Editor’s note: Recently, Tamara Schmitz and Mike Wong of Intersil Corp authored a three-part series in Planet Analog on the basics of bypass capacitors, entitled “Choosing and Using Bypass Capacitors.

A pulse-width-modulated (PWM) signal and the RC-charging characteristics of a weighted-capacitor network can be used along with a CMOS Schmitt inverter to generate a pulse whose width is linearly ...

According to the IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronic Terms, power factor (PF) is defined as the ratio of the circuit power (watts) to the circuit volt-amperes. This is described by ...

A snubber circuit limits voltage spikes in power converters. Snubbers are also used in the output of Class-D audio amplifiers for the same reasons (Fig. 1). When the transistor you use to switch the ...

A typical instrumentation amplifier (IA) in IC form has a pretty good power-supply rejection ratio (PSRR) and common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR). However, once you put the device in your circuit, ...