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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, or download the glossary to refer to it whenever you like.
| 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 : 'Forward Converter'
An isolated form of the Buck Regulator which is capable of producing output voltages higher or lower than the input voltage.
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