Hackaday

AC-DC Converter Is Reliable, Safe, And Efficient

When first starting an electronics project, it’s not uncommon to dive right in to getting the core parts of the project working. Breadboarding the project usually involves working with a benchtop ...
Electronic Design

The Top Switching Converter Topologies for High Power Density

The three-level, three-phase SiC AC-DC architecture. T-type inverter and T-Type inverter with SiC MOSFETs topologies. Totem-pole topology implemented with SiC or GaN. High power density has steadily ...
Nature

Multipulse AC–DC Converter Technologies for Power Quality Improvement

Multipulse AC–DC converters employ phase-shifting transformer arrangements to generate multiple interleaved rectified waveforms, sharply reducing input current harmonics and enhancing power factor. By ...
Electronic Design

What's the Difference Between AC-DC and DC-DC Power Supplies?

Making a dc voltage from an ac source means you will have to rectify the ac voltage to get a dc bus. One difference compared to a dc-dc converter is that you can use a linear power supply with an ac ...
Business Wire

Power Integrations’ New MinE-CAP IC Reduces Volume of AC-DC Converters by Up to 40%

Novel MinE-CAP device dramatically reduces the input bulk capacitor size, reduces in-rush current by up to 95%, eliminates NTC thermistors and associated losses SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS ...
Nature

Disturbance observer based multiloop proportional feedback system for output voltage regulation in three phase AC to DC converters

This paper suggests a disturbance observer (DOB)-based offset-free output voltage regulator for the three-phase AC/DC power converters, taking the nonlinearity, parameter, and load uncertainties into ...