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Dostal's Designs: Selecting the Right Inductor Current Ripple

How exactly is the correct inductance value chosen? Frederik Dostal looks at the considerations and what happens when selecting a current ripple that’s too high or too low.
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Dostal's Designs: Limit Current with Integrated MOSFET

Excessive current flow must be prevented so that the electrical circuit can be reliably protected.
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Dostal's Designs: Compact UPS with Supercap

Continuous supply voltage via an uninterruptible power supply is crucial for a number of applications, but it can be tough to ensure at all times. This Idea for Design offers ...
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Dostal's Designs: One-Inductor Supply

With a single-inductor, multiple-output (SIMO) converter, multiple voltages can be generated with just one energy-storage inductor, providing for a more compact power-supply architectur...
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Dostal's Designs: Ideas for Design Video Series

Analog Devices' Frederik Dostal presents this Ideas for Design video series about power and analog tips.
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Using PoL DC-DCs to Solve Voltage Accuracy, Efficiency, Latency Issues

Rather than implement a space-consuming controller FET solution to handle high currents, a monolithic PoL converter with internal FETs might be the right answer for your design...
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Use Bode Plots to Meet Dynamic-Control-Behavior Requirements

The speed and regulation stability of the control loop for a power supply’s fixed output voltage can be observed and assessed with a Bode plot. Here’s how it’s done.
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Linear Monostable Converts Capacitive Transducer Measurements into Pulse Train

This Idea for Design discusses a circuit that not only converts transducer measurements, but also delivers two pulses to control counter functions like Latch and Reset.
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Add Authentication Security to Automotive End Points Using a Single Pin

Low-quality counterfeit chips can cause safety risks in vehicles. Find out how to easily authenticate a component.