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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 : 'Constant Current Limiting'
Current-limiting circuit that holds output current at a maximum value whenever an overload is experienced. For most power supplies, the performance is not truly constant current but reflects the curve shown in the Current Limiting definition.