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The Namesake of Power Systems Design

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

­Welcome to the November issue! With the Spooky Season (and The Battery Show) behind us, we’ve now entered the home stretch of 2025, along with Thanksgiving, the unmitigated horror of Black Friday, and the holidays (and my son’s birthday) to close out the year. Of late, one of the biggest news sto
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Date:
11/01/2025
Stacked Ceramic Capacitors’ Impact on Switch Mode Power Supplies

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Figure 1: Cross-sections of each type of aluminum electrolytic capacitor: wet, polymer, and hybrid

­Not all modern electronics require increased power density. But it’s safe to say that getting more power out of power supplies with equivalent or smaller weights and volumes is of near universal interest in the design world, regardless. Switch Mode Power Supplies Switch mode power supplies (SMPS) are on
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Date:
11/01/2025