The Brick Business Unit of Vicor announced its Power Techtorials, a Vicor Power Tutorial Series on DVD that provides expert instruction on the most-asked-about power system design topics. These topics ...

V (BR)DSS (sometimes called BVDSS) is the drain-source voltage at which no more than the specified drain current will flow at the specified temperature and with zero gate-source voltage. This tracks ...

Building your first circuit is empowering, but make sure it’s not too empowering. [Jon] sent in a great tutorial of power protection circuits to make sure you don’t release the mystical blue smoke ...