随笔分类 -  Circuit

摘要:This Design Idea stems from the limited availability of IC voltage regulators that can meet key USB-power specs, coupled with the need for turn-on seq... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 12:09 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Voltage-regulator design for high output currents can be a critical and difficult task. Although voltage regulators with 1A maximum output current are... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 12:04 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Adding a current-mirror circuit to a typical boost circuit allows you to select the amount of boost voltageand to ensure a constant difference between... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 12:01 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:The step-up switching-converter circuit inFigure 1presents a familiar problem: If you shut down boost converter IC1by pulling itsinput low, external i... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 11:37 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:In multiple-output power supplies in which a single supply powers circuitry of vastly different current draws, two perplexing steps are sensing the cu... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 11:06 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Most isolated, offline SMPSs (switched-mode power supplies), including flyback, forward, and resonant, must operate at input voltages of 90 to 260V rm... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:59 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Batteries are the typical power sources for portable-system applications, and it is not unusual these days to find microcontroller-based portable syst... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:53 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:An inexpensive way to implement high-resolution digital-to-analog conversion is to combine microcontroller-PWM (pulse-width-modulated) outputs with pr... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:50 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Digital potentiometers, such asAnalog Devices’ AD5160, make excellent digitally controlled voltage dividers in applications in which 8-bit resolution ... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:48 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Engineering labs are usually equipped with various power supplies, voltmeters, function generators, and oscilloscopes. One piece of equipment missing ... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:46 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:You can easily add margining capability—that is, the ability to digitally adjust the output voltage—to a dc/dc converter by making a single connection... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:42 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Most engineers know that they can use an inexpensive, three-terminal adjustable regulator, such asFairchild Semiconductor’s LM317, as an adjustable re... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:35 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Using a PN-junction diode for temperature measurement usually depends on its 2‑mV/K temperature coefficient. Conventionally, you must amplify and digi... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:30 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Driving LEDs at a regulated current from low supply voltages can be difficult because minimal overhead voltage is available for control circuits. A cu... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:28 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Sensors automate most of the processes in industry. Most of these sensors, such as those for ammonia gas, temperature, and the like, are resistive dev... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:26 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Emerging digital ICs for power control lack basic features, such as the built-in gate drive and current limiting, that you would normally find in anal... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:24 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:The most common switching-power topology is a buck converter, which efficiently transforms high voltages to low voltages.Figure 1shows a typical buck ... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:19 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:A previous Design Idea describes a programmable current source that used a three-terminalNational SemiconductorLM317 adjustable regulator (Reference 1... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:17 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:Industrial controls make heavy use of 4- to 20-mA current loops to transmit process measurements because current loops retain information in the prese... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:13 IAmAProgrammer
摘要:A variable resistor that integrates a programmable, temperature-indexed look-up table can compensate for the temperature drift of a voltage regulator.... 阅读全文
posted @ 2014-11-28 10:07 IAmAProgrammer