Voltage regulators play an important role in many power systems. The first part of this Back to Basics article examines the role of several types of regulators including low-dropout voltage regulators ...

This course introduces the basic concepts of switched-mode converter circuits for controlling and converting electrical power with high efficiency. Principles of converter circuit analysis are ...

This course introduces more advanced concepts of switched-mode converter circuits. Realization of the power semiconductors in inverters or in converters having bidirectional power flow is explained.

Sometimes referred to as the “father of power electronics,” Slobodan Ćuk relates how it all started for him in the power-electronics world, and how he’s still at it after a half-century. I am a proud ...

Discrete power MOSFETs employ semiconductor processing techniques that are similar to those of today’s VLSI circuits, although the device geometry, voltage and current levels are significantly ...