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Inverter Tips: The Output Voltage Waveform
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: How does the waveform of a DC/AC inverter affect its performance? We tell you all about it in this white paper, the first of a series of Inverter Tips we are releasing. Inverters that provide AC ...
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New Nano Cap™ Power Supply Technology Significantly Reduces Capacitance
Description: Nano Cap™ power supply technology ensures stable control of power supply circuits in the automotive and industrial fields - even with ultra-small capacitances in the magnitude of nF (Nano: ...
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Vitesco Technologies and ROHM Cooperate on Silicon Carbide Power Solutions
Description: Vitesco Technologies will use SiC components to further increase the efficiency of its power electronics for electric vehicles (EV). Through their higher efficiency SiC semiconductors make better use ...
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Empowering Power for the Digital Age
Description: Traditional industrial power supplies are ill-equipped to meet the demands of the digital age. While they were once an integral component of industrial automation systems and poised to evolve along ...
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Don't Get Caught Without Power
From: Neeltran, Inc.Description: Don't Get Caught WITHOUT POWER - Mitigate your risk to production with Power Electronics/Power Conversion solutions such as NEELTRAN's DC Power Supplies. At NEELTRAN, our customers place a high ...
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Innovative BCU Power Solution for Energy Storage System
Description: As the shift to new energy continues and the need for improving the utilization efficiency of energy grows, the proportion of solar photovoltaic power generation systems in the power grid is gradually ...
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Aerospace Manufacturer Maximizes Productivity While Maintaining Quality with Electric Screwdrivers
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Mountz was asked by a long time Aerospace customer who was looking to increase their productivity. In its manufacturing operation, the aerospace company was using light assembly electric torque ...
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Suitable Switching Power Supply for Medical Device
Description: Switching power supplies are widely used in medical devices, such as ventilator, mask machine, PCR nucleic acid detector, body temperature detector, multi-parameter monitor, x ray, CT/PET, blood ...
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Exporting to the EU
From: InterpowerDescription: Exporting to the European Union (EU) can offer excellent trade opportunities in the global market. In fact, in terms of population, the EU is about 50% bigger than the United States. Consisting of a ...
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Custom DC Power Supplies for Aluminum Smelters
From: Neeltran, Inc.Description: NEELTRAN makes a big difference by being one of the few transformer/rectifier manufacturers that can adopt a flexible design approach for every industrial power conversion project (designing reliable ...
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Retrofitting DC Power Supplies and Rectifier Transformers
From: Neeltran, Inc.Description: NEELTRAN can help you replace ailing rectifiers and rectifier duty transformers that are placing your production at increased risk, without the headache of working with an engineering company or ...
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Synchronous Rectification Circuit Section: Power Supply IC Selection
Description: As part of a procedure to convert the secondary-side diode rectification circuit of the original circuit to synchronous rectification, in the previous article we selected a MOSFET to replace the ...
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Synchronous Rectification Circuit Section: Selection of Peripheral Circuit Components-C1, R3 at MAX_TON Pin, and VCC Pin
Description: In succession to the preceding article, we explain the selection of peripheral circuit components for the BM1R00147F power supply IC that was previously selected. Here, we focus on C1 and R3 at the ...
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Synchronous Rectification Circuit Section: Selection of Peripheral Circuit Components-D1, R1, R2 at DRAIN Pin
Description: In the previous article, as the start of design of the synchronous rectification section, the power supply IC used in design was determined. In succession to this, the peripheral circuit components of ...
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DC/DC Converter QA151 for ON Semi's Gate Driver Demo Board in High Power Solar Inverters
Description: The demand for renewable energy is on the rise. Renewable energy, depends on sources other than fossil fuels to generate power, does not drain our world of critical resources, and does not adversely ...
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Reliable back-up power prevents machine damage and data loss
From: Altech Corp.Description: Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) provide critical protection for a wide range of industrial applications. From telecommunications to automation and control to assembly production, DC-UPS systems ...
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Mornsun Converter Solutions for Intelligent Power Management in HEV/EV Applications
Description: When the average consumer thinks of intelligent transportation, they might envision self-driving vehicles dodging obstacles and choosing efficient traffic routes. While that certainly is part of ...
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Mornsun Power Solutions for 5G Wireless
Description: The latest approach to wireless transmission -- 5th Generation wireless -- means much more than just faster video streaming on smart devices. As this revolutionary new approach, more commonly referred ...
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Trends in Power converter ICs
Description: Electronic and electrical products have become an indispensable part of modern civilization. Where electricity is used, there is a need for power. The power unit is the heart of various systems which ...
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Download The White Paper of Railway Power Supply
Description: Every year, countries across the world are investing billions of dollars in high-speed railways. These evolving railways require power solutions that push the limits of technological innovation while ...
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Power supply for DCS Application
Description: Centralized meter reading system can precisely collect all kinds of data of energy meter for water, gas or natural gas, electricity and heat, and analyze the data effectively. Providing a reference ...
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FTU Power Solutions in Electric Power Industry
Description: Abstract In the electrical power industry, equipment such as RTU*, DTU*, FTU* and TTU* are switch monitoring devices installed in the substation close to the feed breakers (a disconnector which is ...
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Electric Power System-AC Application of Smart Meters
Description: Smart meters are big news. The overall smart meters penetration rate for global market is expected to reach 61% by 2026. With the energy supplies demanding more advanced communication interfaces, ...
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Wireless Temperature Measurement in Power System
Description: Sometimes there are accidents or fire in Power system, caused by faulty of system and insulation aging, over load, and bad contact. For guarding against the accident or fire by this reason, ...
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FTU Power Solutions in Electric Power Industry- DC/DC converters
Description: Abstract In the electrical power industry, equipment such as RTU*, DTU*, FTU* and TTU* are switch monitoring devices installed in the substation close to the feed breakers (a disconnector which is ...
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CAN convert to Ethernet
Description: This program is powered by 24V DC bus of site control system, the device converts the CAN normal communication mode to Ethernet signal to interconnect the communication between site and internet. ...
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Power module for Automotive Electronics
Description: Electric vehicles could operate by the battery pack which provides energy to motor by replacing fuel to propel the vehicle.The reliability of the system relies on the monitoring and management of the ...
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Linear vs. Switching Power Supplies: Look at the Facts Before You Leap to Conclusions
From: Acopian Power SuppliesDescription: Ask almost any engineer about linear power supplies, and his or her instinctive reaction likely is, "Sorry, I can't use them - they're too inefficient." Any consideration of using a linear supply ...
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Versatile DIN-rail Supplies Provide Flexibility in Space-constrained Applications
From: Acopian Power SuppliesDescription: Engineers know that off-the-shelf, standard AC/DC and DC/DC power supplies come in an astonishing array of physical sizes, form factors and mounting arrangements. These range from tiny PC boards to ...
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'Universal-input' Power Supplies Address World-wide Challenges
From: Acopian Power SuppliesDescription: System designers who must incorporate line-powered switching and linear power supplies into their products often face a dilemma with respect to the input-voltage reality. It is not just the different ...
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R3 DC/DC converter for FTU Application
Description: In the electrical power industry, equipment such as RTU*, DTU*, FTU* and TTU* are switch monitoring devices installed in the substation close to the feed breakers (a disconnector which is located in ...
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Powering a revolution in aviation
From: Dynapower CorporationDescription: In South Burlington, Vermont, a quiet aviation revolution is underway. Kyle Clark and his team at Beta Technologies are fast at work developing a battery-powered electric airplane that could ...
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Power Solution for 1500VDC PV Power System
Description: MORNSUN is proud to introduce a new DC/DC converter, PVxx-29Bxx series, to address the needs of 1500VDC Photovoltaic systems. This series of DC/DC converters accept a wide input range from 200-1500VDC ...
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An all-in-one DC UPS power solution
From: Altech Corp.Description: Altech's CBI "all-in-one" UPS power solution offers a unique approach to backup power, combining several solutions in just one device. It includes a power supply unit, a battery charger, a battery ...
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Fixed Input Voltage DC/DC Converters R3 Series are to bring the Ultimate Customer Experience
Description: When it comes to industrial power supply, the first idea in mind is excellent performance, high quality and cost-effective, which is also the intuitive impression that MORNSUN fixed input voltage ...
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3 Key Steps to the European Household Appliance Market
From: ITG Electronics, Inc.Description: ...household appliances, electric tools and similar type apparatuses (products commonly referred to as HHA) being exported to EU countries must comply with the harmonized European standard EN55014 EMC ...
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COTS Filters for MIL-STD-461 Applications
From: ITG Electronics, Inc.Description: This article will review EMI test methods, limits, the failure modes and provide guidelines to choose EMI solutions to meet MIL-STD-461 conducted emissions CE102 tests and the challenges associated ...
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Electrical Noise Suppression and Common Mode Choke
From: ITG Electronics, Inc.Description: Electrical noise is not audible to the human ear. Even in high-end audio equipment, actual electrical noise is not audible, but its effect on the analog audio output is audible as distortion at many ...
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White Paper: IIoT Power Supply Solutions
From: Sealevel Systems, Inc.Description: The following white paper reviews solutions used to make an IoT power supply monitoring and control device. It covers AC monitoring, output voltage control and operational feedback. It details ...
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Power Solution for Smart Home Controller
Description: With the rising of living standard, people have new requirements of security, intelligence, comfort, beauty, and entertainment in housing. Smart home is the one to meet these demands. Based on the ...
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Which Type of UPS System Works Best with a Generator?
From: Tripp Lite by EatonDescription: Do you have a generator to supply power during a lengthy blackout? You'll get the most out of it if you connect your generator to a UPS system. But there's more than one kind of UPS - it's important ...
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7 Steps to Choosing the Right Single-Phase or 3-Phase PDU
From: Tripp Lite by EatonDescription: 7 Steps to Choosing the Right Single-Phase or 3-Phase PDU ...
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Hot-Swap Explained
From: Tripp Lite by EatonDescription: Viewed from a lifecycle perspective, a standard online UPS system isn't truly uninterruptible. At some point it will be necessary to take the UPS off line for maintenance-and that means costly system ...
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XLB Series Power Supply Application Notes
From: Lumina Power, Inc.Description: This document is a guide to proper installation and operation of these power supplies and should be used to assess the viability of the power supply and igniter in both new and upgraded applications. ...
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Don't Use Your Filter as the Fuse
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: How to select the right fuse / MCB to work with your filter ...
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EMC in EV-Charging
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: What's driving EMC in EV-Charging: It's not just plugging a connector in to your car ...
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EMC in Medical Applications
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: When every heartbeat counts. ...
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EMC Lighting Links
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: Electromagnetic compatibility of lighting equipment ...
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EMC/EMI In Product Development
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: How EMC/EMI filters can aid in the design and troubleshooting phases of product development ...
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EMI Filter Design
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: The engineer's guide to designing your EMI filter ...
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EMI Filtering in Medical Devices
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: The need for EMI filtering in medical devices ...
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Leveraging EMC/EMI Filters
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: How to Leverage EMC/EMI Filters During Consumer Electronics and Test Equipment Product Development ...
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Schaffner IEC Inlet Filter Series
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: Ultra-compact and innovative - FN 9280 and FN 9290 ...
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Van Eck Phreaking
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: Big Brother is watching you - How to cancel out unwanted data-transmission ...
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The Engineer's Guide to Designing your EMI Filter
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: To start at the very beginning, what is an electrical filter? An electrical filter can be passive, active, analog, or digital. ...
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Replacement of BALLUFF BIC
From: B&Plus USA, Inc.Description: As the replacement for distcontinued BIC series of BALLUFF, B & PLUS supplies replacements on B & PLUS type name. ...
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The need for EMI filtering in medical devices
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: In today's society, medical devices can usually be found in the forefront of incorporating new technologies. This includes the ever-increasing use of sensitive analog electronics, wireless/RF, and ...
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Wireless Charging: End-to-End Solutions with Key Components
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: In this article we will provide an overview of wireless charging solutions. We give a special attention to the two wireless charging technologies, their most common design criteria and the benefits ...
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AVX Tantalum Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: AVX Tantalum Corporation is a capacitor manufacturer. They needed high frequency (40K Hz) AC constant current sources to perform ripple current tests on their products - capacitors. ...
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Boeing Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: The Boeing Company was looking for a wideband power amplifier to power up multiple Piezo stacks (model TS18-H5-202) manufactured by Piezo Systems. ...
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General Electric Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: General Electric was looking for a replacement constant current power amplifier to replace the obsolete model 2555A transconductance amplifier manufactured by Valhalla Scientific. ...
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GMC-I ProSys Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: One of our clients, GMC-I ProSys Limited, situated in Britain, had trouble locating a constant current source to power up their highly inductive load. They had tried different products from various ...
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Hubbell Power Systems Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: Hubbell Power Systems (HPS) had trouble in obtaining linear AC power supplies from their traditional suppliers - Behlman Electronics and Elgar, because they have stopped making them. ...
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Itron Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: Itron, Inc. was looking for a low distortion AC constant current source to perform tests on their products - electricity meters. ...
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Kimberly Clark Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: We provided Kimberly-Clark with a model AL-300-HF-A standard wideband AC power amplifier to drive a model AL-T100-V25/1200-F300K/500K high frequency high voltage transformer. ...
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TI Automotive Case Study
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: TI Automotive Systems was looking for AC power sources which can produce a 2 V, 7K Hz signal into a group of DC motors while they were being tested with up to 100 A DC current. ...
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Powering FPGA Applications
Description: Many new FPGAs are typically designed using advanced technology to achieve low power consumption while providing high performance. Those FPGAs use the new fabrication process that tends to require a ...
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How Unique and Customizable UPSs Can Fulfill Your Niche Needs
From: Marathon PowerDescription: Marathon Power provides custom and application-specific uninterruptable power supplies (UPSs), many of which fill a niche in the UPS market. Its off-the-shelf products are designed to fit unique needs ...
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Modular Power Supplies for Today's Engineer
From: RECOM Power, Inc.Description: RECOM entered the power supply and DC-DC converter business in 1988. The company offers the RAC01-G, RAC02-G, RAC03-G and RAC04-G AC-to-DC switching power supply modules, which supply one to four ...
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EMC in Medical Applications: When Every Heartbeat Counts
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: It is apparent that the medical electronics market continues to grow and that this trend is unlikely to slow down any time soon. Every person who has access to advanced medical care will try to get ...
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Ultra-Capacitor DC UPS: Your Best Choice to Ensure that Critical Information and Functions Remain Available When Supply Voltage Drops Out
From: Altech Corp.Description: Ultra-capacitors are best suited to these and other mission-critical applications that require seamless transition to backup power (UPS) over relatively short periods of time. In the event of a main ...
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Taking the Heat - and Leads - Out of Higher Power Designs
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: The new surface mounted TO-Leadless (TOLL) packaging for MOSFETs reduces production costs and footprint. This leads to a MOSFET technology that enables designers, for the first time, to use an SMD ...
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Wireless Charging: Advanced Technology Delivers Real Benefits
From: Infineon Technologies AGDescription: Other than the magnetics, issues including efficiency, mechanical packaging, electromagnetic interference (EMI), thermal management and metallic foreign objects (such as coins and keys) create ...
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EMI Filters for Industrial 277 V Single-Phase Applications Including LED Lighting
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: Three-phase power can be drawn by either the Delta configuration or the Wye configuration. In the Delta configuration, two of the power wires are combined to create a circuit that looks like an ...
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The Many Benefits of SCR Power Control
Description: In today's competitive, cost-conscious industrial landscape, semiconductor and general manufacturing industries need a reliable, flexible, and precise way to control electric-heating processes. These ...
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Five Challenges Engineers Face in Power Supply Design
From: Acopian Power SuppliesDescription: Electronic system designers, engineers, program managers and OEMs must address numerous challenges in the selection or development of an appropriate power supply for their systems. Customization is ...
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How One Small Company Has Powered the World Behind-the-Scenes for 60 Years
From: Acopian Power SuppliesDescription: Sometimes it is the smaller companies that do the most behind the scenes. In every industry, in every market, there is one thing that will always be needed-a source of power. Whether it be for audio ...
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Simplifying Power Supply Design with a 15A, 42V Power Module
Description: The DC/DC buck converter is one of the most popular and widely used power supply topologies, finding applications in industrial, servers, telecom, and automotive sectors. The non-isolated buck ...
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Device Fuse Selection Guide
Description: This article demonstrates how to select a main fuse for a system that has two or more power supplies installed. It also provides insight to discern the implication of the inrush current peak-time ...
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Connecting Commercial White Goods to the IoT Underscores the Need for EMI Filtering
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: The commercial kitchen and laundry have become new frontiers for technological advance. The Internet of Things (IoT) has applications for refrigeration, cooking appliances, washers, dryers and many ...
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Protecting Electronic Equipment from EMI
From: Schaffner EMC Inc.Description: As electronic devices become more commonly used, there is an accompanying risk that some of this equipment will create electromagnetic interference (EMI), which can be thought of as noise or ...
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Powering IoT Infrastructure Systems with Digital Multiphase
Description: The explosive growth of cloud services has driven major advancements in data center, networking and telecom equipment. The next wave underway is the Internet of Things (IoT) with its billions of ...
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Mitigate EMI/EMC in Today's Electric And Hybrid Vehicles
Description: The electronics systems of today's electric and hybrid vehicles are crammed into extremely small spaces and are subject to vibration, impact and wide temperature fluctuations. A major assault to these ...
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Preventing Subsystem Brownouts in Mobile Devices
Description: With the ever-increasing performance of application processors and GPUs used in mobile devices, the need for a buck-boost regulator to stabilize the Li-ion battery supply-voltage terminals is becoming ...
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How to Handle Imbalances From Light Loads on VFDs
Description: Input current imbalances happen when a variable frequency drive (VFD) with a full-bridge rectifier operates under lightly loaded conditions. ...
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Medically Approved Power Supplies Boost Perfusion Monitors
From: Polytron Devices, Inc.Description: You know the different types of power supplies: Linear models are known for their reliability, transient response and low ripple and noise, while switch-mode units are compact with high efficiency ...
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Critical Components Behind Switch-mode Power Supplies
Description: The job of passive components in the input circuit of a power supply is to protect the electronic device from overcurrent and overvoltage and ensure electromagnetic compatibility-especially important ...
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Powering Automotive Cockpit Electronics
Description: There are a many different ways to implement a buck regulator. In order to determine which solution delivers the performance and features needed for a given requirement, it is important for system ...
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The Five Main Power Problems
From: Tripp Lite by EatonDescription: Something as simple as a power surge may not seem detrimental-in fact it may go unnoticed until equipment fails. At the other end of the spectrum, blackouts can cause entire systems to immediately go ...
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Understanding LDOs and Their Key Performance Parameters
Description: LDOs are one of the most commonly used devices for voltage regulation. However, many of their key performance parameters are not utilized to their full potential. While cost is a very important ...
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Performance Factors and Design Flexibility In Medical Power Supplies
From: Polytron Devices, Inc.Description: When dealing with medical equipment, strict standards are often put into place to make sure patients and healthcare personnel remain safe. However, beyond these strictly-enforced safety standards, ...
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A 10kW 3 level UPS Inverter utilizing a full SiC module solution to achieve high efficiency and reduce size and weight
Description: This article intends to describe the application of full SiC module in a 10 kW UPS inverter. 5-10kW is a widely used power rating for UPS and is also common for power modules. A module has been used ...
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Selecting Power Supplies for Medical Equipment Designs
From: Polytron Devices, Inc.Description: When it comes to medical equipment, nothing is more important than the safety of patients and health care personnel. From diagnostic tools such as ultrasound devices to home health equipment like ...
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Selecting Power Supplies for Medical
From: Polytron Devices, Inc.Description: Safety, standards and design flexibility are top considerations. ...
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Digital Power Module Meets Fast Load Transient POL with Simple Cooling Design
Description: The ever-increasing demands of FPGAs, processors and ASICs are pushing point-of-load (POL) power converters to the limit. Not only do they occupy more motherboard real estate, but they also require ...
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Easy-To-Follow International Wiring Instructions For Your Power Supply
From: Polytron Devices, Inc.Description: To help reduce the likelihood of failure in your power supply, weâ ve released a set of new pinout diagrams on our website with easy-to-follow global wiring instructions to simplify connecting your ...
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Operational Cost Saving Opportunities for System Designers in Control Power
Description: Control panels most often have transformers feeding into Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) that provide 24VDC power to PLCs, I/O cards, Solenoids, relay coils, etc. The excess heat generated in the ...
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Power Quality Issues, Impacts, and Mitigation for Industrial Customers
Description: Now, more than ever, electronic equipment and computing devices are used in all types of industrial processes. This has been pivotal in making these processes more productive, efficient, and safe. ...
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Thermal Management For Power Supplies
From: Polytron Devices, Inc.Description: To help reduce the likelihood of failure in your power supply, we've released a set of new pinout diagrams on our website with easy-to-follow global wiring instructions to simplify connecting your ...
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Trailer Electrical Interfaces - Part 1: Interfacing Methods for Vehicles with Incompatible Electrical Standards
From: SEC America, LLCDescription: While we at SEC America have offered many power converter requirements through the careful selection of off-the shelf unit specifications, we will build to custom mechanical and electrical ...