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How to design perfect switching power supply | Buck regulator explained

How does a switching power supply work? Signals and components explained, buck regulator differences, how do they work, which one to use, … By Carmen Parisi. Thank you very much Carmen
Chapters:
  • 00:00Main parts of a buck regulator
  • 00:12Switching power supply controller
  • 02:11Gate driver and FETs
  • 07:50Inductor and Capacitor
  • 11:04Integrated SMPS: Controller + Gate Driver + FETs
  • 14:26Power supply module
  • 16:07PMBUS
  • 20:46Control modes
  • 22:46DrMOS: Gate Driver + FETs
  • 28:58Control scheme, Voltage mode vs. Current mode
  • 33:32What frequency to use in switching power supply?
  • 38:40About inductor
  • 43:56About capacitors, capacitor derating
  • 57:55Gate resistors, ( RGATE )
  • 1:03:29CBOOT, Boot resistor, ( RBOOT )
  • 1:07:37How to measure switching power supply signals, probing
  • 1:16:41Phase snubber ( RSNUB, CSNUB)
  • 1:19:08VIN Capacitor
  • 1:22:56Phase node, switching node, ringing
  • 1:28:37Shoot-Through
  • 1:33:36Dead Time, diodes
  • 1:37:27Stability / Jitter
  • 1:43:53Transient response
  • 1:48:49Multiphase regulators