Electric clutches and brakes sometimes fail for lack of proper electrical-suppression circuitry. But it’s not difficult to design a suppressor • Electric brakes and clutches operated directly from ...

Applications ranging from consumer electronics to high-power energy-conversion systems leverage the benefits of dc-dc power converters in their designs. Among these, flyback converters are popular for ...

Inductors can be found in many of the devices you use every day, but if you’ve been working only with DC in your projects there’s a good chance you’ve never needed to know anything about them. Now’s ...

The global regulatory environment for external power supply (EPS) efficiency has rapidly evolved over the past decade since the California Energy Commission implemented the first mandatory standard in ...

Peter Green explains advantages of LED drivers based on the flyback power-supply topology: They're inexpensive; they provide an isolated output that complies with UL safety requirements; they make it ...

Designing flyback transformers for switch-mode power supplies involves many calculations. A spreadsheet can make short work of this otherwise-tedious task. When you develop flyback power supplies, ...

Infineon Technologies has introduced the XDP digital power XDPS2221, a highly integrated combo controller IC for USB-PD that supports high power designs in wide input and output voltage applications ...

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a broad supplier of high-performance power semiconductor products, has launched a complete 130W USB Type-C ® power delivery (PD) 3.0 adapter evaluation and ...

Diodes has introduced a universal AC high-voltage input non-isolated offline switcher IC to further strengthen its power products portfolio. The AP3928 has been designed to address the challenges ...