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Simplified power factor correction: Sensorless control could enable smaller, more reliable electronic adapters

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of ...
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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 ...
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An Advanced Power Architecture Boosts Efficiency while Reducing the Size of AC/DC Converters

For years, AC/DC converters with low output power (less than 100W) have been designed using a quasi-resonant (QR) or active clamp flyback (ACF) architecture. QuarEgg+ is a patented power architecture ...
Electronic Design

The Top Switching Converter Topologies for High Power Density

The three-level, three-phase SiC AC-DC architecture. T-type inverter and T-Type inverter with SiC MOSFETs topologies. Totem-pole topology implemented with SiC or GaN. High power density has steadily ...
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 ...
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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 ...