power electronics

PCB Layout Design Guidelines for SMPS Circuits PCB Layout Design Guidelines for Switch Mode Power Supply Circuits

Switching power supply is a widely used power supply topology in power electronics. Whether it can be a complicated CNC Machine…

TL494 High Power High Efficiency Buck Converter Circuit High Power High Efficiency Buck Converter Circuit using TL494

A buck converter (step-down converter) is a DC-to-DC switching converter that steps down voltage while maintaining a constant…

EMI Reducing Techniques in SMPS Circuits Design Techniques for Reducing EMI in SMPS Circuits

In my previous article on EMI, we examined how the intentional/unintentional nature of EMI sources and how they affect the…

Buck Boost Regulator using XL6009 Buck Boost Regulator using XL6009 with Adjustable 3.3V to 12V Output Voltage

Buck-Boost regulator is made using two different topologies, as the name suggests, it consists of both buck and boost topology…

PWM Inverter Circuit using TL494 PWM Inverter Circuit using TL494

An inverter is a circuit that converts Direct Current (DC) to Alternating Current (AC). A PWM inverter is a type of circuit…

True RMS to DC Converter using IC AD736 Designing a True RMS to DC Converter using IC AD736

A True-RMS or TRMS is a type of converter which converts RMS value to equivalent DC value. Here in this tutorial, we will learn…

Switched Capacitor Voltage Converter Switched Capacitor Voltage Converter

A switched capacitor voltage converter performs energy transfer and voltage conversion using capacitors. There are mainly two…

Current Divider Circuit Current Divider Circuits Explained with Formula and Practical Hardware

When designing an electronic circuit, there are lots of situations when a circuit requires different values of voltage and…

Constant Current Sink Circuit using Op-Amp Design a Simple Constant Current Sink Circuit using Op-Amp

Current Source and Current sink are two major terms used in electronics design, these two terms dictate how much current can…

Voltage to Frequency Converter Circuit Voltage to Frequency Converter using AD654

A voltage-to-frequency converter (VFC) is an oscillator that outputs a square-wave, whose frequency is linearly proportional to…