Electronic Design

Back to Basics: Voltage Regulators, Part 2

Two basic IC topologies are employed in dc power sources. If the output is lower than the input voltage, the IC is said to be a step-down, or buck converter. If the output is higher than the input ...
EDN

Using LT1083 to build a 7.5-A voltage regulator

When designing the power section of any board, the most used voltage regulators are 78XX, 79XX, LM317, LM337 or similar. Engineers know these controllers are safe. reliable and easy to use, but they ...
Electronic Design

Back to Basics: Voltage Regulator ICs, Part 1

Among regulators, the simplest regulator circuit is for a low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulator whose topology is shown in Fig. 1. As a linear voltage regulator, its ...
Design-Reuse

Introduction to Low Dropout (LDO) Linear Voltage Regulators

Linear voltage regulators are key components in any power-management system that requires a stable and ripple-free power supply. A subset of linear voltage regulators is a class of circuits known as ...
EDN

Linear voltage regulators for space applications

A power converter generates a voltage and current for a load with all the output power coming from the input source – no energy is manufactured inside the converter and some inevitably gets used by ...