e-PassiveBlog

Learn about the basic principles of ripple and transient response in power supplies. Using a buck regulator as an example,...

Littelfuse’s Brandon Blume, field application engineer, and Ray Zumbahlen, product design engineer, present an in-depth look at high-speed fuse characteristics...

Most of today’s technology is based on the switching of transistors. While that has enabled much of the high power...

Filtering and decoupling are two of the most basic applications of capacitors. This presentation covers the basics of filtering and...

Selecting the capacitors and inductors that enable the operation of DC/DC converters involved balancing the trade-offs of technology choices. This...

Maintaining stability of switching regulators is not only job of the regulator IC itself but also the passive components that...

Converting from one type of AC power to another type of AC power often requires and intermediary DC stage. It...

Sometimes called EMI safety capacitors, these capacitors that are placed across-the-line or from line-to-neutral must be carefully selected to ensure...