You’ve just finished assembling an electronic project and are ready to power it up, only to realize the battery might be connected backwards. In an instant, a simple mistake can destroy hours of work.

HV GaN transistors offer remarkable advantages over traditional silicon-based devices, such as lower conduction and switching losses, higher power density, and enhanced efficiency. In power ...

N channel Enhancement MOSFET is a 3-terminal device. Let us first take a look at its construction followed by the working principle and VI characteristics. Also Read: MOSFET Basics The body of any ...

The power semiconductor evolution started with germanium and selenium devices that succumbed to silicon types around the 1950s. Broader silicon usage stemmed from its improved physical properties ...

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) was invented in 1948 at Bell Telephone Laboratories. The bipolar in the name signifies the fact that both holes and electrons are used in this transistor for current ...

As we all know, a transformer is an electrical device that converts voltage levels, either stepping up or stepping down, through mutual induction. A flyback transformer is a unique type of step-up ...

FET constant current sources use JFETs and MOSFETs to deliver a load current, which remains constant despite changes in load resistance or supply voltage. A FET constant current source is a type of ...

In Part 2-1 of our Power Supply Design Tutorial we’re going to start a deep-dive into the buck converter and select one very important part, the output inductor. Then, we’ll begin with the design ...

A charge pump is a type of switch-mode power-supply (SMPS) circuit that’s used as a dc-dc converter or regulator with appropriate feedback control. The charge pump is often overlooked when considering ...

This white paper discusses a method for driving high-frequency sinusoidal ripple over capacitive loads for power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) testing, an important performance parameter for many ...