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Inductor magnetic field collapses during switching?

SEE EDITS BELOW I'm running into some problems with my Buck converter design. During the switching period the inductors magnetic field seems to collapse, which generates some large voltage peaks. That'...
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MCU Controlled Buck Converter IC

I am designing for an application where I need a buck converter that takes the voltage from a 2S Li-ion battery (6-8.4 V) and the load I need to drive is 0-6 V and will take 1.2 A max. I need to ...
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Input filter for switching regulator

I'm trying to create an input filter for a switching regulator for automotive application. My aim is to make a supply board, where from 24V come out 12V (from the buck) then 10V and 5V (from two LDOs)....
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LC Filter Creates Ripple Voltage in Buck Converter

I'm currently designing a synchronous buck converter and trying to simulate it in LTSpice. I know the purpose of L1 and C4 is to act as a filter to smooth out the output, since it would be rapidly ...
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How much current should a switching regulator consume on its own?

With your help on stack exchange, I finally finished assembling my first LM5143QRHARQ1-based buck converter! And it works! It does output 7V (well 7.03V) The only problem is that it consumes around 0....
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Is the PCB routing for this LM5143A-Q1-based buck converter right?

Thanks to your advice on StackExchange, I'm in the final stage of developing my first LM5143A-Q1-based (link to datasheet) buck converter! It may be a bit rushed as I need to prepare this for a high ...
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Final design considerations for LM5143A-Q1 buck converter. Are these features needed?

After a few days of learning how to make a buck converter using the LM5143A-Q1 TI IC, it's finally becoming a reality! This is the final design, highly inspired from page 30 in the datasheet, some ...
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Shielding Buck Converter

I have a simple question, and I want to ensure that nothing unexpected happens. I'm currently working on a Raspberry Pi-based robot project with a Pi camera, and I plan to power it with a battery, ...
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How to choose the right type and values of capacitors for LM5143A-Q1 output?

While learning and trying to make my first buck converter using the LM5143A-Q1 (datasheet link) from TI, I calculated the required capacitance at the output for the IC to be able to output 31A, which ...
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How to choose the right inductor for buck converter with LM5143A-Q1? (from TI)

While working on my first voltage regulator circuit I got stuck at calculating the inductor value... The IC is LM5143A-Q1 from Texas Instruments, and according to the datasheet, the formulas for ...
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How to put the LM5143A-Q1 IC in voltage adjustment mode? (From Datasheet)

I'm trying to make my first voltage regulator circuit using the LM5143A-Q1 Buck IC. The datasheet does include examples and all the values required to get the 3.3/5V fixed output, but it barely has ...
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Switching regulator Design

I am designing a switching buck converter from 7.5V to 5V using the AP62200TWU-7 converter. This converter operates at fSW=750kHz Switching Frequency. The required output current is around 0.5A. using ...
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Can the MP9488 circuit be operated at 333mA output current?

I am looking to use the MP9488 as a buck Switching Regulator with a voltage output of 12V and output current of 333mA. In the application note it has an output current of 300mA. As far as I understand ...
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Current and voltage value before inductor pin in buck converter

In buck converter we know that pure DC current will be after inductor pin. But what will be the current/voltage value before it. Let’s take an example, the buck converter circuit with 12 V input to 3....
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How can I power an ESP32 with a 54V battery using a buck converter?

I need to power an ESP32 board from a 54 V battery. For that purpose, I understand that I need to step it down to 5 V so I need to design a step-down buck converter. I tried the following circuit ...
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Can anyone see why I'm killing my buck regulator?

I've tried hard, but I can't figure it out. The buck regulator runs for about about 1 s and then it dies with the buck regulator shorted to ground. The LDO is working fine. If I power the LDO with 5.5 ...
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Two Synchronous Buck Converters as Bridge Drive to Peltier

I am looking to control a peltier without using PWM at the device leads (filtered PWM). The usual circuits I have seen is by having a regulated supply as the source to the top FETs on an H-bridge to ...
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I calculated the power loss of a switching regulator and it doesn't match the datasheet. Am I missing something?

I'm trying to figure out how On Semi's LM2575D2T-5G is only 77% efficient. It's the fixed 5 V output version of the component. The datasheet gives Vin = 12 V and Iload = 1 A. Based on this, power in = ...
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Supplying power downstream of LM2595 "simple switcher" 5V regulator?

I built a circuit that uses an LM2595 buck regulator to regulate a 12V battery input current to 5V; this is used to power an Arduino's on-board regulator. The Arduino's 3V3 LDO output is then used to ...
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Adjust regulator to output lower than its feedback reference

I am designing an adjustable high current buck converter. The input voltage will be around 12V, but the output needs to be adjustable in the range of 0.2 to 10V. I have decided to use the LM27402 (...
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Regulator controller current capability

I am tasked with the design of a board that needs a buck regulator. This regulator will work on low voltages (Vin ~= 12V, Vout ~= 4V), but high output current is required (> 60A). I decided to use ...
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Buck converter unstable output voltage

I am trying to use an AP6507 to power a Raspberry Pi from a 12V battery. In the datasheet is written that it should provide a continuous current of 3A, but when I try to power the Raspberry Pi, the ...
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Switch node ringing: How does high-side MOSFET turn-on time affect the ringing amplitude?

I was trying to understand the ringing in buck converters during turn on. The following equivalent circuit model was found in a website link. My doubt is: How does the turn-on delay of the switch ...
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Buck / step down voltage in limited space

I am designing a small PCB. The supply voltage is 12V, but I also need 5V with supply of maximum 250mA. The most obvious solution is to use voltage regulator - there are plenty of them and some like ...
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Clarifications needed about buck converter output ripple voltage derivation

I have a question regarding buck converter output ripple. In the below figure, could you please tell me how the area shown in the red circle has a time duration of Ts/2?
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Switching regulator vs converter

Is there any difference between switching regulators and converters? I have read about step-down voltage regulator and buck converters and they seem to be the same. So, can I use the term converter ...
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How can the output current be programmed in the LTC3649 step-down regulator?

I use Analog Devices' LTC3649 regulator as a step-down regulator. It is said that there is a programmable output current in the datasheet, but I have no idea how to do this. Does anyone have an idea ...
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Does the body diode of the high side n-channel FET in a buck converter turn on during switch node voltage spike time?

A typical synchronous buck: The normal switch node spike that people typically see when the high side FET turns on: In the past i have been fairly negligible on this part. When the switch node spike ...
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MIC28515 overheating with high input voltage

I've designed this MIC28515 buck regulator based on the manufacturer schematic reference. I'm planning to run it at 70VIn I'm doing the tests with @ 5V 2A load Temp(Amb) = 20C. When I set a VIn of ...
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DC-DC buck converter low input voltage behavior

I am using this DC-DC buck converter. Schematics : Buck Converter Specifications : Input Voltage - 18V to 32V Switching Frequency - 300kHz Output Voltage 9V Load Current - 0mA to 200mA Maximum. I ...
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