Buck-boost converters produce a regulated output voltage either less than or greater than the input voltage. When the input voltage is higher than the output, the converter acts as a buck. When the ...

A battery alone may not be capable of supplying complex systems with all the voltage rails necessary to function properly. Applications such as automotive LED drivers, audio amplifiers, and ...

The TPS63036 is a non inverting buck-boost converter able to provide a regulated output voltage from an input supply that can be higher or lower than the output voltage. The buck-boost converter is ...

Monolithic boost converters can convert low input voltages to a higher output voltage, all in a compact solution size. However, when the output power requirements increase, so do current levels and ...

This article will explain the inherent limitations of the boost topology and how to overcome them. When designing and evaluating boost converters sometimes the intended output voltage is not realised, ...

Designs evolve because someone thinks of a better way to do something or because the first great idea (and sometimes the second and third) just didn't work. This is the story of a little supply design ...

[Ludic Science] shows us the basic principles that lie behind the humble boost converter. We all take them for granted, especially when you can make your own boost converter or buy one for only a few ...

Wearables and hearables are the target for a power chip from Maxim, whose wafer-scale package allows a sub-30mm2 solution, it claims. On board the chip, called MAX77654, is a single-inductor ...