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Design a pre-tracking regulator, part 2: for a negative LDO
By Arief Hernadi and Frank De StasiThe first installment of this two-part series demonstrated how to create a tracking pre-regulator for a positive output low-dropout regulator (LDO). In this...
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When failure isn’t an option: power up your next satellite with integrated...
Satellite building is hard.Complex applications like communications, navigation and Earth observation demand insanely complex electrical and software engineering. With numerous sensors, field...
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How to choose a DC/DC converter for a storage application
Driven by the global cloud computing development and continuing construction of data centers, shipments of global storage equipment are experiencing explosive growth. As the key part of the storage...
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Hit the brakes on discrete LED circuit designs
In automotive lighting such as turn lights, brake lights and tail lights, LED circuit designs typically implement discrete components like bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). Discrete components are...
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Current sensing in battery management systems
While driving through cities across the world, it’s impossible not to notice the emerging presence of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). With the rapid growth of HEVs and EVs...
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Choosing the right SOA for your design: discrete FETs vs. power blocks
In power semiconductors, design engineers use the safe operating area (SOA) to determine whether it’s possible to safely operate a device such as a power metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect...
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Protector, monitor or gauge – selecting the correct battery electronics for...
Lithium-ion batteries have high energy density and a long cycle life; they also lack the memory effect of other technologies. Such characteristics make them attractive for portable electronic systems....
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Minimizing input power protection for smart speakers and smart displays
Smart speakers continue to enhance our homes with cutting-edge voice-recognition artificial intelligence and premium sound quality. When paired with other home automation devices – such as video...
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How to reduce the size of your 13-W PoE PD solution
You just got a big product out the door and are enjoying some well-deserved downtime when your product manager decides to swing by. Surprise, surprise: he wants the next-generation product to have more...
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Changes to Power House
Thank you for following our company’s Power House blog. This week, we are refreshing the look and structure of the technical blogs on the TI E2E site to simplify how to find and select the relevant...
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Optimizing power density with eFuses
Do you still remember what it was like have dial-up internet? If not, here’s an audio snippet that may jog your memory! It was only a few years ago that you had to wait 10 minutes for someone to get...
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Deciphering low Iq: Using WEBENCH® to design near 100% duty-cycle for...
Many battery-powered applications require a step-down buck converter to work in 100% duty-cycle, where VIN is close to VOUT, in order to extend battery run time when battery voltage is at its lowest...
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Do all rails need low Iq?
All designers of ultra-low power systems are concerned about battery life. How much time will elapse before the battery in a fitness tracker will need recharging? Or, for primary cell systems, how long...
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Layout matters: solving pinout assignment issues for DC/DC converters in WCSP...
The miniaturization trend in consumer electronics has taken hold for good. Consumers are demanding smaller electronics with better features: more flash capacity in solid-state drives, faster...
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How to avoid the pain of a discharged device
Frustration caused by a dead mobile device battery is not limited to adults with phones. Children too young to read can transform from charming angels to noisy demons when their tablet battery...
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Overcoming design challenges for low quiescent current in small,...
This post was written in conjunction with Manuel Diaz Corrada. Thanks to advances in miniaturization, Bluetooth® communication and embedded processing, modern hearing aids have more features than ever,...
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Understanding the difference between capacitors, capacitance and capacitive...
Knowing the difference between a capacitor’s rated value and its actual capacitance is key to ensuring a reliable design. This is especially true when considering high-voltage capacitors used in...
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Options for reducing the MLCC count for DC/DC switching regulators
Multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) are popular in electronic circuits, particularly for decoupling power supplies, but have become harder to procure due to a severe market shortage of MLCCs in...
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Tips for making your embedded system’s power rail design smaller
Achieving a small power rail solution size is one of the highest priorities for embedded system engineers, especially for those designing industrial and communications equipment such as drones or...
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Using low-Iq voltage supervisors to extend battery life in handheld electronics
As electronics become more portable, the need for high-accuracy integrated circuits with a small footprint and low quiescent current (IQ) increases. To monitor key voltage rails in handheld electronics...
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