In July of 2014, I authored the Engineered Systems article “Size Matters – Trends in Standby Power Systems for Health Care Facilities.” In that article, I explained the factors driving the trend for ...
In order to test multiple ICs simultaneously with different test voltages and currents, semiconductor automatic test equipment (ATE) uses multiple source measurement units (SMUs). Each SMU requires ...
How accuracy is defined in DC programmable power supplies How and why the power supply experiences voltage output errors How to wire test leads and sense leads for accurate measurements When testing ...
How switch-mode power supplies changed the power-supply design space. The isolation factor in power supplies: galvanic isolation vs. non-isolated. Most common non-isolated topologies. This series ...
In today’s power-supply designs, even small wiring and connector resistances can distort the voltage that actually reaches the load. As systems push tighter tolerances and higher currents, these drops ...