Latest Power Technical Articles

Learn about using LTspice simulations to provide important insight into the performance of a switched-capacitor…

Learn about using LTspice simulations to provide important insight into the performance of a switched-capacitor voltage-inverting power supply.

Get a high-level understanding of designing electronics to prevent the threat of side-channel attacks (SCAs), namely…

Get a high-level understanding of designing electronics to prevent the threat of side-channel attacks (SCAs), namely power- and EM- (electromagnetic) based attacks.

Design a wideband analog multimeter to measure AC voltages and currents from 20 Hz to 1 MHz with a selectable sensitivity…

Design a wideband analog multimeter to measure AC voltages and currents from 20 Hz to 1 MHz with a selectable sensitivity from 1 mV to 100 V, while the ammeter has a selectable current sensitivity of 10 mA to 10 A.

Learn about an impedance-matching technique using transmission line elements.

Learn about an impedance-matching technique using transmission line elements.

Learn about impedance matching stub tuning using a Smith chart, as well as single and double stub tuning, impedance…

Learn about impedance matching stub tuning using a Smith chart, as well as single and double stub tuning, impedance contour, and the "forbidden region" of a Smith chart.

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are…

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are generated and why they are useful in circuit design.

Learn the basics of how power-based side-channel attacks work and the different types of power analysis attacks,…

Learn the basics of how power-based side-channel attacks work and the different types of power analysis attacks, including simple power analysis (SPA), differential power analysis (DPA), and correlational power analysis (CPA).

This article will help you decide when to consider a multiphase approach to step-down, switch-mode voltage regulation.

This article will help you decide when to consider a multiphase approach to step-down, switch-mode voltage regulation.

Learn more about RF wave reflection parameters, namely mismatch loss and mismatch uncertainty.

Learn more about RF wave reflection parameters, namely mismatch loss and mismatch uncertainty.

This article explores step-down switching power supplies that divide output current among multiple regulation subcircuits…

This article explores step-down switching power supplies that divide output current among multiple regulation subcircuits operating in parallel.

Through four different examples, learn about analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system error analysis.

Through four different examples, learn about analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system error analysis.

Learn about voltage waves and how they relate to an important basic concept of radio frequency (RF) circuit design:…

Learn about voltage waves and how they relate to an important basic concept of radio frequency (RF) circuit design: transmission lines.

Current sources are less familiar than voltage sources like batteries and AC wall power. Current sources usually are…

Current sources are less familiar than voltage sources like batteries and AC wall power. Current sources usually are buried, unseen, inside electronic circuitry. Learn what they are and how they are designed.

Learn about the linear approximation error for a type k thermocouple and how to use the least squares method and Matlab…

Learn about the linear approximation error for a type k thermocouple and how to use the least squares method and Matlab to find the line of best fit that minimizes the approximation error.

Learn how manufacturers characterize and estimate the long-term drift (LTD) of a voltage reference for electronic…

Learn how manufacturers characterize and estimate the long-term drift (LTD) of a voltage reference for electronic component aging prediction.

Learn how analog circuits can be used to implement cold junction compensation using examples from Analog Devices and…

Learn how analog circuits can be used to implement cold junction compensation using examples from Analog Devices and Texas Instrument's TMP35 and LM335 temperature sensors, respectively.

Learn about integrated electronics piezoelectrics (IEPE) sensors, powering them, and how they compare to charge output…

Learn about integrated electronics piezoelectrics (IEPE) sensors, powering them, and how they compare to charge output (non-IEPE) systems.

Switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) appear simple to route on your PCB, but are they? This article identifies two noise…

Switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) appear simple to route on your PCB, but are they? This article identifies two noise sources and simple fixes to improve your EMC performance.

Learn the basics of side channel attacks (SCAs), the threat they pose security for hardware-level security, and why they…

Learn the basics of side channel attacks (SCAs), the threat they pose security for hardware-level security, and why they can be so powerful.