About Power Bricks:

As the name itself explains, a power brick is an AC to DC or DC to DC power converter that is generally used as a source of power supply for a notebook or a laptop. Where some people also called it as adapter, many people also referred it as a transformer which is used in conjunction with either a battery pack or as an alternative of a mobile device battery. In general, power bricks are available in few standard sizes and footprints. Some of the

Most Popular Available Power Brick Sizes are:

• Full brick

• Half brick

• Quarter brick

• 8^th brick

• 16^th brick

• 32^nd brick

Offering various utility features to many electronic devices, some of the most common areas where they are used are:

Applications of Power Bricks:

• In computers

Be it in laptops or in station computers, be it for networking purpose or for storage use; power banks could be used in various aspects of computers.

• In medical equipments

Apart from the various surgical and dental instruments, power bricks are also used in ventilators, humidifiers, imaging machines and infusion pumps. There are lot more other things too where they are used.

• In various domestic electronic components

In today’s world when most of the home appliances come in smart electronic version, most of the latest electronic appliances use power bricks to run.

• In various industrial areas

From welding industry to military avionic systems and automations to electronic vehicles; power bricks are being used in almost every industry.

With so many functional features even power bricks have their own set of advantages and disadvantages.

Few of them are:

Advantages and Disadvantages of Power Bricks:

• Advantages:

  • With their increasing demand, now many established manufacturers have started manufacturing them. So, they are available easy in your required capacity.
  • Because they are available in various standard sizes, they can vary various power requirements.
  • All their major characteristics like voltage, power, current and thermal management are customizable.
  • With reasonable price tag, they offer low cost ownership.
  • For their power supply design, equipment design engineers don’t have to be experts.

• Disadvantages:

  • Because they lack of input and output filters thus they might not be suited best for very sensitive electronic equipments.
  • To keep them cool one might need additional component to nil the effect of heat generation
  • They are prone to electromagnetic interference problems thus it is very important to locate them at right place.

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