Low knee current 1.22V shunt reference The ZXRE1004 is a 1.22 volt bandgap reference circuit designed for ultra low current operation, typically 4µA. The device is available in a SOT23 surface mount package offering the ultimate in space and ...
In 1986, famed analog innovator Jim Williams, in “Designs for High Performance Voltage-to-Frequency Converters” ( Reference 1 ) published his 100 MHz “King Kong” VFC. If anyone’s ever done a faster VFC, I haven’t ...
Battery stack voltage monitor development ( Reference 1 ) is aided by a floating, variable potential battery simulator. This capability permits monitor accuracy verification over a wide range of battery voltage. The floating battery simulator is ...
Editor’s note:Battery charging in a float or maintenance mode has been around for a while, especially for standby power, emergency lighting, telecom, uninterruptible power, and other critical power needs. The float method of charging is a ...
High speed and precision are not the only areas where special V-F circuits are needed. Figure 1 shows a circuit which runs from a single 1.5 V cell with only 125 µA current drain. The circuit uses an LT1017 dual micropower comparator in a ...
The gain temperature coefficient of conventional V-F circuits is affected by drift in the charge pumping capacitors. Although compensation schemes are employed to minimize the effect of this drift, another approach is required to get significantly ...
This Design Idea mates a precision current source IC with precision difference amp chips to create a programmable current source or sink. The resistor-programmable current source/sink in Figure 1 illustrates the basic topology, taking advantage of ...
Electronic designers must be aware of the ideal charging method, as it increases the battery’s lifetime and enhances its performance. Nowadays Lithium-ion/Lithium-polymer are used extensively in portable electronic devices that are frequently ...
Figure 1 shows the architecture of a conventional isolated flyback converter. These converters can be found frequently in power classes of up to about 60 W. A supply voltage is converted to an output voltage with the help of a primary-side switch ...
This design for a photonic switch needs more than approximately 70 V at the cathode of a duo-lateral optical position-sensing device. This voltage gets speedy response at longer wavelengths, such as 980 nm. The circuit uses fast transimpedance ...