A good switching power supply requires a good printed circuit board. In order to make an efficient one, the PCB designer should understand the phenomenon behind the operation of the typical switching ...

Consumer electronics, industrial, robotics, medical, and military applications all frequently use an AC/DC power supply, also referred to as AC/DC converter. An accurate design of the power supply ...

We’ve often heard you should do everything twice. The first time is to learn what you need to do, and the second time is to do it right. We bet [Ian Carey] would agree after taking his old linear ...

Today, ac adapters are used to supply dc power to a variety of systems, from laptop computers to many computer peripherals. These power supply designs must consider not just functionality requirements ...

At some point in your engineering career, you will probably have to design a power supply. Every electronic product or system needs one. The first two decisions to make when addressing your ...

Designing the correct power source is essential and complex, since there is no one typical application. While total automation of power supply design is yet to be achieved, a comprehensive range of ...