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TDK-Lambda Medical and Industrial Power Supplies | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

March 19, 2020 by Mouser Electronics

Silicon Carbide Is Changing the Game of Solar Energy

There's plenty of buzz about SiC for electric vehicles. How is the wide-bandgap semiconductor pushing innovations in solar power, though?

March 11, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

With an Aging Industrial Infrastructure, Reliable IGBT Drivers Are More Important Than Ever

High voltage and high reliability is king in IGBT drivers. Power Integrations is rising to the call.

March 09, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

TDK Reports Their New AC-DC Power Supplies Peaking at 600 Watts

TDK-Lambda claims their new AC-DC power supplies feature efficiencies up to 96% within an industry-standard 3 x 5-inch footprint.

February 27, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Nexperia’s Latest MOSFET Targets Load-switch and Hot-swap Applications

This article examines the PSMNR51-25YLH and discusses MOSFET drain-source leakage current.

February 18, 2020 by Robert Keim

XP Power Focuses on Affordability With New PCB-mounted AC-DC Power Supplies

The VCE20 and VCE40 series provide 20 W or 40 W outputs at voltages ranging from 3.3 VDC to 48 VDC.

February 18, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

The Main Factors Affecting Power Supply Quality

What is power quality, and why is it essential? This article will provide a basic understanding of power quality, how poor power quality can impact electrical loads and some ways it can be improved.

February 17, 2020 by Ikimi .O

How Is a Load Line Used in Circuit Design?

In this entry of our Frequent Engineering Questions (FEQ) series, learn the basics of how a load line can be used in designing circuits.

February 14, 2020 by Robert Keim

MEAN WELL Water-cooled Power Supplies | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

December 30, 2019 by Mouser Electronics

Cosel Adds Four New, Open-Frame Power Supplies for Low-Power Applications

The four additions to the LHA series are said to be low-profile and compact, offering a range of 30-watts to 100-watts.

December 10, 2019 by Cabe Atwell

Vishay TrenchFET Gen IV Top-Side Double Cooling MOSFETs | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

November 30, 2019 by Mouser Electronics

TT Electronics Low Resistance Metal Alloy Power Resistors | Tech Specs

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

November 10, 2019 by TTI, Inc

Coilcraft Magnetics for PoE/+ Applications | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

November 08, 2019 by Mouser Electronics

Diodes Incorporated Reveals 2A Load Switch Aimed to Improve High-Side Load Switch Reliability

The AP22913 features slew-rate control and true reverse-current blocking for single-channel load switching.

October 25, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

MIT Researchers Introduce a Battery-Free, Underwater Sensor

Energy harvesting is something that many engineers have heard of but MIT has taken this concept to a whole new level with an underwater sensor that has no battery.

August 21, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

Miller Frequency Compensation: How to Use Miller Capacitance for Op-Amp Compensation

Miller capacitance is commonly used in a method for operational amplifier frequency compensation.

June 12, 2019 by Dr. Sergio Franco

Analog Devices Energy Metering ICs with Autocalibration | New Product Brief

Analog Devices’ ADE9153A is a high accuracy energy metering IC with mSure® autocalibration to support Class 1 and Class 2 meters.

September 26, 2018 by Mouser Electronics

Perovskite Solar Cells Show Promise as Researchers Mitigate Challenges with Production

Solar panels have continued to increase in efficiency and are becoming cost-competitive against non-renewable sources of power. While silicon-based solar systems have been the most accessible so far, perovskite-based cells may steal the spotlight in coming years.

August 06, 2018 by Robin Mitchell

I2C Design Mathematics: Capacitance and Resistance

This article looks at the mathematical calculations used to size the pull-up resistors and determine the maximum length of circuit traces.

June 22, 2018 by Mark Hughes

Three-Phase BLDC Motors Save Energy in Appliance Systems

This article looks at how appliance design is utilizing three-phase brushless DC motors to reduce system power consumption to meet Energy Star's requirements.

June 14, 2018 by Innocent Irakoze, Texas Instruments