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Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 4

Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 4

Simulating and evaluating the conductive emission using LTSpice.


An Intro to Pulse-width Modulation for Control in Power Electronics

An Intro to Pulse-width Modulation for Control in Power Electronics

Here you will learn all about pulse-width modulation for control in power electronics, from an introduction of definition to the application,…


National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 4

National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 4

Learn about rules permitting the absence of overcurrent protection for the conductors connected to the transformer secondary.


Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Tests in Transformers

Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Tests in Transformers

A transformer could be tested under no-load and full-load conditions to determine its turns ratio, regulation, and efficiency. However, without…


Determining Power Factor Using the Two-Wattmeter Method

Determining Power Factor Using the Two-Wattmeter Method

The ratio of true power to apparent power is called the power factor of the load. When the two-wattmeter method is used to measure the power…


How to Operate a Transistor as a Switch

How to Operate a Transistor as a Switch

Transistor switches are vital to electronics. Learn about transistor switches, from their operating regions to more advanced characteristics and…


National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 3

National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 3

Learn the rules to tap a feeder without overcurrent protection at the supply point.


Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Delta-Connected Generators

Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Delta-Connected Generators

A generator that produces three separate sinewave output voltages with 120° phase differences is called a three-phase generator. The three…


Featured Facility: Test Lab for Electrical Systems Safety

Featured Facility: Test Lab for Electrical Systems Safety

The electrical engineering specialist Mersen operates a test center on its French facility of Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, next to Lyon. The company’s…


National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 2

National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 2

Every electric circuit must have overcurrent protection. In Part 2, Learn about the protection of conductors, flexible cords, flexible cables, and…


Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Wye-connected Generators

Determining Phase and Line Voltages and Currents in Wye-connected Generators

A generator that produces three separate sinewave output voltages with 120° phase differences is called a three-phase generator. The three…


How do F-gas Regulations Affect Switchgear?

How do F-gas Regulations Affect Switchgear?

Here’s an overview of how the latest proposed updates to the European Commission’s F-gas regulation affect those involved in switchgear…


Silver-free AMB Copper Technology Bonds Highly Reliable Metal Ceramic Substrates

Silver-free AMB Copper Technology Bonds Highly Reliable Metal Ceramic Substrates

High-power electronics have become one of the fastest growing market segments of the semiconductor industry. Because the power electronic modules…


SiC LinPak Designed for Improved Switching Performance, Reliability

SiC LinPak Designed for Improved Switching Performance, Reliability

Each day that we wake up and turn on a light, the coffee machine, or electric stove to prepare breakfast, we expect all the electric motors,…


High-Voltage Direct Current: A History of Innovation

High-Voltage Direct Current: A History of Innovation

High-Voltage Direct Current technology has seen many technological advancements in the past century. This article provides an introduction and…


Q&A: Inside SiC Technology from Upstate New York

Q&A: Inside SiC Technology from Upstate New York

Wolfspeed has opened its Mohawk Valley Silicon Carbide fabrication facility in Marcy, N.Y. The 200 mm wafer fab aims to lead the transition from…


How Ceramic Electric Insulators Aid Grid Modernization

How Ceramic Electric Insulators Aid Grid Modernization

Researchers are seeing the deployment of electric insulators increase amid the global clean energy revolution. According to Global Market Insights,…


Inductors in Series

Inductors in Series

In this article, you find a focus on series-connected inductors where ladder low pass filter structures consisting of series inductors and shunt…


National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 1

National Electrical Code Basics: Overcurrent Protection Part 1

Overcurrent can destroy electrical circuits and equipment. Learn about overcurrent and overcurrent protective devices in Part 1 of this National…


Harmonics Analysis: Using Fourier to Analyze Waveforms

Harmonics Analysis: Using Fourier to Analyze Waveforms

All repetitive waveforms can be composed of combinations of many sinusoidal waves. Any waveform can be analyzed to determine the component…