Electronic Design

Multilayer Polymer Capacitors Cut Equivalent Series Resistance

One of the most overlooked, but important performance characteristics of a capacitor used in power circuits is its equivalent series resistance. Ian W. Clelland and Rick A. Price, ITW Paktron, ...
Electronic Design

Inductor's Equivalent Circuit Yields True Picture of Losses

Inductors range from RF coils used in communications through switchmode inductors used in power supplies and differential and common mode inductors in EMI filters. As switchmode power supply designs ...
Machine Design

Equivalent circuit models

Designers often use mathematical models to predict how mechanical and electrical systems will behave. The details expressed by these models, like significant Designers often use mathematical models to ...
EDN

Thevenin Equivalent Circuit

Find the Thevenin equivalent with respect to the terminals a,b for the circuit shown by finding the open-circuit voltage and the short-circuit current. The Thevenin equivalent circuit is shown in the ...