You’ve just finished assembling an electronic project and are ready to power it up, only to realize the battery might be connected backwards. In an instant, a simple mistake can destroy hours of work.

1 SIAME Laboratory, University Pau-Pays de l’Adour (UPPA), Pau, France. 2 Alstom Transports S. A., Séméac, France. 3 LabCEEM, University of Toulouse, Tarbes, France. Simulations using these analytical ...

A Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-effect Transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a field-effect transistor (FET with an insulated gate) where the voltage determines the conductivity of the device.

Vector Control, also known as Field Oriented Control or FOC is an AC motor control scheme that enables fine-grained control over a connected motor, through the precise control of its phases. In a ...

Parasitic inductance is an often-overlooked factor in power electronics circuits. This FAQ examines how stray inductances in components and PCB layouts create voltage overshoots, electromagnetic ...

Gate charge (Qg) represents the total electrical charge required to turn on a power semiconductor device, such as MOSFETs and IGBTs. The switching speed is directly affected by this important ...

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Paul Schimel discusses the nuances of these MOSFET bugaboos and how to mitigate them from the start with solid design practices. MOSFET ABCs. MOSFET false turn-on mechanisms. Turn-on from excessive ...

For how easy it is to build a computer, we often don’t appreciate the electrical engineering that takes place to make that happen. For example, how does the motherboard manage the way your CPU gets ...