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Understanding Efficiency of Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converters for Battery-Powered Applications

Switched Capacitor (SC) DC-DC converters are DC-DC switching regulators that use only capacitors and switches to transfer charges between the input and the output. This architecture is an alternative ...
Electronic Design

72V Hybrid DC/DC Reduces Intermediate Bus Converter Size by up to 50%

Most intermediate bus converters (IBCs) provide isolation from input to output with the use of a bulky power transformer. They also normally require an inductor for output filtering. This type of ...
AFP

Murata Pushes Capacitor Design with World’s First 10µF/50Vdc MLCC in 0805-inch Size for Automotive Applications

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) has announced the new GCM21BE71H106KE02 multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) has entered mass production. The device is the world's ...
EDN

Managing hold up / transparency time in high reliability power supplies

As soon as power supply designers know they need to comply with military standards, they typically need to take into account the transparency, or holdup requirement of the supply. Transparency ...
Business Wire

Murata Begins World’s First Mass Production of 47μF Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor in 0402-inch Size

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) has begun the world’s first mass production of the 0402-inch size (1.0 × 0.5 mm) multilayer ceramic ...