What Is Dirty Power? Here Are 5 Ways to Protect Your Home From It

Generators with built-in inverters are some of the best ways to protect your backup power. Smaller devices like universal ...
PC Magazine

voltage regulator

An electronic circuit used to maintain a level amount of voltage in an electrical line. It eliminates power surges, spikes and brownouts, which can cause harm to sensitive electronics. A voltage ...
EDN

An Overview of AC/DC Power Supplies

AC/DC power supplies are used in several electronic devices, encompassing computers, smartphones, radios, and TVs. AC/DC power supplies come in many dimensions and configurations, tailored to suit the ...
EDN

AC-power your circuit without a transformer

Editor's Note: Here's another take on the transformerless AC line power supply, which finds use in some well-insulated, low-power devices. Our technical reviewer pointed out that C ac should be an ...
Electronic Design

Part 2: Highly Integrated Solution for AC Adapters: Experimental Results

A prototype of the highly-integrated boundary-conduction mode (BCM) PFC and quasi-resonant (QR) PWM combo controller exhibits efficiencies in the 90% range and harmonic distortion in the 3.75% to 14% ...
Electronic Design

Measure—and Reduce—Output-Voltage Ripple for DC-DC Regulators (.PDF Download)

Many modern servers, as well as telecom and networking equipment, are populated with multiple voltage regulators on the system board to provide power to ICs or subcircuits. These power rails often ...