Lightweight, small-size, and high-power-density power converter systems, which use only switches and capacitors in their power stage, have no need for transformers or inductors in their design. This ...

This charge-pump circuit, using just a few diodes and capacitors, ups the input voltage by a factor of 1.5 in contrast to the usual voltage-doubling output. Micropower product designs sometimes ...

Texas-based Janta Power has just snagged US$5.5 million in a round of seed funding to continue the deployment of its pivoting ...

All electric vehicles have big battery packs that can hold dozens of kilowatt hours of electricity, which are required to power their powerful traction motors for hundreds of miles. For some EVs, ...

Switching power supplies are familiar to Hackaday readers, whether they have a fairly conventional transformer, are a buck, a boost, or a flyback design. There’s nearly always an inductor involved, ...

Boost converters provide a higher output voltage from a lower input voltage. Getting the most “boost” possible requires maximizing the operational duty cycle. Boost controllers have a limit on their ...