Capacitors

dB or not dB?
True or false: 30 dBm + 30 dBm = 60 dBm? Why does 1% work out to be -40 dB one time but then 0.1 dB or...

Verification Methods of Snubber Circuits in Flyback Converters
Beside the common advantages of a flyback converter, it has inherently parasitic components, which typically...

Ultracapacitor Usage in Wind Turbine Pitch Control Systems
As the costs for electricity generated by renewables such as wind and solar decrease and ultimately reach...

Powering your FPGA Applications
Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have gained much attention and widespread application in the end...

Efficient front-end power
Bringing efficiency, cost, and volume together is a major balancing act, and getting the right percentage...

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

An Introduction to PIM
In recent years passive intermodulation (PIM) has become a major concern for wireless service providers...

Optimizing POL Transient Response with the Tunable LoopTM Feature
Since Point of Loads (POLs) are small, efficient and relatively inexpensive, their utility in providing...

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...

Tips and Tricks on How to Verify Control Loop Stability
In a design of a modern switch-mode power supplies (SMPS), the designer has to ensure that the converter...
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