Step - Down Buck Converter : Practical Circuit

Pages in this Section:

• Introduction
• Diode Reverse Recovery Current
• Turn On Transient in a Diode
• Transient Processes in a MOSFET
• Losses in Energy Storage Elements
• Control By PWM
• Current Mode Control : Ideal Circuit

This chapter describes the practical aspects of the step-down SMPS. The inductor design for the SMPS is also critical and it is described in one of the pages to follow.

The chapter describes the operation of the step-up switch-mode power supply circuit.