Electronic Design

Back to Basics: Voltage Regulators, Part 2

Switch-mode regulators include the buck (step-down) and the boost (step-up), forward and flyback topologies, as well as the SEPIC, hysteretic and multiphase converters. Two basic IC topologies are ...
EDN

SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS (Part 11): Introducing voltage- and power-conditioning circuits

(Editor's Note: There are links to the previous parts of this series at the end, below the author's biography.) For all signal-chain devices to operate properly, each requires a stable-voltage power ...
EDN

Introduction to Voltage Divider Basic and Rules

A voltage divider is a passive linear circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage. It is a conversion device composed of a high-voltage arm and a low-voltage arm. The ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

The Basics of Conductor Reactance and Voltage Drop — Part 1

Variable current will generate inductance, capacitance, and their related properties of inductive and capacitive reactance. Although there's no energy loss that directly results from these properties, ...
Electronic Design

Back to Basics: Voltage Regulator ICs, Part 1

Among regulators, the simplest regulator circuit is for a low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulator whose topology is shown in Fig. 1. As a linear voltage regulator, its ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

PLC Basics and Voltage Sag SusceptibilitiesPart 2

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we explored PLC basics and voltage sag susceptibilities. In this segment, we present PLC voltage sag test results along with guidelines for making PLC systems more ...