The A4403 is a buck converter that uses valley current-mode control. This control scheme allows very short switch on-times to be achieved, making it ideal for applications that require high switching ...

National Semiconductor's LM5116 is a 6-V to 100-V current-mode buck controller utilizing emulated current-mode technology to reduce noise sensitivity of the PWM circuit. National Semiconductor’s ...

Synchronous buck converters, as opposed to conventional buck converters, can achieve high efficiency in today's low-voltage, high-current applications because they replace the catch diode of buck ...

Because of the widespread use of pulse-width modulation (PWM), the efficiency of a synchronous buck converter operating in this mode is well understood. However, relatively few designers understand ...

Buck converters, as a fundamental class of DC–DC converters in power electronics, exhibit complex dynamical behaviours arising from their intrinsic switching operations. The interplay between ...

Ricoh Electronic Devices Co. Ltd. has launched two buck dc-dc converters, the RP516 and RP517, designed for use in wearable devices and Internet of Things (IoT) applications requiring advanced ...

Another lifetime ago, and as a young engineer, I had to design a power conversion system. The input power came as raw electrical energy from a jet engine during flight. The output power was input to ...