To help power supply development, semiconductor companies offer evaluation boards which show a typical application of a power-management IC. This gives design engineers the opportunity to start their ...

Guest columnist Bob Macdonald, managing director of Safety Power Group, says it is relatively simple to turn a DC power supply into a versatile testing tool. Most modern DC motors are controlled by ...

ATX power-supply designers tend to favor single-switch forward-converter topologies because they are simple and can power multiple, isolated outputs. However, the drawback of these approaches is that ...

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Adding gallium-nitride devices such as FETs to power-supply topologies such as the active-clamp flyback can lead to a variety of performance improvements. It’s not news ...

The power supply on a computer transforms the alternating current from the wall outlet into a direct current flow that the computer's components can use. Testing the DC voltage output of the power ...

TOKYO, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) today announced the newest addition to its portfolio of power supplies for the ...

Why might you need semiconductor system-level test (SLT)? As Karthik Ranganathan, director for semiconductor solutions at Astronics Test Systems, points out, if you test a 22-nm, ...

Teledyne e2v HiRel has introduced pair of isolated 650V 4A gate drivers aimed at GaN power transistors, offering 2.5kVrms isolation and 100% ac-dc testing at -55 to 125°C. TDGD271 is a single channel ...

Computer power supply units are designed to both power your computer's components and protect them from minor surges. But too large of a surge will blow a PSU's fuse and render a computer powerless, ...

Switching transistors made from the semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC) switch with lower losses than conventional MOSFETs. With the MEG Ai1600T PCIE5, the Taiwanese company MSI is now ...