Also called an "AC adapter" or "charger," power adapters plug into a wall outlet and convert AC to a single DC voltage. Computers use multiple DC voltages, and the power adapter is the external ...

USB chargers plug into an AC outlet and provide a USB Type A or Type C socket to cable DC power to the device. At the device side, various USB sockets along with Apple's Lightning interface have ...

Its adoption was hastened by the increasing demand for smaller, higher-power adapters, which has helped ... solution for the next generations of AC-DC USB Type-C devices. Moreover, it’s well ...