New Possibilities on the Horizon for Digital Control

In the past, when semiconductor and power-supply companies discussed the motivations for putting digital control in the loop, power management requirements...

DSCs Ease Migration to Digital Loop Control

Armed with high execution rates and power peripherals, digital signal controllers provide the functionality needed in power-supply designs but don’t require DSP programming....

Digital Power Control Enables System Identification

Despite obvious advantages over analog controllers, the limited power of today's digital controllers requires careful measuring techniques to accurately capture the real-time response of the control loop....

Digital Control Measures In-System Response

Digital power solutions make it possible to measure power-stage frequency response in the application, opening the door to new capabilities such as auto-tuning, power-stage diagnosis and on-the-fly adaptability....

Explore the Lesser-Known Benefits of Digital Power

Although the use of digital control eases implementation of the basic power management requirements, it also affords numerous secondary benefits that can make POL power designs more compact, flexible and efficient....