Circuit Digest

Joule Thief Circuit: A Low-Power Voltage Booster

This resource provides clear explanations of how switching regulators work and how voltage boosting is achieved efficiently ...
Nature

High Voltage Nanosecond Pulse Generation Using Avalanche Transistors

High voltage nanosecond pulse generation using avalanche transistors represents a transformative avenue in the field of pulsed power technology. Exploiting the intrinsic properties of avalanche ...
ExtremeTech

What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

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Electronic Design

Using a Current Mode PWM Controller in Voltage Mode

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Over the years, power supply designers have been persuaded that current mode is superior to its voltage-mode counterpart. As a result, the major PWM ...
Electronic Design

Safety Device Helps Measure High Voltage Power Transistors With Oscilloscope

Saelig Company, Inc. has announced availability of the CLIPPER CLP1500V15A1, an oscilloscope adapter that allows small voltages to be measured in the presence of very high voltages, such as those ...
ExtremeTech

The missing switch: High-performance monolithic graphene transistors created

Hardly a day goes by without a top-level research group announcing some kind of graphene-related breakthrough, but this one's a biggy: Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany have ...