Electronic Design

Use Snubber Circuits to Dampen Noise in DC-DC Converters

Switching noise in power converters can be difficult to eliminate. However, a well-designed and optimized snubber circuit ...
IEEE

A Robust Controller Based on High-Order Fully Actuated Approach for DC–DC Buck Converter With Constant Power Loads in DC Microgrids

Abstract: The negative incremental impedance characteristics exhibited by constant power loads (CPLs) in dc microgrids introduce instability in upstream dc–dc buck converters. In this article, a ...
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Buck Gives Its Most Important Knife Ever a Slender, Stunning, Never-Before-Seen Makeover

The Buck 110 Folding Hunter could be the single most iconic pocket knife of all time. And while it dates back to 1964, it’s still relevant today — relevant enough, in fact, that it just recently ...
IEEE

Single-Stage Integrated Buck-Flyback PFC Converter With Low Total Harmonic Distortion Control

Abstract: Conventional buck power factor correction (PFC) converter has the disadvantage of high harmonic currents due to the dead zone of input current. An improved method, critical-continuous mode ...