Electronic Design

MOSFET Chip Set Targets Notebook Buck Converters

From International Rectifier, the IRF6621/IRF6612 form a 30-V DirectFET MOSFET synchronous buck converter chip set that is designed for 14 A to 18 A per-phase dc-dc conversion in advanced notebook ...
Electronic Design

Buck Converter Steps Size Down to Chip Scale

When Texas Instruments developed the TPS62601 500-mA synchronous buck converter, it had one paramount goal in mind: small size. To achieve this objective, the company upped its switching frequency to ...
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2.5 MHz buck-boost converter chip from Analog Devices

I just got a press release from Analog Devices about their new ADP2503 and ADP2504 0.6/1 ampere buck-boost switching regulator chips. They are $1.40 in 1,000-unit quantities. I thought this would ...
EDN

Tip of the Week: How to best implement a synchronous buck converter

Synchronous buck converters, as opposed to conventional buck converters, can achieve high efficiency in today's low-voltage, high-current applications because they replace the catch diode of buck ...