EEPower

Latest Technical Articles

Categories

The Fundamentals of Capacitors in AC Circuits

The Fundamentals of Capacitors in AC Circuits

Learn about the fundamentals of capacitors in AC circuits, including the concept of capacitive reactance, capacitor behavior in series and parallel…


The Fundamentals of Inductors in AC Circuits

The Fundamentals of Inductors in AC Circuits

Learn about the fundamentals of inductors in AC circuits, including the concept of inductive reactance, the behavior of inductors in series and…


Why a Stable Switch-Mode Power Supply May Still Oscillate

Why a Stable Switch-Mode Power Supply May Still Oscillate

A perfectly stable switch-mode power supply may still oscillate due to its negative resistance at the input. This article examines the issue using…


Smart Water Cooling for Servers and Data Centers

Smart Water Cooling for Servers and Data Centers

The trend toward digitalization and the adoption of new technologies utilizing artificial intelligence has led to a significant increase in global…


A Toast to Bodo: Celebrating 70 Years

A Toast to Bodo: Celebrating 70 Years

As Bodo Arlt, founder of Bodo's Power Systems, celebrates his 70th birthday, we pay tribute to his accomplishments and impact on the power…


Sophisticated Designs for Low-Power DC/DC Converters

Sophisticated Designs for Low-Power DC/DC Converters

Converting one DC voltage to another in an electronic circuit has a history that demonstrates over fifty years of increasing sophistication -…


NEC 2023 Basics: Equipment Grounding Conductors

NEC 2023 Basics: Equipment Grounding Conductors

Learn about equipment grounding and types of equipment grounding conductors.


NEC 2023 Basics: Grounding and Bonding Piping Systems and Exposed Structural Metal

NEC 2023 Basics: Grounding and Bonding Piping Systems and Exposed Structural Metal

Learn about the rules for bonding piping systems and exposed structural metal.


Introduction to STATCOM Systems

Introduction to STATCOM Systems

Modern power electronics provide keys to improving the performance and reliability of electrical power grids.


How to Create Bandpass Filters

How to Create Bandpass Filters

This article explores the high-pass, low-pass combination technique used to create bandpass filters, as well as series resonant and parallel…


Tuned Coupled Coils Explained

Tuned Coupled Coils Explained

Learn about tuned coupled coils and their key characteristics, including coupled impedance, measuring the impact of one coil's impedance on…


Engineering Better Transmission With STATCOM

Engineering Better Transmission With STATCOM

EEPower sits down with Eaton Utilities to discuss Static Synchronous Compensators used in high-voltage DC systems for reactive power compensation.


Determining Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function of RC High-Pass Filters

Determining Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function of RC High-Pass Filters

Learn how to determine the RC high-pass filter's cut-off frequency and transfer function and plot gain/frequency and phase/frequency response…


Calculating RC Low-Pass Filter Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function

Calculating RC Low-Pass Filter Cut-Off Frequency and Transfer Function

Learn how to determine the RC low-pass filter's cut-off frequency and transfer function and plot the gain/frequency and phase/frequency…


Analyzing the Options: EV Fast Charging Bi-Directional Topologies

Analyzing the Options: EV Fast Charging Bi-Directional Topologies

Electric vehicle (EV) DC fast chargers currently under development have to meet more demanding specifications than today’s installed charger…


Optimum GaN Gate Control for Greater Performance Gains

Optimum GaN Gate Control for Greater Performance Gains

When designing power applications with gallium-nitride (GaN) wide-bandgap technology, proper control of the gate-driving circuit is essential to…


Powering the Control of Modern Energy Systems

Powering the Control of Modern Energy Systems

Reducing CO₂ emissions has become a worldwide goal and led to the research and development of many new technologies. This article examines the…


The Genesis of GeneSiC and the Future of Silicon Carbide

The Genesis of GeneSiC and the Future of Silicon Carbide

This article will examine GeneSiC MOSFETs and Schottky MPS diodes stretching from 650 V to 6.5 kV.


Visualizing Transformer Behavior: Drawing Phasor Diagrams and Equivalent Circuits

Visualizing Transformer Behavior: Drawing Phasor Diagrams and Equivalent Circuits

In this article, you’ll learn how to draw phasor diagrams and equivalent circuits for transformers under load and no-load conditions.


Understanding Resonance In Parallel RLC Circuits

Understanding Resonance In Parallel RLC Circuits

Learn the difference between ideal and practical parallel RLC resonant circuits and how to calculate admittance and impedance in parallel RLC…