Batteries are ubiquitous in everyday portable items; yet for designers, they're still frustratingly complicated nonlinear devices. And the more the effort is to understand batteries, it seems the more ...

The widespread usage of powerful energy accumulators (batteries and supercapacitors) is leading to improvements in current management. A bidirectional DC/DC converter can prolong the battery’s life ...

Renesas Electronics Corp. has released the ISL9122A buck-boost DC/DC converter, targeting applications such as wireless earbuds, fitness bands, smart watches, water and gas meters, portable medical ...

These days ready-to-use DC-DC converters are everywhere, with some of the cheaper ones even being safe to use without an ...

Debuting as an industry first, the TPS61130 combines a synchronous SEPIC step-up or step-down switching converter with a LDO in a single package. Additionally, the TPS61100 and TPS61120 devices are ...

This resource provides clear explanations of how switching regulators work and how voltage boosting is achieved efficiently ...

The LIVALL PikaBoost electric bike converter has been announced. The device uses a regenerative system to boost the battery charge. It is suitable for all bicycles and can be easily mounted without ...