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Figure’s circuit is not as fast as some other circuits, but its 2.5 MHz output settles from a full-scale input step in only 3 μs. This makes the circuit a good candidate for FM applications or any area where fast response to input movement is required...

A recent Design Idea, “Three discretes suffice to interface PWM to switching regulators”, demonstrated one way to use PWM to control the output of a typical switching voltage regulator. There were some discussions in the comments section about circuit behavior, which influenced design modification...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a gate driver photocoupler suitable for driving silicon carbide MOSFETs in industrial equipment like industrial inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, and photovoltaic inverters...

In April 2012, EDN published a circuit by John Fattaruso that lets you quickly measure the drain-source saturation current and the pinch-off voltage of both an N-JFET and a P-JFET...

Quantum computers are among today’s most exciting emerging technologies, but their design, testing, and manufacturing require unparalleled care to avoid damaging their components...

Many different switching regulator topologies exist. Some, such as the classic stepdown converter, also known as a buck converter, are very widespread...

Generating analog sawtooth waveforms (linear ramp followed by a quick reset to zero) from digital timing signals is a common function. It usually requires a negative supply...

Fully integrated & protected GaN ICs with bi-directional loss-less current sensing delivers 4% higher efficiency, 15% lower system cost & 40% smaller footprint...

If you have a load with a variable or poorly specified resistance and want to regulate the power applied to it (a heater for example), merely controlling the voltage or current will not work, as in both cases the power P = I2R = V2/R depends on R...

Vishay Intertechnology introduced the industry’s first AEC-Q100 qualified rectangular ambient light sensor....