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How to sample current in high-kHz to low-MHz [closed]

I am working on a project that, at its simplest, is a switching circuit (either a half-bridge or single switch) connected to a resonant filter. I need a way to measure/sample the current going from ...
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Current sensing in DC-DC converter

I studied DC-DC converter in peak/valley/average mode control and I have a question about the methodology to sense the current in average current mode control. I saw lot of paper about DCR sensing but ...
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Choosing an adequate op-amp for shunt resistor sensing in SMPS applications

I would like to get some industry experts / design engineers opinion about potential methods to improve the proposed shunt resistor current sensing method below. The intention is to improve this ...
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Inrush current on current sense resistors

The problem is on a circuit which implements PFC circuitry. There are two parallel 0.36R current sense resistors located in the inrush current path. These resistors measure the PFC current through the ...
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How critical is the sense resistor?

In the following topology, two 0.68 ohm resistors are paralleled to result in 0.34 ohm for sensing the source current. Can I use three paralleled 1 ohm resistors to result in 0.333 ohm? Does this ...
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Sensing current into a battery while charging

I want to sense the current into a 84 V battery while charging and disconnect it when fully charged using a MOSFET. Is it advisable to use lowside current sensing? I used a noninverting opamp ...
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Designing high bandwidth current sensors for inductor current sensing

I am designing a high-frequency current sensor, suitable for sensing +/- 20 Amps at frequencies of 200kHz. This is being used in average current mode control application in an isolated forward ...
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Current Sensing on positive and negative voltage rails

I'm working on a design that uses two separate buck regulators to generate a positive and negative voltage, and I'm trying to implement current limiting with a current sensor. However, I am running ...
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Buck converter design using MCP1630V

I have already designed a buck converter with the following specifications using an MCP19035: Vin=14V, Vout=1.8V, Fc=63kHz(Crossover frequency), Vref=0.6V, Iout=10A step load High IOH=7.5A step ...
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SMPS Current Sense Resistor Selection

I am looking into using an SPV1040 boost converter to charge a battery from a solar cell. The chip includes inputs for a current sense resistor, which are described in one of ST's applications notes ...
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