Power conversion, isolation, overvoltage/overcurrent protection and accurate current measurement are requirements in virtually all power supply designs. These capabilities are necessary to help increase reliability and reduce downtime, but are also required for regulatory compliance …
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Tips on Meeting Power Supply Efficiency and Safety Requirements
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Power and Signal Line Magnetics: What’s the Right Part for My Design?
We’ve been there before, uncertain as to what makes one part work better than another, and whether the technology solution we are considering has the features needed for the task at hand. Sure, when you …
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Trade-Offs in Flyback Transformers
How can you balance the trade-offs of size, efficiency and power loss when choosing a transformer in designs that demand the best of each? Flyback transformers, for instance, offer multiple outputs for efficiency and flexibility, …
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Make Way for Two New Power Inductors in DC Power Line Applications
At Bourns, we are committed to providing the advanced technologies and product solutions for the markets we serve. For example, next-generation DC power line applications are moving from 12 V to 24 V and 48 …
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Overcoming a 5 V Input Limitation to Create a 2:1 12 V Power Rail
Push-pull DC-DC converters use a two-switch topology with very high efficiency and require a transformer to transfer power from primary to secondary in each switching cycle. Bourns® HCTSM8 Series transformers are qualified to be used …
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What is the Right Transformer for High Voltage Storage Designs?
Leveraging their extensive power conversion experience, application experts at Bourns believe the answer is a reinforced push-pull transformer. We outlined the design benefits of using push-pull transformers for high voltage energy storage applications such as …
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Space-saving Transformer Design Allows Application Flexibility
In connected communication applications, network transformers are used primarily for isolation and signal conditioning. The high reliability mandated in communication systems can be threatened by coupling signals from devices that work with different power specifications. …
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Looking for the Right Low Resistance, High Saturation Current Inductor?
Bourns just added 11 new inductor model series to its shielded power inductor line specifically to meet the higher power efficiency now required in a broad range of consumer electronics. Inductors are popular energy storage …
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Power Conversion Simplified – High Clearance/Creepage Distance Isolation Power Transformers
More and more applications require a solution to simplify isolated interface power. Isolation between the power source and an electronic device user is necessary for safety reasons. Designs for Industry 4.0, low/medium risk medical* sensors, …
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New Amorphous Cores for High Frequency Power Designs
Advances in electrification have led to greater energy efficiencies in a whole range of new market solutions. Semiconductor technology is also keeping up where suppliers have developed new switching methods, contributing to increased bandwidth and …