LDO regulators. NPN regulators are a great product, but as the voltages used in circuits have dropped lower, they have become less attractive because of one reason: dropout voltage. This is defined as ...

A voltage regulator generates a fixed output voltage of a preset ... Sam Davis was the editor-in-chief of Power Electronics Technology magazine and website that is now part of Electronic Design.

A recent Design Idea, “Three discretes suffice to interface PWM to switching regulators,” demonstrated one way to use PWM to control the output of a typical switching voltage regulator. There were ...

1. Only a single inductor and very few external components are needed for the ISL9120 buck-boost regulator. (Courtesy of Intersil) . During stay-alive operation, the ISL9120 goes into forced ...

A critical aspect of power supplies is dc supply-voltage stability. A critical aspect of power supplies is dc supply-voltage stability. In addition to powering circuits, a precision dc voltage is ...

With careful design, though, a switching regulator can be constructed to almost completely replicate a ... You dig into your stash to find your last LM7809 voltage regulator, but all you have is a ...

PID controller design has long been central to the stable and efficient operation of automatic voltage regulator (AVR) systems worldwide. Contemporary research in this field focuses on the ...

The A8303 joins the company’s line of low-noise block regulators (LNBRs) designed for satellite receivers in set-top boxes and LCD TVs ...

IC4 LM317D2T 1.5amps, D2Pack ($0.83) – We design with the D2Pack regulator when a circuit uses more than 400mA of current. D2Pack is a surface-mount version of TO-220 that’s easy to solder.

The reference voltage VREF is defined by the switching regulator or linear regular IC, and is usually 1.2V, 0.8V, or even 0.6V. This voltage represents the lowest voltage that the output voltage (VOUT ...