Benefits of Digital Power Modules for Advanced Industrial and Communications...
Encapsulated modules in some cases can have four times higher power density After a long period of development and design, the DC/DC power supply module is coming into its own as an effective and...
View ArticleDC-DC Converter Technologies for Electric/Hybrid Electric Vehicles
DC-DC converters employ many different topologies Electric cars outsold those with internal combustion engines (ICE) in the early 1900s but twenty years later, they had all but disappeared. Now,...
View ArticleReliability: The Other Parameter when Selecting a DC/DC Regulator
This reliability report is available online for all to review Consider a DC/DC regulator: basically, a complete DC/DC regulator circuit that is encapsulated in a package similar to an IC. Let’s...
View ArticleSystem Stability – Intelligence can be Outside the Processor
Buck Boost DC-to-DC converters that can dynamically limit the inrush current Portable applications are in constant change. Innovation must be the designer’s motto if they want to be successful in...
View ArticleEfficient Pulse Frequency Modulation Mode for 6MHz Step Down Converter
Modern cell phones tend to embed more and more functionalities while solution size is shrinking, driving innovation both towards smaller size and efficiency improvement. Texas Instruments’ new...
View ArticleNegative Input Resistance and RMS Input Currents
The often unrecognized plagues of dc/dc converters Many SMPS designers and users of modules will have been puzzled by mysterious wild oscillations and bewildered by their resistance to changes in...
View ArticleFlyback Converter and Snubber Design
Every application has its special needs The Flyback topology is very common for DC/DC converters. Their advantages are the simple design and the low component cost. The function principle is...
View ArticleThe Half-Bridge Circuit Revealed
Confirm zero-voltage switching during all operating conditions The half-bridge or ‘totem-pole’ configuration is one of the most common switch circuit topologies used in power electronics today....
View ArticleHigh Speed, Two Quadrant DC/DC Power Supply
The main function and benefit of synchronous rectification To enable a converter that modulates output voltage and that generates voltage according to some predefined wave form, whilst keeping...
View ArticleUsing Bidirectional Power Supply to Modulate Voltage on the Output
Special technical requirements for switch mode power supplies are pushing to the limits of their performance, requiring a well optimized topology like the latest telecom RF power amplifiers, are...
View ArticleSpecialized DC/DC Converters Enable Simple and Efficient Switching in IGBT...
Modular DC/DC converters with dual asymmetric outputs provide the positive and negative voltages as well as the galvanic isolation necessary for IGBT applications. By Matthew Dauterive, Field...
View ArticleIncreasing Power Density in DC-DC Converters with Power Block Duals
Following the successful introduction of the “industry-standard” family of power block PQFN 5x6mm dual MOSFETs, International Rectifier has recently introduced two new packages targeted at...
View ArticlePower Supply in Inductor
Inductor and packaging to optimize the POL Point of load regulators (POL) are very widely used in distributed power systems to deliver the final voltage required by the load, particularly for...
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