While most domestic appliances and office
equipment items are plugged directly into wall outlets and powered from
high-voltage alternating current (AC), nearly all of their internal circuitry
requires a low-voltage direct current (DC). Accordingly, power supplies are
required to convert AC voltage to low DC voltage. According to the research by
Ecos Consulting, roughly 3 billion AC/DC power supplies are currently used in
the U.S. and about 10 billion are used globally [1, 2].
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