The best news when you power up a prototype supply board for the very first time is when it not only works, but also runs quiet and cool. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. A common problem ...

Parasitic capacitance is unwanted capacitance created on PCB boards, and every PCB designer should watch out for it. Two closely spaced signal traces can create a lateral parasitic capacitance within ...

Through-hole assembly means bending leads on components and putting the leads through holes in the circuit board, then soldering them in place, and trimming the wires. That took up too much space and ...

When current flows through a conductor it becomes an inductor, when there is an inductor there is an electromagnetic field (EM). This can cause a variety of issues during PCB layout if you don’t plan ...

A snubber circuit limits voltage spikes in power converters. Snubbers are also used in the output of Class-D audio amplifiers for the same reasons (Fig. 1). When the transistor you use to switch the ...

The Bonneville Power Administration recently completed a multiyear effort to remove and replace more than 100,000 capacitors that contained high levels of Polychlorinated BiPhenyls — more commonly ...

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are the essential building blocks behind almost all modern electronic devices. These components ...

MALVERN, Pa., April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new series of miniature snap-in power aluminum electrolytic capacitors that enables higher ...

Prototron Circuits Southwest Inc. started out humble, at least in Tucson. Parent company Prototron Circuits of Redmond, Wash., was doing work for big-name companies in the Seattle area including ...