One of the most, if not the most, basic component of any power management system is the capacitor. It serves three functions: Shape frequency response Store energy Deliver current instantaneously ...

To see a video on this topic by the author, click here. Figure 1 provides a plot of this expression; it is a circle with a maximum of 0.5, at 50% duty factor and two zero crossings at zero and 100% ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. While a conventional full-bridge forward converter circuit has pulsating input current that generates conducted differential mode noise at the line ...