In the last installment of Circuit VR, we walked around a simplified buck converter. The main simplification was using a constant PWM signal. The result is that the output voltage is a fixed fracti… ...

Even though buck converters, and other DC converters like boost and the mysterious buck-boost converter, seem like magic even to us, there is some interesting electrical theory going on if you ...

Synchronous buck converters have received great attention in low power, low voltage DC-DC converter applications in recent years due to their high efficiency. International Rectifier Inc. has ...

Though stepdown converters (buck converters) are extremely popular, the rules of thumb and calculations thatspeed their design can be hard to find. Donald Schelle and Jorge Castorena, Technical ...

As electronics become more advanced, the need for efficient power management increases. One crucial element of power management is the DC-DC converter, which is a device that converts DC voltage from ...

ST has brought out a 1A buck converter for low-voltage loads in smart meters, home appliances and industrial converters The’ DCP3601 miniature monolithic buck converter is claimed to have over 90% ...