EEPower

Latest Power Supplies Technical Articles

Categories

Light as an Electrical Energy Source

Light as an Electrical Energy Source

In this article, the second in our series, we’ll discuss phenomena, such as photoelectric effect and photoconductive effect, that can be used to…


Reducing Power Supply Requirements for Ceramic Capacitors

Reducing Power Supply Requirements for Ceramic Capacitors

The input side requires ceramic capacitors for decoupling and to filter EMI due to their low ESR and low ESL in high frequency.


What is a Voltage Source?

What is a Voltage Source?

This article highlights the meaning of independent and dependent voltage sources.


Utilizing GaN with High-Performance Gate Driving

Utilizing GaN with High-Performance Gate Driving

This article highlights MinDCet GaN power stages that requires implementing an optimized gate-driver for GaN transistors.


Understanding Thermal Management of Chip-Scale GaN Devices

Understanding Thermal Management of Chip-Scale GaN Devices

This article discusses the challenges that thermal management raises due to increased power density, especially with chip-scale-packaging (CSP).


Utilizing Fuses for Overcurrent Protection

Utilizing Fuses for Overcurrent Protection

This article highlights Types of Fuses that are overcurrent protection devices with a fusible link that melts and opens a circuit when an overload…


Eliminating EMC at the Source

Eliminating EMC at the Source

This article highlights Ing Buro Springett elimination of the source of the noise by replacing the mosfet with a source tabbed, Nexperia GAN063-650W.


AC and DC Circuit Breakers for Overcurrent Protection

AC and DC Circuit Breakers for Overcurrent Protection

This article highlights circuit breaker that is an overcurrent protection device (OCPD) designed to protect electrical devices and individuals from…


3D Bond Wire Modelling and Electro-Magnetic Simulation Accelerates IGBT Module Development

3D Bond Wire Modelling and Electro-Magnetic Simulation Accelerates IGBT Module Development

This article introduces software MFis Wire and its advantages in significantly shortening time for creating complex 3D geometry models of bond wire…


Differential Mode Vs. Common Mode Conducted Emissions

Differential Mode Vs. Common Mode Conducted Emissions

The article presented the basic knowledge about conducted emissions providing an essential and intuitive overview, starting from how they are…


Layout Considerations for GaN Transistor Circuits

Layout Considerations for GaN Transistor Circuits

This article is the first in a series of articles discussing three topics that can help power systems designers achieve the most out of their…


An Overview of Conducted Emissions

An Overview of Conducted Emissions

This article presents the general background of conducted emissions, their frequency range, how they are generated, and how they are tested at EMC…


Enabling Higher Efficiency Power Designs with 750V Gen 4 SiC FETs

Enabling Higher Efficiency Power Designs with 750V Gen 4 SiC FETs

This article highlights eviewed the parameters of the new G4 UJ4C 750V SiC FETs from UnitedSiC compared to SiC MOSFETs and Superjunction FETs in…


What are Overcurrent Protection Devices?

What are Overcurrent Protection Devices?

Learn about the basics of overcurrent, how it occurs, and ways to protect against and prevent it in power circuits.


Vicor Partners with DMI on World’s First Commercialized Hydrogen Fuel Cell-powered Drones

Vicor Partners with DMI on World’s First Commercialized Hydrogen Fuel Cell-powered Drones

Modular power components manufacturer Vicor has partnered with Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) to work on hydrogen fuel cell-powered drones.


Bipolar Power Solutions for Precision Test and Measurement Systems

Bipolar Power Solutions for Precision Test and Measurement Systems

This article discusses how generating bipolar power supply systems with isolation can be a balancing act between system performance, maintaining a…


On-Chip Electrostatic Discharge Protection for ICs

On-Chip Electrostatic Discharge Protection for ICs

Learn about the electrostatic discharge (ESD) events, component ESD qualification tests, and the ESD protection strategies commonly employed in ICs.


An Introduction to TRIAC Basics

An Introduction to TRIAC Basics

Learn about the triode for alternative currents (TRIAC), including its construction, circuit characteristics, applications, and testing procedures.


How to Achieve Fast Switching with a High-Voltage Isolated Driver IC

How to Achieve Fast Switching with a High-Voltage Isolated Driver IC

In high switching frequency applications, the high commutation slopes of the power switches require immunity against high levels of common mode…


Reducing Size, Noise, and Field Failures of Transportation APUs

Reducing Size, Noise, and Field Failures of Transportation APUs

Designers are finally able to extract disruptive system-level benefits of SiC technology to shrink the size, noise, and field failures of auxiliary…