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Inductor energy storing in buck converter

I am trying to understand inductor energy storing during ON time in buck converter. Energy stored in inductor of buck converter is (Input Power -Output Power)*Ton Lets say output power is 5 W and ...
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Power Converter Average Modelling

This image is from Christophe Basso presentation. It has been mentioned in the slide that average model can predict the transient response but I have one question when we say average model then it ...
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AP63203 Buck not working

Recently I have been experimenting with the AP63203, and I just have not been able to get it to output 3.3V successfully. Currently, the way I have been testing it is using an SMT to TH adapter, which ...
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PMIC MIC23451 operating voltage range

I am using Microchip SOM module in my project. Not using all the things in the SOM. So we are redesigning the board with necessary components for my application. Below is block diagram shows the main ...
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Output Capacitor Design for a Multiphase Buck Converter

According to this application note from Texas Instruments, in the design of the output filter for a multiphase buck converter there are basically two ways of choosing the output capacitor. The first ...
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Power stage of a buck converter as VCCS

In a buck converter using current-mode control as control loop, why can the power stage be seen as a voltage-controlled current source? Is it possible to understand that from a simple equation?
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Art of Electronics - buck converter ripple current derivation

I'm struggling to understand how this buck converter equation in The Art of Electronics can be true. Page 642 shows this Buck Converter: and then these graphs of current and voltage are also provided ...
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Buck converter simulation Vout lower than expected

I am trying to design a simple buck converter in LTSpice. Here are my parameters: ...
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Buck converter: Additional circuitry working not clear

Saw the below schematic of a buck converter, but not able to figure out the working of the marked section. It is shown Node 1 is at 16 V. Looks like sensing the differential voltage across inductor, ...
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Is it true that power supply design is difficult when input voltage range is wider?

During power supply (buck converter) testing, I had seen the lowest efficiency values corresponding to highest input voltage. I thought if the design meets this worst case scenario, it should be ok no ...
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Buck Converter Inductor current at Steady State

I am trying to learn about Buck converters from the below page. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/analysis-of-four-dc-dc-converters-in-equilibrium/ Below line is confusing me ...
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Practical vs. theoretical buck converter

I am currently looking at open loop buck converters. I am running it with the following: Switching frequency (f) = 62500 Inductance (L) = 100e-6 Input voltage (Vi) = 5 Output current (Io) = 0.06 ...
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Why 2 diodes in parallel buck converter design?

I have been looking up dc-dc buck converter designs and have question regarding the diodes. It says "5A High current Schottky diode" is it common in buck converter design to parallel ...
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Buck converter output power definition

I'm designing a buck converter to feed the following loads: A control circuit 3.3V/100mA A 80V solenoid which has a DC resistance of 300 ohms. This means a current of ~270 mA. My plan is to ...
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Why do some switching regulator ICs have single VCC pin but multiple PGND pins?

This is a follow up question to Reason of multiple GND and VCC on an IC I found a switching regulator IC (buck) that has multiple PGND pins and one analog ground (AGND). It has only one VCC pin. (...
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