Editor's note: Designers at all levels of power management design will find this application article both educational for those not very familiar with these basic concepts as well as an excellent ...

In Part I of this article, I offered an overview of several specifications of DC power supplies, including those related to accuracy and resolution, and to stability. Although this article focuses on ...

Electronic equipment requiring dc power must adjust the ac input to a usable level with transformers or switching transistors and use a rectifier stage to convert the ac to dc. Primary ...

Every automated system that tests electronic circuit boards, modules, or equipment needs one or more DC power supplies. DC supplies provide power to the device under test as well as test stimulus. For ...

Ideally switch-mode power supplies would behave like mathematical models. But since they don’t you need to perform thorough characterization and troubleshooting. Fortunately, modern oscilloscopes are ...

Power supply manufacturers sometimes hear from customers with unfortunate dilemmas, such as, “I need to operate the power supply outside its rated voltage range.” Or, “What happens if I exceed my ...