Latest Rail Technical Articles

This article offers a method on how a buck-mode DC-to-DC converter IC can be made into a boost-mode device to drive LED…

This article offers a method on how a buck-mode DC-to-DC converter IC can be made into a boost-mode device to drive LED strings with higher voltage.

This article describes how consistent innovations in device design and assembly techniques improve performance,…

This article describes how consistent innovations in device design and assembly techniques improve performance, reliability and cost position of…

This article discusses the reasons why Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller is not best suited for…

This article discusses the reasons why Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller is not best suited for stabilising most switch-mode power…

This article discusses various types of power modules with different structure and capacity and emphasizes the importance…

This article discusses various types of power modules with different structure and capacity and emphasizes the importance of AMI inspection to find…

This article discusses the flux-based PMSM models incorporating saturation using analytical functions and look-up tables…

This article discusses the flux-based PMSM models incorporating saturation using analytical functions and look-up tables and offers tips on the…

This article defines calibration and introduces Yokogawa's calibration capabilities and emphasizes the importance of…

This article defines calibration and introduces Yokogawa's calibration capabilities and emphasizes the importance of accreditation for…

This article introduces ZES ZIMMER's innovations to their power analyzers in terms of DUT physical interface, user…

This article introduces ZES ZIMMER's innovations to their power analyzers in terms of DUT physical interface, user interface and interface to…

This article emphasizes the importance of capacitors and their capacitive properties and topologies in the designs of…

This article emphasizes the importance of capacitors and their capacitive properties and topologies in the designs of power supplies.

This article discusses the passive components and effects that are important things to consider to have further gains in…

This article discusses the passive components and effects that are important things to consider to have further gains in SMPS efficiency.

This article discusses the advantages of PFC/LLC Combo controller and their key features and benefits in adding…

This article discusses the advantages of PFC/LLC Combo controller and their key features and benefits in adding flexibility to power supply designs.

This article introducest Indium Corporation's BiAgX, a high-temperature lead-free solder paste for…

This article introducest Indium Corporation's BiAgX, a high-temperature lead-free solder paste for surface-mount-technology (SMT) applications.

This article introduces ABB's development of the Phase Control Thyristor for HVDC and discusses its design concept and…

This article introduces ABB's development of the Phase Control Thyristor for HVDC and discusses its design concept and the device performance.

This article offers methods of using Fly-Buck converter as a cost-effective and simpler solution to power IGBT driver in…

This article offers methods of using Fly-Buck converter as a cost-effective and simpler solution to power IGBT driver in the AC motor drives and…

This article introduces Mitsubishi Electric's 1200V/2A HVIC, the M81748FP, with high-side and low-side short circuit (SC)…

This article introduces Mitsubishi Electric's 1200V/2A HVIC, the M81748FP, with high-side and low-side short circuit (SC) protection circuit.

This article offers a method on using a small microcontroller to control the LED driver for a dimmable TRIAC for inherent…

This article offers a method on using a small microcontroller to control the LED driver for a dimmable TRIAC for inherent power factor correction.

This article offers a method of How to use a low-cost microcontroller as a driver for a single-winding, single-phase…

This article offers a method of How to use a low-cost microcontroller as a driver for a single-winding, single-phase brushless DC motor.

This article discusses the investigation done by PSMA and offers the important core technologies required for embedding…

This article discusses the investigation done by PSMA and offers the important core technologies required for embedding substrates.

This article introduces Infineon's latest multiphase digital controller for DC to DC product applications focused on…

This article introduces Infineon's latest multiphase digital controller for DC to DC product applications focused on increasing density and…

This article presents TDK offering a new kind of solution for removing leakage currents and improving EMC performance of…

This article presents TDK offering a new kind of solution for removing leakage currents and improving EMC performance of the system.