Board-level designers often have concerns about the proper way to handle grounding for integrated circuits (ICs) which have separate analog and digital grounds. Should the two be completely separate ...
Ground fault circuit breaker problems look simple on the surface: Too much current and bang, breakers trip. And when they trip, everyone pays attention. But what about the times when breakers don't ...
Distributed systems dealing with large currents can have their “common” ground reference see substantial local variations. In automotive electronics, for instance, electric motors during cold crank ...