A buck-boost DC/DC converter is one of the most valuable tools in a power supply designer’s toolbox for dealing with a variety of power conversion scenarios. In these situations, input voltages can ...

Asynchronous vs. synchronous topologies. How a synchronous boost LED controller minimizes efficiency losses. The challenge of low-input-voltage operation. High-power LEDs continue to proliferate in ...

Automotive audio amplifiers often use a boost converter to generate output voltages of 18 V to 28 V (or higher) from the battery. In these high-power applications of 100 W and above, large boost ...

In the expanding world of portable electronic devices, there is no one single parameter more important than battery life, or more important than efficient power conditioning, which is why switching ...

A high-efficiency buck-boost DC-DC converter was developed by the research team headed by Prof. CHENG Lin from the School of Microelectronics at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC ...

Joseph Shavit In an effort to meet the rising energy demands of data centers, engineers at the University of California San ...

It is common for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, industrial sensors, meters, precision, and medical equipment to require both a positive and negative voltage. Often, these voltages must be ...

This course introduces more advanced concepts of switched-mode converter circuits. Realization of the power semiconductors in inverters or in converters having bidirectional power flow is explained.