A load switch is an electronic switch. It works like a relay to power supply rails in systems, but it has no moving parts. Load switches are increasingly found in today’s portable electronic devices, ...

The critical role of snubber circuits in minimizing ringing and overshoot. How snubber circuitry is evolving to adapt to trends in power electronics, like the rising interest in wide-bandgap ...

The company uses three semiconductor materials in their switches: silicon, gallium nitride (referred to as "PowiGaN"), and ...

Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch can handle 10 A with a 0.010-Ω contact resistance for power-distribution applications like smart circuit breakers. The MM9200 targets applications like industrial automation ...

Versatility: Portable generators work well for a wider variety of tasks than a dedicated standby generator. In addition to ...

This 16-page guide, “Product focus: power products,” starts with a general introduction to all kinds of devices used in ...

The venerable Stephen Woodward recently published the design idea (DI) “Flip ON flop OFF” that converts a momentary push button to a classic push-on, push-off switch. Figure 1 is an attempt to go ...

Georgia Power is using a new device to make power lines in Macon more efficient. It’s a demonstration project, but if the ...