There are two main reasons to use galvanic isolation, especially in analog applications. The first is the phenomenon known as a ground loop, where one circuit's ground reference or voltage potential ...

A new series of low-noise, ac/dc instrumentation power supplies have up to three individually isolated outputs. The DMS-PS-CM Series is said to be ideally suited for driving modern transducers, ...

Guest writer Bruce Haug, senior product marketing engineer at Linear Technology describes how a chipset can simplify the design of high-performance forward converters, making them an easy to build and ...

Most electrical engineers believe they have a good understanding of power supplies because they are relatively simple, single-function DC devices designed to output controlled voltages. However, there ...

Although variable dc power supplies might appear to be relatively simple instruments, engineers rely on them to deliver stable, precise, and clean voltages and currents, regardless of the load. To ...