Electronic Design

Power Shift: Designing GaN into Switch-Mode Power Supplies

Learn more about integrating GaN power FETs into switch-mode power supplies and what you must change when upgrading from silicon MOSFETs. The power-handling properties of GaN. The unique challenges of ...
Android

That old Switch power brick? Yeah, it's dead to the Switch 2 dock

Yes, the Switch 2 is more powerful, prettier, and finally outputs in 4K, but if you planned on recycling your old charger, think again. Docking now demands a new power brick with more juice. The ...

You can charge the battery in Belkin’s new Switch 2 power case without opening it

The Charging Case Pro for Nintendo Switch 2 adds an external USB-C port and status screen.
Electronic Design

Power-Density Goals Can be Helped by Soft-Switching Options

Switching has almost always meant “hard" switching, which is simple but comes with all kinds of electrical and thermal ...
EDN

Simple Load Switch

A load switch is an electronic switch. It works like a relay to power supply rails in systems, but it has no moving parts. Load switches are increasingly found in today’s portable electronic devices, ...
EDN

High-power switch operates up to 26 GHz

Leveraging Menlo’s Ideal Switch technology, the MM5230 RF switch minimizes insertion loss and provides high power handling in a chip-scale package. The device is a SP4T switch that operates from DC to ...