Capacitors

Practical Guide to Maximizing DC Measurement Performance
This guide will begin by reviewing instrument fundamentals, learning how to use SMUs, and examining the...

Understanding Polymer and Hybrid Capacitors
Advanced capacitors based on conductive polymers maximize performance and reliability. Capacitors may...

Understanding forced air cooling in power supplies
All power supplies generate waste heat which has to be dissipated. The heating effect becomes greater...

LGA80D Evaluation Board User Manual
The LGA80D evaluation board allows the user to test and investigate the performance of the LGA80D non-isolated...

Pierce-Gate Crystal Oscillator, an introduction
The most common gate oscillator in use today is by far the Pierce-Gate. Its popularity stems from the...

DC Power Supplies –Design in House or Buy off-the-Shelf?
There are four options for their DC/DC converters when determining the power needs for their end product....

The Energy Harvesting Tipping Point for Wireless Sensor Applications
Ever since the first watermills and windmills were used to generate electricity, energy harvesting has...

Determining Current-Voltage Characteristics with the Oscilloscope
Component testers make it easier for users, such as developers or students, to analyze the signal characteristics...

Time Domain Measurements using Vector Network Analyzer ZNA
Vector Network Analyzers of RohdeandSchwarz family are able to measure magnitude and phase of complex...

Gate Drive Measurement Considerations
One of the primary purposes of a gate driver is to enable power switches to turn on and off faster, improving...

Powering Communications in Harsh Environments
The use of power supplies in harsh, remote environments brings with it many fundamental design issues...

Impact of Parasitics on Performance
With improvements in switching figure of merit provided by eGaN FETs, the packaging and PCB layout parasitics...
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