Beside the common advantages of a flyback converter, it has inherently parasitic components, which typically produce ringing waveforms with considerably high voltage spikes. This ringing can also influence the EMI emissions adversely. Therefore, it is an important task to adequate suppress and damp the ringing effect....
Published: Jul 01, 2021
Electronic products are getting progressively smaller in response to user demand, and in some cases engineers are obligated to select smaller components due to size requirements.
This article will examine recent advancements in design that engineers should be aware of when selecting a switch, beyond just the size....
Published: Jul 24, 2018
Arc-Flash Relays are an effective defense against dangerous Arc-Flash events, and the decision to include such a relay in a design is an easy one. Less easy, however, is selecting the optimal relay for an application.
Download this whitepaper to find out more.
Published: Jul 16, 2018
In recent years tin-copper based solders with a variety of elemental additives have emerged which improve the overall properties and performance of tin-copper solders.
This paper is a summary of the experience at a medium sized assembler in achieving the customer driven mandate to go lead-free and the maintenance...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC is a world leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing high-performance integrated circuits (ICs), which incorporate high performance magnetic transducers.
This whitepaper provides a basic understanding of the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect and how Allegro uses this technology...
Published: Jul 26, 2018
Every electronic system needs a timing device. And crystal (XTAL) resonators are often the go-to solution. However, oscillators, which pair a resonator with an oscillator IC into one complete integrated timing device, offer several benefits compared to XTALs. These benefits are further extended with MEMS timing technology....
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Designing a user friendly control panel can be a daunting task. As technology continues to advance, designers continue to include more and more options in their production lines.
As the functionality of these new products increase, engineers are forced to find new innovative ways to interface with the operator. To...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
The goal of any switch within a network is to first transfer data, as directed, between nodes within the system. The second goal is to perform this task with minimal degradation on the network. The PLX series of switches provide efficient operation in any network with minimal loss in performance. The enclosed document...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
As energy efficiency is becoming increasingly important in the electronics industry, many efforts are made to reduce power consumption in standby mode, the most effective being, evidently, safe disconnection by means of a mechanical switch.
Reliable disconnection from the power supply must take place directly at the...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
Why is it that seemingly similar power supplies have significantly different performance and reliability characteristics? The answer may lie in the specification detail that can be missing from some data sheets, available only in the long-form data/application notes or may even be due to “specmanship”.
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Published: Jul 23, 2018
Innovative design enhancements make flat cables strong candidates for applications where round cable was once the natural choice.
A new type of flat cable has been developed by Cicoil Corporation that promises to put this last hurdle into the past, opening the potential for engineers to take advantage of flat...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switchedmode power supplies, the control loop behavior must be measured and characterized. A well compensating voltage controller enables stable output voltages and reduces the influence of load changes and supply voltage variations. The quality of this control circuit...
Published: Jun 04, 2020
Most often capacitor selection to the uninformed seems
like a simple choice but the demands, challenges and
expectations of modern electronics prove otherwise. As
more electronic systems continue to be integrated into
our automobiles, the need for capacitor technologies that deliver high reliability, long life,...
Published: Dec 10, 2018
Trimming potentiometers or “trimmers” are mechanically adjustable resistors utilized in electronic circuits to balance out component tolerances, and to adjust the behavior of the circuit. Bourns now offers a trimmer that can be adjusted to a more precise linear output and lower Contact Resistance Variation...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
