EDN

Step-Up Converters – for LCD and OLED display bias

Maxim introduced the MAX8570-MAX8575 family of high-efficiency, step-up converters for LCD and OLED display bias used in personal digital assistants (PDA), digital still cameras (DSC), mobile phones, ...
EDN

Step-up converters power eight LEDs

Housed in 8-pin TDFN packages, the 36-V MAX8595/6 step-up dc/dc converters power up to eight LEDs in series at 25 mA. Features include a 1-MHz PWM switching frequency, up to 86% efficiency, a 12-mVp-p ...
Digi Times

STMicroelectronics introduces three monolithic step-up converters for LED backlights and lighting

STMicroelectronics has introduced three monolithic step-up converters for LED backlights and lighting, providing 30mA or 85mA current sources for six rows of up to 10 white LEDs. The LED7706, LED7707 ...
Geeky Gadgets

Electronic High Voltage Step-up Converter Module 5V To 900V

Electronic enthusiasts may be interested in a new high voltage step-up converter offering from 5V to 900V maximum outputs, which are selectable using the provided jumpers or via 4 pin parallel ...
Electronic Design

Step-Up Converters Protect Displays From Runaway Output

LCD and organic-LED displays for handheld portable equipment sometimes have problems with runaway outputs from high-voltage boost converters damaging displays. LCD and organic-LED displays for ...
Electronic Design

Step-Up Converter/Power Manager Harvests Energy from ±30mV Inputs

A highly integrated step-up dc-dc converter and power management IC can start up and run from either plus or minus millivolt input sources, making it ideal for energy harvesting applications in which ...