Latest Switching Regulator Technical Articles

Current briefly flows through both transistors during logic-level transitions. This article explores the resulting power…

Current briefly flows through both transistors during logic-level transitions. This article explores the resulting power dissipation and provides some helpful LTspice tips for measuring current and power.

Learn how undervoltage lockout (UVLO) can protect semiconductor devices and electronic systems from potentially hazardous…

Learn how undervoltage lockout (UVLO) can protect semiconductor devices and electronic systems from potentially hazardous operation.

Learn how these simple filters can help you combat common-mode noise with minimal degradation of the desired signal.

Learn how these simple filters can help you combat common-mode noise with minimal degradation of the desired signal.

With the help of SPICE simulations, we examine two types of power dissipation that occur when BJTs are used as switches.

With the help of SPICE simulations, we examine two types of power dissipation that occur when BJTs are used as switches.

This article will help you optimize your switch-mode regulator and driver circuits by explaining important sources of…

This article will help you optimize your switch-mode regulator and driver circuits by explaining important sources of MOSFET power dissipation.

This article, the second in a series on hysteresis, explains two types of hysteresis found in engineered systems.

This article, the second in a series on hysteresis, explains two types of hysteresis found in engineered systems.

Found both in nature and in engineered systems, hysteresis is a crucial design technique in certain electronic…

Found both in nature and in engineered systems, hysteresis is a crucial design technique in certain electronic applications. In this article, we'll introduce its theoretical underpinnings.

In this article, we use voltage waveforms to explore the electrical behavior of key subcircuits within a CMC buck converter.

In this article, we use voltage waveforms to explore the electrical behavior of key subcircuits within a CMC buck converter.

In this article, we use LTspice to discuss the operation of the voltage error amplifier and PWM generator in a…

In this article, we use LTspice to discuss the operation of the voltage error amplifier and PWM generator in a current-mode-controlled (CMC) step-down regulator.

In this article, we’ll learn about current-mode control (CMC) for switching regulators by examining the layout of an…

In this article, we’ll learn about current-mode control (CMC) for switching regulators by examining the layout of an example circuit in LTspice.

This article provides a primer on current-mode control, a widely used alternative to voltage-mode control that provides…

This article provides a primer on current-mode control, a widely used alternative to voltage-mode control that provides faster response to changes in input voltage and load current.

Using a pulse-frequency-modulated buck converter as an example, this article describes techniques for incorporating PFM…

Using a pulse-frequency-modulated buck converter as an example, this article describes techniques for incorporating PFM into switching regulator design and simulations.

What’s the difference between PFM and PWM? We explore pulse-frequency modulation as a technique for controlling the…

What’s the difference between PFM and PWM? We explore pulse-frequency modulation as a technique for controlling the output voltage of a switch-mode voltage regulator.

Learn how to simulate a switching voltage regulator with a voltage-controlled PWM waveform in LTspice.

Learn how to simulate a switching voltage regulator with a voltage-controlled PWM waveform in LTspice.

Learn about the inverting buck-boost converter, a switching voltage regulator designed to handle unstable input voltages.

Learn about the inverting buck-boost converter, a switching voltage regulator designed to handle unstable input voltages.

Learn how output voltage and diode current affect the behavior of a step-up switching regulator.

Learn how output voltage and diode current affect the behavior of a step-up switching regulator.

With the help of LTspice, we examine how inductor current affects the functioning of a boost converter.

With the help of LTspice, we examine how inductor current affects the functioning of a boost converter.

Learn how a step-up switching regulator generates an output voltage higher than its input voltage.

Learn how a step-up switching regulator generates an output voltage higher than its input voltage.

What is a boost converter? This article discusses key initial design tasks for a step-up voltage regulator and describes…

What is a boost converter? This article discusses key initial design tasks for a step-up voltage regulator and describes its structure.