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Power Supplies A to Z

We've included this handy glossary to help with the terminology & abbreviations relating to power products. Pick a letter below to begin.

A From 'A' to 'AWG'
B From 'Back Electromotive Force (Back EMF)' to 'Bus Converter '
C From 'C' to 'Curve B (or Class B)'
D From 'dB' to 'Dynamic Load'
E From 'Earth' to 'External Fusing'
F From 'F' to 'Fusible Link'
G From 'Galvanic' to 'Grounded'
H From 'H' to 'Hz'
I From 'I ' to 'Isolation Voltage'
J From 'J ' to 'Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)'
K From 'K' to 'kWh'
L From 'L ' to 'LVD'
M From 'Magnetic Amplifier (Mag Amp)' to 'Multi-Resonant Topology (MRT)'
N From 'Nano ' to 'NTC'
O From 'OCV' to 'OVP'
P From 'P' to 'PWM '
Q From 'Quarter Brick ' to 'Quarter Brick '
R From 'R' to 'RS485'
S From 'S' to 'System International d’Unites (SI)'
T From 't' to 'TUV '
U From 'U' to 'USB'
V From 'V' to 'Vss'
W From 'W' to 'Working Voltage'
X-Z From 'X ' to 'Zetta '
# From '°C ' to '°F '

Term of the day : 'Design Validation Testing (DVT)'

Testing performed at various stages throughout a product's development cycle to ensure that the initial design specifications are achieved. The DVT will usually involve performing many varied tests, including i) functional testing, ii) reliability testing, iii) ESD testing, iv) EMC testing, v) environmental testing.

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