App note: Diode turn-on time induced failures in switching regulators
Last week we wrote about fast diodes for switching regulators, this week Niklas points us to a video on the topic narrated by Jim Williams, the late analog electronics guru. Via the comments.
View ArticleApp note: Switching regulator power loss
Here’s a video from Linear Technology explaining why power loss is a more important factor than efficiency in switching regulators. Comparing the efficiency of two different switching regulators can...
View ArticleApp note: Interview with Bob Dobkin the chief technical officer at Linear...
Here’s an interview with Bob Dobkin, the CTO and co-founder of Linear Technology. He talks about how he started in the industry, the founding of Linear Technology, reasons behind application notes,...
View ArticleApp note: Transform a DC/DC converter into a full-featured battery charger
Here is an application note video from Linear Technology describing how to use their LTC4000 coupled with a switch mode regulator to charge batteries. This IC is a supervisory circuit that controls...
View ArticleApp note: Minimizing switching regulator residue in linear regulator outputs
Jim Williams from Linear Technology explains how to battle switching regulator residue in linear regulator outputs. If you want to clean up the switching regulator output by using a linear regulator,...
View ArticleApp note: Energy harvesting applications with the LTC3588
Here’s a video from Linear Technology describing how to power microcontroller systems with Piezoelectric energy harvesting power supply IC LTC3588-1. It incorporates a full bridge rectifier, and a...
View ArticleApp note: Driving capacitive loads fast by paralleling op-amps and...
Here’s a video from Linear Technology describing how to drive capacitive loads fast. The proposed solutions is to use multiple op-amps in a parallel configuration to achieve the high-speed...
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App Note: Linear Databook and the two-volume Linear Applications Handbook
Drone tipped us to scanned versions of the Linear Databook, and Linear Applications Handbook (vol.1 and vol.2) available online. These are collections of many app notes produced over the years by...
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App note: Diode turn-on time induced failures in switching regulators
A video from the comments on our post about fast diodes for switching regulators: Recently, switching regulator clock rate and transition time have become faster, making diode turn-on time a critical...
View ArticleApp Note: Designing a simple isolated flyback DC to DC converter
Here’s’ a video tutorial from Linear Technology describing how to design a simple flyback DC/DC converter. The video promotes the use of LT’s LT3573 IC, but it also provides information that could be...
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App note: High voltage, low noise, DC/DC converters
An app note from Linear Technology: High voltage, low noise, DC/DC converters (PDF!) Photomultipliers (PMT), avalanche photodiodes (APD), ultrasonic transducers, capacitance microphones, radiation...
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App note: Does your op amp oscillate?
All about Op Amp stability app note from Linear Technology. Well, it shouldn’t. We analog designers take great pains to make our amplifiers stable when we design them, but there are many situations...
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App note: 400MHz, 2500V/µs, 9mA single/dual operational amplifiers
400MHz, 2500V/µs, 9mA single/dual operational amplifiers (PDF!) application note from Linear Technology: FEATURES 400MHz Gain Bandwidth Product 2500V/μs Slew Rate –85dBc Distortion at 5MHz 9mA Supply...
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App note: Single-Channel power supply monitor with remote temperature sense
App note from Linear Technology using their LTC2970 to monitor external temperature aside from doing power management. Link here (PDF) Many applications with a single power regulator can benefit from...
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