Power Supplies

November 2025

Bourns® CRN Series Thick Film Resistors

Bourns CRN Series Thick Film Resistors Deliver Precise, Reliable Low-ohmic Current Sensing in Compact Package

Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced its Bourns® CRN Series Thick Film Resistors. Designed to deliver precise, reliable low-ohmic current sensing in a compact package, the CRN Series offers high po

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Date:

11/25/2025

Sumida America Introduces PANTA ZIF Jumpers for EMC-Critical, High-Speed Electronic and Industrial Systems

Sumida America has released its new PANTA® Shielded ZIF Jumper product line. This flexible flat cable is designed specifically for electronic devices with high data rates, limited space, and high electromagnetic performance. Shielded and unshielded types are available. The PANTA Shielded ZIF Jumper ad

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Date:

11/24/2025

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Figure 1: Cross-sections of each type of aluminum electrolytic capacitor: wet, polymer, and hybrid

Stacked Ceramic Capacitors’ Impact on Switch Mode Power Supplies

Ron Demcko, Senior Fellow, KYOCERA AVX Corporation

Not all modern electronics require increased power density. But it’s safe to say that getting more power out of power supplies with equivalent or smaller weights and volumes is of near universal interest in the design world, regardless. Switch Mode Power Supplies Switch mode power supplies (SMPS) are on

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Date:

11/01/2025

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

The Namesake of Power Systems Design

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Welcome to the November issue! With the Spooky Season (and The Battery Show) behind us, we’ve now entered the home stretch of 2025, along with Thanksgiving, the unmitigated horror of Black Friday, and the holidays (and my son’s birthday) to close out the year. Of late, one of the biggest news sto

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Date:

11/01/2025