This article provides an examination of the input capacitor requirement for single- and multiple-channel buck converter voltage regulators. The input capacitor of a buck converter is a critical power ...

With the variety of capacitor technologies available, choosing the appropriate input capacitors for your switchmode power supply (SMPS) can be very challenging. As a capacitor's characteristics depart ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. When designing converters, it is often desirable to measure the dc current coming into the converter. This is particularly true when batteries are ...

Buck converters, a pivotal class of DC–DC converters, are widely implemented in modern power electronics to achieve efficient voltage step-down conversion. Recent advancements focus on enhancing ...

Prior knowledge needed: ECEA 5700 Introduction to Power Electronics, ECEA 5701 Converter Circuits, ECEA 5702 Converter Control, ECEA 5703 Magnetics Design, ECEA 5705 Averaged Switch Modeling and ...

Housed in an ultra-small package, a unique topology merges a switched capacitor and two-phase buck converter that can accept a 12V input and supply 1.2V output at 10A. 1. Converter circuit is 157 mm3 ...