Diodes Incorporated has unveiled a positive voltage regulator that offers ultra-low quiescent current and high accuracy, making it suited for use in a variety of applications, ranging from USB and ...

Download this article in PDF format. When you connect the gate to the source of a JFET (junction field-effect transistor), it becomes a two-terminal current source. The current that will flow is ...

Several Design Ideas (DIs) have employed the subject ICs to implement programmable current sources in an innovative manner [Editor’s note: DIs referenced in “Related Content” below]. Figure 1 shows ...

For the longest time, Zener diode regulators have been one of those circuits that have been widely shared and highly misunderstood. First timers have tried to use it to power up their experiments and ...

National Semiconductor Introduces Industry’s First Emulated Current-Mode-Controlled Buck-Boost DC-DC Regulator Controller with Ultra-wide Operating Voltage Range PowerWise Switching Regulator Provides ...

Significant efficiency and performance improvements can be realized by improving the current loop’s power supplies, replacing linear regulators with high-efficiency buck regulators. It also increases ...