A series of isolated buck transformers for Maxim Integrated’s MAX17681 converter has been revealed by Wurth Electronics Midcom. The pick and placeable transformers, built on self-shielding packages, ...

2 October 2008 – Following successful final acceptance testing at the Siemens transformer factory in Nuremberg, the world’s first 800kV transformer for extra-high-voltage DC transmission systems (HVCD ...

High-voltage buck controllers, which offer the beauty of a design without the cost and difficulty of using a transformer, enhance power-conversion efficiency and enable high output voltages.

Significant cost reductions and performance enhancements in planar magnetics have been introduced in recent years. These include replacing costly multilayer PCBs with lower-resistance flat coil ...

As fuel costs continue to rise and power outages become more prevalent around the country, the necessity of utilizing energy-efficient products of all types is becoming universally recognized.

I’m sure many readers would question why anyone would want to perform a relatively expensive insulation power factor test on an inexpensive transformer. Typically, if any testing is done, it will be ...