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11/29/11 15:14
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#184939 - I'm with Eric
Responding to: ???'s previous message
PFC inputs have been mandatory for high power supplies in Europe for many years, and the power threshold keeps coming down. All the 'wall-warts' and 'power bricks' I've bought in recent years (all the way down to my dinky phone charger) are switching supplies, driven by the consumers expectation of ever high power densities.

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a myth debunked ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Same old?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hhm...            01/01/70 00:00      
      no, I did not            01/01/70 00:00      
         Babble of marketing people...            01/01/70 00:00      
            read it all            01/01/70 00:00      
               There's no need for HF-ripple rejection...            01/01/70 00:00      
               ... what's more important ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  whatever            01/01/70 00:00      
                     But the article claims it...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        even the article states            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Switchers ARE beautiful...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        do linear regulators ever "produce" ripple?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           getting more and more irrevelant            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Perhaps, but where else would ripple originate?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 still missing the point            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Why do you see this as "becoming more mandatory"?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       you can't do PFC without            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Vice versa...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Not so fast            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          fortunately, PSU's are not on my deliverables list            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       I'm with Eric            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Disadvantage of switched-mode supplies...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Huge crest factor            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Numbers...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           It depends on load            01/01/70 00:00      

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