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Power Supplies A to Z
We've included this handy glossary to help with the terminology & abbreviations relating to power products. Pick a letter below to begin.
| A | From 'A' to 'AWG' |
|---|---|
| B | From 'Back Electromotive Force (Back EMF)' to 'Bus Converter ' |
| C | From 'C' to 'Curve B (or Class B)' |
| D | From 'dB' to 'Dynamic Load' |
| E | From 'Earth' to 'External Fusing' |
| F | From 'F' to 'Fusible Link' |
| G | From 'Galvanic' to 'Grounded' |
| H | From 'H' to 'Hz' |
| I | From 'I ' to 'Isolation Voltage' |
| J | From 'J ' to 'Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)' |
| K | From 'K' to 'kWh' |
| L | From 'L ' to 'LVD' |
| M | From 'Magnetic Amplifier (Mag Amp)' to 'Multi-Resonant Topology (MRT)' |
| N | From 'Nano ' to 'NTC' |
|---|---|
| O | From 'OCV' to 'OVP' |
| P | From 'P' to 'PWM ' |
| Q | From 'Quarter Brick ' to 'Quarter Brick ' |
| R | From 'R' to 'RS485' |
| S | From 'S' to 'System International d’Unites (SI)' |
| T | From 't' to 'TUV ' |
| U | From 'U' to 'USB' |
| V | From 'V' to 'Vss' |
| W | From 'W' to 'Working Voltage' |
| X-Z | From 'X ' to 'Zetta ' |
| # | From '°C ' to '°F ' |
Term of the day : 'Decoupling'
Power supply decoupling is used to compensate for the impedance of the output of the power supply and the interconnecting leads. This impedance may prevent the power supply reacting quickly to the rapidly changing loads that are common in modern electronic equipment. Decoupling of the output should be carried out with electrolytic capacitors for medium frequencies and ceramic capacitors for high frequencies. The capacitors should be connected as closely as possible to the load for the best results.