This application note is for engineers designing an isolated AC-DC flyback power supply using the LinkSwitch-LP family of devices. It provides guidelines to enable an engineer to quickly select key ...

The flyback design is a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) that’s been used for 70+ years and still going strong. This supply—also called a power converter—has two distinct operating phases, with power ...

PI Expert, Power Integrations’ online power supply design program, now features a planar magnetics builder, along with a database of planar cores. With this update, PI Expert can generate an ...

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 ...

Today, ac adapters are used to supply dc power to a variety of systems, from laptop computers to many computer peripherals. These power supply designs must consider not just functionality requirements ...

Solid-state ac supplies replace motor-generator and tap-changing transformers to offer the same tests at the push of a button • Solid-state ac-power sources combine the variable-frequency and ...

When reaching for a power supply design it’s normal here in 2022 to reach for a switching design. They’re lightweight, very efficient, and often available off-the-shelf at reasonable prices. Their ...