Using the fault and test diagnosis software, a design can be fully tested for potential part failures. Larry Meares and Tim Ghazaleh, Intusoft, Gardena, Calif. Referencing the March 2003 issue of ...

Here’s how components, capacitors, inductors, MOSFETs and the layout all have a part in designing an efficient power supply Power requirements are especially important today as new, smaller ...

Ideally switch-mode power supplies would behave like mathematical models. But since they don’t you need to perform thorough characterization and troubleshooting. Fortunately, modern oscilloscopes are ...