Active power factor correction can achieve very high power factors—0.98 and above—with reasonably sized components, though the energy efficiency may be slightly lower than with passive techniques (94 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced that its HiperPFS™-4 power ...

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of consumer electronic devices, including laptop adapters, LED driver power ...

Optimizing energy efficiency in today’s industrial and commercial landscapes is more crucial than ever. One often overlooked yet vital aspect of achieving this optimization is power quality analysis, ...

Successful power supply application requires system level consideration at the right time in the development cycle. This installment of this series of articles ...

There's always a besserwisser in the crowd and after receiving a couple of anonymous emails from one claiming to be an IEEE engineer, I brought together again, a collection of forces to help me better ...

Understanding power factor (PF) is important because it gives us a clear understanding of the efficiency of an electrical system. Put simply, it’s the ratio of true power and apparent power, which ...

Efficiency is one of the key parameters to consider when selecting the correct switch mode power supply. Pressure on equipment designers to deliver more functionality in a small size can result in ...

Linear Technology Corporation’s LT3798 is an isolated flyback controller with single stage active power factor correction (PFC). Efficiencies greater than 86% can be achieved with output power levels ...

The average utilization rate (or capacity factor) for the entire U.S. fleet of combined-cycle natural gas turbine (CCGT) electric power plants has risen as the operating efficiency of new CCGT units ...