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Power systems for medical equipment must ensure patient safety

A fundamental tenet of medical electrical equipment is that it must be safe ...
Standard high voltage modules save time, space and money

System power designers specifying high voltage power supplies have three ba ...
Updates to legislation drive external power supplies’ efficiency

As concern for carbon emissions grows, most countries have introduced legis ...
Designing for reliability in high voltage applications

High voltage design and manufacturing comes with an additional set of disci ...
Selecting power supplies for peak load applications

Specifying an AC/DC power supply for systems with peak load requirements th ...
Electrolytic capacitor lifetime in power supplies

The service life of electrolytic capacitors is an increasingly key design p ...
Hints and tips on the use of cooling fans for power supplies

Thermal management of modern power supplies is becoming increasingly import ...
Energy efficiency for external power supplies (EPS)

Controlling the power consumed by external power supplies is important for ...
Overcoming patient leakage current issues

Patient leakage current and ways of reducing and controlling it for the mos ...
Engineers guide to selecting power supplies for LED lighting applications

Traditionally, lighting comprised some form of incandescent, fluorescent or ...
Understanding efficiency: Looking for the worst-case scenario

It’s standard practice to put the best-case scenario on data sheets, but ho ...
Power supply de-rating in practice

In recent years it has become commonplace for some manufacturers to increas ...