Sponsored by Texas Instruments: A bidirectional buck/boost converter combined with a supercapacitor can generate peak pulse currents for battery-operated smart meters and provide backup power for line ...

A low-current, negative high-voltage is required to bias sensors in advanced driver assistance systems, ultrasonic transducers for sonar applications, and communications equipment. Flyback, Cuk, and ...

A new switching battery charger IC from Texas Instruments (TI) supports a termination current of 20 mA, compared to competing devices that typically support higher than 60 mA. This enables a 7% higher ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. When designing converters, it is often desirable to measure the dc current coming into the converter. This is particularly true when batteries are ...