The battery as we know it today was an invention of Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta. He witnessed electricity splitting water into its constituent elements of oxygen and hydrogen and ...

A diode is a semiconductor device that allows electrical current to flow in one direction while blocking it in the other.

The harnessing of electricity has played a pivotal role in human history and has exponentially expedited our growth as a species. Since becoming a household commodity in the late 19th century, ...

For motor applications, engineers have several options at their disposal. Typically, engineers can choose between direct-current (DC) or alternating-current (AC) motors. Machine Design has covered the ...

Faced with an exponential rise in electricity demand, many are wondering if AC/DC hybrid systems and DC microgrids might ...

Demand is growing for AC/DC power supplies in the medical and industrial equipment markets. OEM designers not only require power supplies that have safety approvals and can operate in harsh ...