The design trade-offs that must be addressed during the design of a DC-DC converter circuit are simplified by integrating the inductor into the power management device. This article focuses on the ...

In last month's article, it was found that the right-half-plane zero (RHPZ) presence forces the designer to limit the maximum duty-cycle slew rate by rolling off the crossover frequency. This is ...

Green energy applications such as hybrid vehicles, wind energy, and solar energy stand to reap big benefits from regulated electronic power conversion common to switch-mode power supplies (SMPS).

Advanced semiconductor technology allows an increasing number of transistors to be integrated onto ever-smaller silicon chips. This increases the power density, however, and presents power-management ...