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The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 2: Implementation and Results

The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 2: Implementation and Results

In Part 1 of this series, we introduced a unique method of generating a low noise negative rail from a positive supply, and we presented a…


Intrinsic Safety 101

Intrinsic Safety 101

Discover all you need to know about intrinsic safety – an explosion-prevention design technique applied to the electrical equipment and wiring…


Department of Energy Launches $84 Million Geothermal Program

Department of Energy Launches $84 Million Geothermal Program

The DOE issued a request for information (RFI) from relevant geothermal stakeholders, seeking guidance in its future selection of four enhanced…


News Apr 20, 2022 by Ian Hahn
Modified Standard, Semi-Custom and Full-Custom Designs

Modified Standard, Semi-Custom and Full-Custom Designs

RECOM offers over 25,000 standard portfolio DC/DC and AC/DC products, but still at times, a non-standard converter is needed. This article explores…


How to Hack your DC/DC Converter – Part 1

How to Hack your DC/DC Converter – Part 1

A ‘hack’ is a clever or elegant solution that uses something for a purpose for which it was not originally intended, usually for fun, but also…


How to Hack your AC/DC Converter – Part 2

How to Hack your AC/DC Converter – Part 2

How can you ‘hack’ something as basic as an AC/DC converter module? This article will use the example of a board-mounted power supply to…


Right Technology for Lighting Dimmers

Right Technology for Lighting Dimmers

Aiming to get the right technology for lighting dimmers applications, here we investigate the impact of the main parameters (and so to the MOSFET…


Tiny MicroModules with PFM

Tiny MicroModules with PFM

A warehouse provides a prime example of an industrial environment where there are numerous electronic applications and rail voltages. Complex…


Safety Standards for Testing Instruments

Safety Standards for Testing Instruments

IEC standards reduce safety hazards that can occur from unpredictable circumstances when using electrical test equipment such as test instruments…


Generating Very Low Voltages with Standard Regulators

Generating Very Low Voltages with Standard Regulators

Question: What is a good solution for generating a tiny dc supply voltage of a few hundred millivolts? Answer: All that is needed is a clean…


Improving Medical Grade Transformer Design

Improving Medical Grade Transformer Design

Given that the EU1 and FDA2 definitions of what constitutes a medical device encompass a large majority of medical products other than drugs, it is…


Influencing Purchasing Decisions with Environmental Labelling

Influencing Purchasing Decisions with Environmental Labelling

This article will look at some of the most relevant energy usage labelling standards, how they are evolving and how they can be used to provide…


Infineon Enables Highly Integrated USB Type-C Charger Unification

Infineon Enables Highly Integrated USB Type-C Charger Unification

The EZ-PD™ BCR (Barrel Connector Replacement) is a highly integrated USB-C controller, together with the USB-C connector, it replaces barrel…


Nexperia Delivers Extremely Low Clamping Bidirectional ESD Protection Devices for USB4 Standard Interfaces

Nexperia Delivers Extremely Low Clamping Bidirectional ESD Protection Devices for USB4 Standard Interfaces

Nexperia announced two PESD5V0R1BxSF extremely low clamping and capacitance bidirectional Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protection diodes.


GaN Systems Offers Reference Designs for 3kW AC/DC Power Supplies

GaN Systems Offers Reference Designs for 3kW AC/DC Power Supplies

The two power supply unit (PSU) designs offer either full bridge LLC resonant converter or bridgeless totem-pole PFC formats.


Absopulse Debuts Power Supplies with Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)

Absopulse Debuts Power Supplies with Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)

Texas Instruments’ Bias Supply Module is Aimed at EV Applications

Texas Instruments’ Bias Supply Module is Aimed at EV Applications

The isolated, 1.5W DC/DC device employs a tiny internal planar transformer to cut power solution sizes in half for EVS and HEVs.


Flex Power Modules Debuts 48 to 12V Intermediate Bus Converter (IBC)

Flex Power Modules Debuts 48 to 12V Intermediate Bus Converter (IBC)

The non-isolated IBC offers over 98% efficiency at half load and can deliver a continuous 860 watts of output power.


Absopulse Debuts New Line of Encapsulated 250W DC-DC Converters

Absopulse Debuts New Line of Encapsulated 250W DC-DC Converters

The convection cooled units provide 12, 24, 36, 48, or 72VDC and operate from inputs centered on 24, 48, or 125VDC


COSEL Debuts Two Power Supplies With 200% Peak Power Capabilities

COSEL Debuts Two Power Supplies With 200% Peak Power Capabilities

Designed with safety in mind, the new devices are cooled via free air convection and offer typical efficiencies of 93%