Capacitors

Interfacing Microcontrollers to the Industrial World
Utilizing embedded microcontrollers for industrial applications requires special attention given the...

Keep Accurate Track of Time and Temperature while Saving Power
When you think of temperature monitoring and critical components survey on a PCBA you may not think of...

Maximize Your Uptime: Reducing Risk of Power Supply Failure
Low-power electrical transients generated within a facility are the primary cause of failure to AC/DC...

dB or not dB?
True or false: 30 dBm + 30 dBm = 60 dBm? Why does 1% work out to be -40 dB one time but then 0.1 dB or...

Factorized Power Architecture and VI BRICKs
As electronic systems continue to trend toward lower voltages with higher currents and as the speed of...

Medical power supplies: trends, challenges and design approaches
Medical electronic equipment is getting smaller. Of course, this could be said of all electronic equipment...

Basics of Dual Fractional-N Synthesizers/PLLs
Over the years, a number of methods have been proposed to realize fractional-N frequency synthesis that...

Input Considerations
It is important to confirm the AC voltage, frequency, and phase when selecting a power supply as these...

POLYMER CAPACITORS – AN OPTIMAL REPLACEMENT FOR MLCCS
Most often capacitor selection to the uniformed seems like a simple choice but the demands, challenges...

Supercapacitors as a Long-Life Solution in Battery Powered Applications
Using electrostatic technologies in supercapacitors rather than the electrochemical technology of battery...

How to reduce size and increase performance in AC/DC power supply design
Improvements in AC/DC power supply design are evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. It's easy to settle...
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