Saelig Co. Inc. has announced Pulsiv OSMIUM, a novel patented power electronics technology for efficiently converting AC to DC that involves charging/discharging a small storage capacitor without the need for a PFC inductor. The OSMIUM microcontroller family and supporting components can be combined with commodity flyback DC-DC converters to displace higher-cost LLC solutions, achieving an unrivaled […]
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Measuring power choke inductances
The inductance of power chokes changes with current level. Conventional small-signal-measuring bridges are out of their depth here! Hubert Kreis, ed-k • Alan Lowne, Saelig Co. Inc. With the exception of air-core coils, all power inductances show a saturation behavior; their inductance drops with rising current. The core materials can lose permeability and then behave […]