With the rapid advancement of power electronics technology and the switching industry, power electronic devices have become increasingly intertwined with people's work and daily lives. Electronic devices, however, cannot function without a reliable power supply. In the 1980s, computer power supplies fully transitioned to switching power supplies, marking a complete power supply upgrade for computers. By the 1990s, switching power supplies had successively entered various electronic and electrical equipment domains, such as programmable switches, telecommunications, electronic testing equipment power supplies, and control equipment power supplies. This widespread adoption has further accelerated the rapid development of switching power supply technology.
Switching power supplies have outstanding advantages such as high efficiency, light weight, small size, and a wide voltage regulation range. Since their inception in the mid-20th century, they have developed rapidly and become widely used in fields such as computers, communications, aerospace, office equipment, and home appliances, showing a strong trend toward replacing linear regulated power supplies. Enhancing circuit integration is one of the key pursuits of switching power supply development.
Its most fundamental electronic component function is to impede the flow of electric current. The two most basic parameters for measuring a resistor are resistance and power.
A snap-action micro switch is a pressure-actuated quick switch, also known as a sensitive switch. It is a master control device with a small travel range and instantaneous action. As a compact contact switch, it activates with a light touch and is commonly used in factories for short-circuit and overcurrent protection inside larger switches. When external mechanical force is applied to the operating button, it moves downward, stretching the spring via a pull hook.