Electronic Design

Step Down Charge Pumps Use No Inductors

Requiring few external capacitors and no inductors, the TPS6050x charge pumps allow for a complete converter to be built in an area measuring just 0.155 in.2. With a quiescent current of 40 µA, the ...
EDN

LCD bias & White-LED Supplies – one inductor, no charge-pump diode

Maxim introduced the MAX1578/MAX1579, the first complete LCD bias and white-LED power supplies with only one inductor and no charge-pump diode. Four regulated outputs supply all the voltages required ...
Electronic Design

Inductor-Free Charge Pump Powers White Backlights

Measuring just 1 mm high in a ThinSOT-23 package and requiring no inductor, the REG71055 buck-boost converter delivers 30 mA of output current for white LED backlights and LCDs in single-cell, Li-Ion ...
Design-Reuse

Inductorless versus Inductor-Based Integrated Switching Regulators: Bill Of Material, Efficiency, Noise, and Reliability Comparisons

Mathieu Renaud, Senior Power Management Designer, Intégration Dolphin Inc. Yves Gagnon, Executive Director, Intégration Dolphin Inc. Inductor-based Switching Regulators (SR) have historically ...