Technical Features
September 2013
Figure 1: CE102 limits for MIL-STD-461. From the limits shown for 28V systems, we can see that at 500kHz and above, the limit is 1mV into 50Ω
Today's defense electronics need high-voltage-to-SELV conversion at unprecedented power levels and board densities. The specific challenge is converting 270V to a 28V or 48V bus while still meeting MIL-STD-461 conducted emissions limits (EMI), a requirement that is both a technical problem and a program schedule
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Date:
10/28/2026
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Figure 1: Escalating installations of renewable energy sources are likely to be distributed far and wide
The Smart Grid - a changing landscape of supply, demand and storage
Definitions of the "Smart Grid" range from highly technical descriptions to purely commercial interpretations, but whichever one
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Date:
09/26/2013
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Figure 1: An ideal waveform with a power factor of 0
Until the era of switching power supplies, Power Factor - and power factor correction - wasn't a big concern for all but a handful of electrical engineers working with large electric motors, and other,
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Date:
09/24/2013
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Figure 1: PFC schematic
Power factor is the ratio of the real power (P = Watts) to the apparent power (VA = Volt Ampere); the goal is to achieve a power factor as close to 1 as possible. A load with a lower power factor
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Date:
09/19/2013
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Figure 1: High-level schematic showing the power tree for an Altera Stratix III FPGA.
The Internet has become a key resource used by engineers to obtain information. In spite of the wealth of data, the assimilation and practical application of information remains a challenge. Cloud
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Date:
09/05/2013
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