Questions tagged [ripple]
Small unwanted residual periodic variation of a direct current (dc) output.
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Am I measuring Buck-Boost Converter noise correctly?
I am using this buck boot converter for Powering my microcontroller development board. The buck boost converter board will be powered using a battery. The schematic of buck boost controller is given ...
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PWM-controlled Buck Converter MOSFET heating up and signal too rippled
I have the circuit below with all the components the same, except the PMOS being a SQD50P04-13L_GE3 MOSFET. The PWM signal that is sent from the STM is from a 216 MHz clock with prescaler 100 and ...
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Calculating the SMPS input capacitor when the source impedance is unknown
I’m designing a push-pull converter (still). I have determined the required input capacitance (5600 µF) for a given input voltage ripple (100 mV). The formula I used was derived from the calculation ...
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Reducing output ripple of a BUCK-BOOST convertor
I want to design a variable output Buck-Boost convertor from 1V to 25V from voltage source which is 12V. Based on my research i found the following circuit (LTC3780): I simulated the circuit and it ...
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OPA855 ripples in amplified output
I want to pass a 250MHz trapezoid through an RC differentiator and then amplify the output using 2 inverting OPA855 ( using 2 inverting for a different purpose). My output shows a bit of noise/ripples ...
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Why are the ripples on both sides of the magnetic bead different?
Why are the ripples on both sides of the magnetic bead different? The ripple is larger after adding the ferrite bead I have tried other different ferrite beads, CBG201209U121T/CBG160808U100T, The ...
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Why Are My Tantalum Output Capacitors Exploding Below Rated Voltage?
I have a buck-boost controller with nineteen 100µF tantalum capacitors (TCN4107M035R0100E) at the output. During initial testing, I ran the board from 19V to 40V input, stepping up to 24.5V output, ...
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Measuring AC ripple/oscillation
I’m new to measuring with an oscilloscope and wondering if this is normal behavior. When measuring for AC ripple on filter capacitors (just replaced with new ones), I’m getting an unstable waveform in ...
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How to reduce output ripple of a Buck-Boost Switch
Would you please let me know how can I reduce the output ripple of the following circuit: Based on the datasheet there is 25mV ripple, I want to reduce it as much as possible to the fullest extent. ...
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Problem with Adding an LDO to the Output of a DC-DC Converter [closed]
I attempted to add an LDO to the output of a DC-DC converter to reduce output ripple. However, I observed that the presence of the LDO significantly alters the performance of the DC-DC converter. ...
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How to calculate the ripple current in the circuit?
I am designing a simple PCB that includes two buck converters for testing. In the past, I encountered issues with one of the converters (LMR51430XFDDCR datasheet), where voltage spikes during power-up ...
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Buck converter capacitor ripple rating
I'm working on a buck converter that discharges a 48 V battery into a 12 V one, 20 A, 20-200 kHz and 11 μH inductor. My first assumption (wrong?) was that the batteries at input and output would act ...
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Output Circuit after LDO
Im trying to understand the chosen values of the components at the RHS of a LDO (AP2112). Here is the circuit: I understand that the 100nF capacitor is chosen according to the datasheet to reduce ...
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Calculate transformer secondary min voltage
I have this basic circuit supplying a fixed current load Y. Suppose that F = main frequency ...
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Inductor selection for a buck converter with uncertain output current [closed]
I'm struggling to choose the correct value inductor for my design with a TPS54331. Based on my estimations, I calculated a DC current consumption of 1.3 A for my circuit, but sometimes the circuit ...