Many of the problems that occur when transforming a design from the mythical world of textbooks and SPICE to the real world emanate from the non-ideal power supply. Real power supplies can cause noise ...

Spurious electromagnetic energy pollutes the local environment near a noise-generating source, such as an ac-dc power supply or dc-dc converter. This electromagnetic energy generates both electric and ...

Today's feature-laden portable electronics devices, typically running off a single Lithium-ion cell, often use one or more step-down DC/DC converters to power the core processor or other key functions ...

Any engineer knows that capacitors are a fundamental building block in RF/microwave systems. Bypass networks are one example—they require capacitors to bypass ac signals to ground. For such cases, ...