Editor's Note: Many thanks to TI for providing this in-depth study of automotive buck converter design. The authors use a TI part in their example design, but the lessons here should have general ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Over the years, power supply designers have been persuaded that current mode is superior to its voltage-mode counterpart. As a result, the major PWM ...

Modern buck switching-regulator circuits need to provide lower and lower output voltages to power leading-edge digital logic ICs such as digital signal processors ...

Resonant-mode topologies offer many benefits over traditional buck, boost, and flyback solutions. These include soft-switching, higher operating frequencies, higher power density, and higher ...

Here, Rich Miron, Applications Engineer at Digi-Key Electronics explores the operation of switch mode power supplies and explores make Vs. buy decision process for power supplies. Miron also ...

Integrated AC power-off detection and X capacitor discharge function Integrate various protection functions, such as VDD overvoltage/undervoltage protection, input AC ...

This video explains how diodes function as directional components in electronic circuits. Diodes allow current to flow in ...