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DC/DC buck converters: What do all of these features mean?

As switching converters have evolved, they have taken on a host of new features to operate more efficiently and quietly. To some, however, all these new features listed on the front page of the data sheet may seem foreign. This training series explainsthe benefits of these features to help you decide which ones are necessary for your power-supply design. Specifically covered in this series are common-mode features like UVLO, enable, soft start and power good; mode of operation like PFM, hiccup and current limit; minimum off-time and on-time; and quiescent current.

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DC/DC buck converters: What do all of these features mean?