EDN

AC/DC power supplies improve efficiency, cut component count

The demand for greater energy savings is constantly increasing. For product designers, this means paying attention to the key parameters of power devices, including high efficiency and low standby ...
Electronic Design

What's the Difference Between AC-DC and DC-DC Power Supplies?

Making a dc voltage from an ac source means you will have to rectify the ac voltage to get a dc bus. One difference compared to a dc-dc converter is that you can use a linear power supply with an ac ...
Electronic Design

Switching Converters Combine AC-DC and DC-DC Stages on One Chip

Power Integrations’ latest series of power converters leverages the advantages of GaN technology to create a family of highly efficient multi-output devices. An interview with one of the InnoMux-2 ...
Business Wire

Power Integrations’ New MinE-CAP IC Reduces Volume of AC-DC Converters by Up to 40%

Novel MinE-CAP device dramatically reduces the input bulk capacitor size, reduces in-rush current by up to 95%, eliminates NTC thermistors and associated losses SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS ...
EDN

Power Tips #139: How to simplify AC/DC flyback design with a self-biased converter

The demand for smaller, lighter, and more efficient AC/DC USB power delivery (PD) chargers is always a challenge for power-supply design engineers. Below 100 W, the quasi-resonant flyback is still the ...
T&D

Europe’s First MVDC Link to Use AC-to-DC Converters from GE

GE Energy Connections will deliver Europe’s first medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) link as part of Scottish Power Energy Network’s Angle-DC project in Anglesey and North Wales. The technology will ...
Railway Technology

Bel Power Solutions

Bel Power Solutions is one of the largest power supply manufacturers in the world and has a long history of providing leading edge, innovative power solutions. Under the MELCHER brand, Bel provides ...