The low-power (milliwatt) flyback transformer used in a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) needs to be designed with a gap in the magnetic path for maximum power delivery over temperature. Transformers ...

Today, clean power is a key concern. Switch-mode power supply (SMPS) makers strive to ensure their designs offer power that's as clean as possible. Many designs fail as a result of the inability to ...

Here, Rich Miron, Applications Engineer at Digi-Key Electronics explores the operation of switch mode power supplies and explores make Vs. buy decision process for power supplies. Miron also ...

The application of electromagnetics has been in practice for more than a century: In 1831, English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday invented the transformer, although he called it an induction ...

Experienced SwitchMode Power Supply designers know that SMPS success or failure depends heavily on the proper design and implementation of the magnetic components. Parasitic elements inherent in high ...