The Napkin Sketch Behind a Power-Management Workhorse
How a 1996 power metal strip resistor concept became a lasting lesson in current sensing, thermal design, sourcing, and power-system reliability.
How a 1996 power metal strip resistor concept became a lasting lesson in current sensing, thermal design, sourcing, and power-system reliability.
A reliable 24V input coordinates MOSFETs, diodes, TVS devices and capacitors to manage reverse polarity, surge energy and inrush current.
Compact vibration-resistant aluminum electrolytic capacitors highlight why mechanical stress, ripple current, heat and mounting must be qualified together.
Anomalous charging current in polymer tantalum capacitors is a system-level reliability issue involving startup profiles, voltage margin, current limiting, thermal behavior and component qualification…
Radiation tolerance is becoming a practical capacitor-selection issue in spacecraft, accelerators, nuclear systems and hardened electronics, where low ESR must be weighed against degradation, derating…
A European debut of V-Cell nickel-metal hydride railway batteries highlights why backup power must be evaluated as a complete system spanning safety, packaging, thermal behavior, maintenance, and supp…
A new cost-oriented metallized polypropylene film-capacitor family highlights reliability, thermal, application, and sourcing decisions in industrial and automotive power electronics.
Input capacitors can suppress noise yet reduce op-amp stability margin; compensation, layout, validation, and sourcing must be designed together.
Thick-film current-sensing resistors may offer an economical alternative to metal shunts on carefully selected power rails.
High-frequency thin-film resistors highlight why impedance, layout, and parasitics must be evaluated together in communications infrastructure.