One of the longest running problems in PCB (printed-circuit-board) design has been trying to figure how much decoupling capacitors you need for your design. PCB engineers often use too much decoupling ...

A proprietary termination design on the TLN Series MnO2 and TCN Series polymer tantalum capacitors is said to reduce the required internal construction space by up to ...

Why the power-delivery network is critical in modern power electronics. How integrated voltage regulators can improve the PDN and simplify the PCB design. How IVRs improve power delivery to processors ...

AVX Corp.'s PulseCap Series capacitors featurethe 'undertab' termination style, where traditional 'J' leads are replaced byterminations that do not protrude outside of the outline of the case. The ...

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) has announced the new GCM21BE71H106KE02 multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) has entered mass production. The device is the world's ...

Not all UPS designs are the same. As a result of cost savings in the very competitive UPS market, some designs may not have the highest level of component reliability. Capacitors are an integral part ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. Transistors and ICs are considered active components because they change signals using energy from the power supply. Capacitors, ...

Editor's note: This article addresses the need for designers of printed circuit boards for nextgen ICs to be savvy about package-on-package technology. New ways of working with sub-assembly printed ...

There are certain design guidelines for PCBs that don’t make a lot of sense, and practices that seem excessive and unnecessary. Often these are motivated by the black magic that is RF transmission.