoid issues such as runt pulses during high-frequency PWM operation. The tutorial also provides practical guidance on onsemi gate driver products, block diagrams, and application examples.


OSM Open Standard Module™ Design Guide

OSM Open Standard Module™ Design Guide

Discover how modular embedded design, powered by MediaTek Genio 510, can power smarter, more connected coffee machines for next-generation appliance development.