Many of today's MP3 players, multimedia players, digital video recorders, and other portable electronic devices have found the micro hard disk drive to be the optimum device for memory storage ...

This document describes a Z8 Encore! XP-based Buck Converter Battery Charger reference design that employs Zilog’s Z8F042A MCU to control a step-down DC-DC converter (also known as a buck converter) ...

Texas Instruments' TPS63000 helps extend battery life in smart phones, digital still cameras and other single-cell, Li-ion-powered devices by providing high-efficiency buck-boost power conversion.

A synchronous buck-boost converter IC from Linear Technology builds on the success of the company’s LTC3440 by extending that device’s input voltage range and by making burst-mode operation ...

To save space in battery chargers, Texas Instruments has introduced a 6A three-level buck converter, the bq25910, aimed at phones, tablets and electronic point-of-sale devices. Charging single Li-ion ...

As electronics become more advanced, the need for efficient power management increases. One crucial element of power management is the DC-DC converter, which is a device that converts DC voltage from ...

Designing a circuit is a lot easier on paper, where components have well-defined values, or lacking that, at least well-defined tolerances. Unfortunately, even keeping percentage tolerances in mind ...