Morning Overview on MSN

Is leaving chargers plugged in 24/7 a fire risk? Here’s the real answer

Phone chargers, laptop bricks and power banks now live in wall outlets the way clocks once did, humming along in the ...
Fix It Homestead on MSN

When power comes back after an outage, what to turn on in what order

When the lights flick back on after an outage, the real risk to your home often starts, not ends. The first few minutes of ...
EDN

Crowbar circuits: Revisiting the classic protector

Crowbar circuits have long been the go-to safeguard against overvoltage conditions, prized for their simplicity and ...
IEEE

Low Power and High Efficiency Power Management Circuits Based on Flexible LTPO Technologies for Wearable Applications

Abstract: In this paper, a Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide (LTPO) Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) based power management integrated circuits (PMICs), consisting of both charge pump and low dropout ...
IEEE

An Analog Payload Trojan via Power-Supply Harmonic Coupling in Front-End Circuits

Abstract: The increase in number of secure systems that rely on integrated circuits (ICs) to perform their functions has exponentially risen over the past several years. Combined with the advent of ...
Tech Xplore

Simplified power factor correction: Sensorless control could enable smaller, more reliable electronic adapters

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of ...