Design
This article presents the fundamentals and application of capacitors. What is a capacitor, and how do we select them? Techniques of selecting capacitors and things to consider when using capacitors are highlighted. Both practical examples and simulation are used to demonstrate the key points.
Heat flow analysis for semiconductor ESD situations can be approximated to one dimension, and then captured with a generalized Ohm’s Law using a complex impedance. Methods can include time-dependent electrothermal pulses and feedback due to self-heating, with solutions readily carried out on any desktop computer.
Telling the stories of smiths and kings in the same breath is all in a day’s work for an XRF gun.
EMC Concepts Explained
This is the fifth article in a series of articles devoted to the design, test, and EMC emissions evaluation of 1- and 2-layer PCBs that contain AC/DC and/or DC/DC converters, and employ different ground techniques.
Hot Topics in ESD
Within the past 18 years, many studies exploring 3 µm to 7 nm technologies have demonstrated the excellent correlation of CC-TLP with CDM in terms of stress current failure threshold as well as electrical failure and physical damage signature.
On Your Mark
Explore the key components to keep in mind for your product safety strategy – from risk assessment to safety labels and manuals – and some of the ways that they all work together to improve safety and reduce risk.
Product Insights
Ferrites are frequency dependent components used to attenuate unwanted high frequency RF signals that can cause failure of emission and immunity compliance tests. There is an endless variety of form factors for ferrites, including toroidal shaped cores, clamp-on cable shells, surface mount beads, leaded through hole components for installation on printed circuit boards, and other [...]