High-reliability data centers support multiple applications. Some serve as telephone switching, transmission facilities, and data transmission (network) facilities while others are used for financial ...

The ideal computer power system for data centers these days places a tall order for electrical designers. Just stop and think about all of the requirements. The system must be available nearly 100% of ...

Over the last few years, the voltages in typical equipment cards have dropped dramatically—in many cases down to 1 V or lower—while the total card power continues to soar. An increase in different ...

With any low-power design, the designer has the choice between choosing low-power components or switching off the power to peripheral devices. When considering the choice of non-volatile flash ...

The days when converter manufacturers would have little option but to rely on the expertise of power-module specialists to design filters, optimize the control loop, and provide the result, have given ...

Competitive pressure needs to be applied to EDA and IP vendors to ensure that power-aware system-level design is pervasive. Availability of models and libraries has long been one of the biggest ...

Steps engineers can take to help mitigate power outage impacts. Paths to PLC redundancy. Paths to PAC redundancy. How can a dual Ethernet ring help with resilience? Power outages are becoming more ...