To conserve energy, there has been a big push to lower the standby power in off-line power supplies. Many countries around the world are adopting green-mode Michael O'Loughlin, Customer Applications ...

Bootstrap circuits are widely used in dc-dc converters to serve as top-side bias voltage supplies. After explaining how bootstrap circuits work, this article will show how versatile they can be. One ...

Figure 3 shows the full circuit. Figure 3. Full circuit. Click image to open in a new window. Note the 1000 pF bypass capacitors must be closely connected to the LTC6240 supply terminals. Op amps have ...