A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) is an electronic power supply that uses a switching regulator to efficiently convert electrical power from its source, like the power grid, to a regulated output voltage for a load. SMPSs are more complicated than traditional power supplies but are smaller, lighter, and more efficient due to less heat generation. However, their switching currents can cause electrical noise issues and non power-factor corrected SMPSs cause harmonic distortion. SMPSs can be classified based on their input and output waveforms as AC to DC, DC to DC, AC to AC, or DC to AC converters.
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A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) is an electronic power supply that uses a switching regulator to efficiently convert electrical power from its source, like the power grid, to a regulated output voltage for a load. SMPSs are more complicated than traditional power supplies but are smaller, lighter, and more efficient due to less heat generation. However, their switching currents can cause electrical noise issues and non power-factor corrected SMPSs cause harmonic distortion. SMPSs can be classified based on their input and output waveforms as AC to DC, DC to DC, AC to AC, or DC to AC converters.
A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) is an electronic power supply that uses a switching regulator to efficiently convert electrical power from its source, like the power grid, to a regulated output voltage for a load. SMPSs are more complicated than traditional power supplies but are smaller, lighter, and more efficient due to less heat generation. However, their switching currents can cause electrical noise issues and non power-factor corrected SMPSs cause harmonic distortion. SMPSs can be classified based on their input and output waveforms as AC to DC, DC to DC, AC to AC, or DC to AC converters.
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A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) is an electronic power supply that uses a switching regulator to efficiently convert electrical power from its source, like the power grid, to a regulated output voltage for a load. SMPSs are more complicated than traditional power supplies but are smaller, lighter, and more efficient due to less heat generation. However, their switching currents can cause electrical noise issues and non power-factor corrected SMPSs cause harmonic distortion. SMPSs can be classified based on their input and output waveforms as AC to DC, DC to DC, AC to AC, or DC to AC converters.
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A switched-mode power supply (switching-mode power supply, SMPS, or simply
switcher) is an electronic power supply that incorporates a switching regulator in order to
be highly efficient in the conversion of electrical power.
Like other types of power supplies, an SMPS transfers power from a source like the electrical power grid to a load (e.g., a personal computer) while converting voltage and current characteristics.
An SMPS is usually employed to efficiently provide a regulated output voltage, typically
at a level different from the input voltage.
They are, however, more complicated, their switching currents can cause electrical noise problems if not carefully suppressed, and simple designs may have a poor power factor.
Advantages and disadvantages
The main advantage of this method is greater efficiency because the switching transistor dissipates little power when it is outside of its active region (i.e., when the transistor acts like a switch and either has a negligible voltage drop across it or a negligible current through it). Other advantages include smaller size and lighter weight (from the elimination of low frequency transformers which have a high weight) and lower heat generation due to higher efficiency. Disadvantages include greater complexity, the generation of high-amplitude, high-frequency energy that the low-pass filter must block to avoid electromagnetic interference (EMI), and a ripple voltage at the switching frequency and the harmonic frequencies thereof.
Very low cost SMPSs may couple electrical switching noise back onto the mains power line, causing interference with A/V equipment connected to the same phase. Non-power- factor-corrected SMPSs also cause harmonic distortion.
Classification
SMPSs can be classified into four types according to the input and output waveforms:
• AC in, DC out: rectifier, off-line converter input stage
• DC in, DC out: voltage converter, or current converter, or DC to DC converter • AC in, AC out: frequency changer, cycloconverter, transformer, phase converter • DC in, AC out: inverter
