When you’re testing or debugging some mains-powered gear, plugging it directly into the outlet can often be an exciting ...

Electronic equipment uses predominantly positive voltage rails for power; occasionally, some negative voltage rails are also used. For this reason, negative (or inverting) output DC-DC converter ...

The battery as we know it today was an invention of Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta. He witnessed electricity splitting water into its constituent elements of oxygen and hydrogen and ...

A next-generation capacitor family is setting a new bar for high-current DC link designs, pushing continuous operation to 105 ...

High-voltage DC systems are tricky and take up space. Now, a capacitor can reduce parts, save board space, and make designs ...

Renon and Fronius have developed a new DC-coupled solution for uninterrupted power in residential photovoltaic systems by ...

When Thomas Edison developed the first practical incandescent lamp in the 1880s, the merits of alternating current (AC) electric power and direct current (DC) power distribution were debated. It was ...