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Buck converter
A switching regulator that produces an output voltage lower than its input, by chopping the input with a series switch and averaging the result with an inductor and capacitor.
Output voltage equals input times duty cycle in continuous conduction.
- Also known as
- Step-down converter
- Type
- Technology
- Domain
- Power & Discretes, Power conversion topologies
Notes
The most-built power topology in existence, from point-of-load rails to multiphase processor VRMs.
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