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  • Magnetics: Transformers & Inductors

    • Magnetics: Transformers & Inductors

    Magnetic components are often overlooked, yet are critical to the performance of your power circuitry.
    Wireless

    RF Filters: Critical Components in the Wireless Ecosystem

    April 29, 2024
    RF filters are used by wireless systems to filter and receive only the required RF signal from the wide range of transmissions crowding the spectrum.
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    In Praise of the Basics: Passives, Discretes, Magnetics, Wires, and Packaging

    Oct. 24, 2023
    No matter how sophisticated the software and how fast and powerful the logic, without the rest of the components, wiring, and packaging, nothing would work.
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    A Pair of Inductor Evaluation Kits

    Nov. 30, 2021
    These kits are great for working with breadboarded and other hand-built circuit development.
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    Kit Close-up

    Coilcraft Power Magnetics Lab kit

    Nov. 12, 2021
    In this episode of the Kit Closeup we take a close look at the #Coilcraft Power #Magnetics Lab Kit, which provides a great way for student engineers to learn about power supply...
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    Magnetic-Field Navigation as an “Alternative” GPS?

    Oct. 26, 2020
    Using measurements of anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field and machine learning to extract data from raw signals, then matching them to accurate magnetic-anomaly maps, it may...

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    New Magnetic Sheets Silence the Noise

    Aug. 31, 2017
    These new magnetic sheets can be incorporated into the design of today’s products, such as smartphones, tablets, and notebooks, to defeat noise problems.
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    Radio-Wave Circulator Frees Telecommunications from Magnetic Hold

    Dec. 1, 2014
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    April 3, 2014
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    RF Inductors Are Not Magnetic

    May 15, 2013
    These miniature inductors are designed for applications where magnetism must be kept to a minimum, such as in medical x-ray machines