Power Supplies

February 2023

Acopian Launches "Infinity" High Power Linear Rack & Benchtop Power Supplies

Acopian launched their high power linear Infinity Rack and Benchtop power supplies rated up to 1200W. DC single/nominal output voltages range from 3.3VDC to 150VDC and up to 150A (1200W). All voltages are available in 2U, 3U and 4U high configurations. These linear power supplies are highly configurab

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02/17/2023

Emerson’s Ovation software and automation technologies will provide reliable, secure control and monitoring of Intermountain Power Agency’s IPP Renewed power plant which transforms the retiring coal fueled power project into an innovative facility that reliably delivers carbon-free electricity.

Emerson Software Helps Intermountain Power Agency Deliver Carbon-Free Power

Emerson has been selected to automate operations at Intermountain Power Agency’s IPP Renewed power plant, a regional energy hub that uses renewable energy resources. Emerson’s power industry expertise and hydrogen production experience as an automation supplier to the adjacent Mitsubishi Po

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02/15/2023

Würth Elektronik introduces its WL-OCPT dual-channel optocoupler phototransistor

Space-saving Solution for Circuit Isolation

Würth Elektronik has expanded its WL-OCPT optocoupler product family with the DIP-8 design. Two-channel optocoupler phototransistors with eight pins are now available. This design contains two circuits inside a single component constructed from two input LEDs and two output phototransistors, therefore two se

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02/09/2023

Texas Utility Selects Wärtsilä Technology for new 190 MW Grid-Balancing Peaker Power Plant

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the generating equipment for a new approximately 190 MW power plant to be built in Texas, USA. The order was placed by Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), a river authority based in Austin, Texas providing wholesale power to the Texas power grid. The contract wa

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02/02/2023

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

Merchant Power Supplies: It's Still Better to Buy

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

Verified market reports show the merchant power supply market was valued at USD 33.78 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 50.22 billion by 2030 -- a CAGR of 5.13%. This growing market has evolved since the early 2000s. Back then, I wrote a “make vs. buy” article, saying it was better to buy merchant po

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02/01/2023

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Figure 1: Test equipment for partial discharge testing with test chamber, partial discharge tester, and computer with measurement software

Testing the Quality of Low Power Transformers

Jochen Neller, Rutronik, and Shreyankh Krishnamurthy, Pulse

During their extensive service life, low-power transformers are subjected to a wide variety of stress. The electrical insulation, which is essential for fault-free operation, can be damaged as a result. Despite taking the utmost care, small defects, cavities, cracks, inclusions in the dielectric, or inhomogeneities in

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Date:

02/01/2023

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Figure 1. A 48 V, 10 A electronic fuse with an LTC4381

Electronic Fuse Protects 48 V Supplies

Pinkesh Sachdev, Senior Applications Engineer, Analog Devices

Traditional overcurrent protection (OCP) relies on fuses, but they suffer frombulky size, slow response, wide tolerance, and requiring replacement after one or a few trips. Integrated circuit OCP solutions for DC power supplies, known as electronic circuit breakers or electronic fuses, overcome these fuse di

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Date:

02/01/2023

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Figure 1: Multiple outputs using non-isolated DC-DC converters with fixed polarity outputs

Multiple Output Power Supplies – Are There Benefits to Having Isolation Between the Output Voltages?

Rob Hutton, Product Manager, TDK-Lambda EMEA

The outputs for multiple output power supplies could be fixed at +5V, +12V and -12V for example, sharing a common 0V terminal with no isolation between the outputs. Other types of power supplies, on the other hand, may have one, two, or all three of the outputs isolated from each other. But are there any benefits of

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Date:

02/01/2023

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Figure 1: A typical schematic for output filter capacitors

Output Filter Capacitor Characteristics and Performance in Miniature Switched-Mode Power Supplies

Ron Demcko, Senior Fellow, and Slavomir Pala, Technical Product Marketing Manager, KYOCERA AVX

Switched-mode power supplies can introduce conducted or radiated noise into a system, which is a potentially significant disadvantage. Noise control is increasingly achieved with streamlined designs that use of one or two chipsets, have matched performance, and are designed to provide simple, proven integrati

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02/01/2023

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Making Power Supplies More Efficient

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

February is traditionally when the work year kicks off at full pace. The exhibition season starts up again, in the UK at least, with the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics show in the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre from the 7th to 9th February. However, the traditional first major ev

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Date:

02/01/2023

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

In the Homestretch for APEC

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Forgive the bad pun, but we’re barreling towards one heck of a powerful start to the year! We’re a mere month away from arguably the most important event of the year, the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), so now likes an opportune moment to discuss the lifeblood of our brand. And we can thi

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Date:

02/01/2023