Solenoids at turn-on draw currentthat is much higher than the currentneeded to keep the armature pulledin. Further, because of the power dissipatedin the coil, the solenoid’s temperaturewill rise, and ...

The increasing use of color LCDs in handheld equipment has created a need for smaller and cheaper sources of white backlight. In the past, cold-cathode fluorescent ...

Bass Boost is today’s sound… whether it’s the driving, gut-vibration pulsation of disco, or the solid bass line of soft, hard, or laid-back rock. One way to get the modern bass-boost sound without ...

Use of buck-boost circuits in switching-regulator ICs. Considerations in level-shift circuit design. Switching regulators with internal level shifting. The magnitude of the negative voltage generated ...