blahblah99
Platinum Member
I posted this in off topic hoping to get a quick answer....
In a regulated dc-dc converter, given two inductor waveforms with the same peak to peak current, same peak and min current, and same switching frequency, can you tell whether the converter is a buck, boost, or buck-boost, given only the fact that one waveform has a peak current slightly earlier than the other (ie, the duty cycle of waveform 1 is smaller than waveform 2's?
I say no because the inductor current in each of those topologies carry the same waveform signature, and the only thing that matters is how the switches are connected, which will dictate the type of converter that it's going to be.
I'd like to hear what some you EE experts have to say (or you wannabe EE majors 🙂)
In a regulated dc-dc converter, given two inductor waveforms with the same peak to peak current, same peak and min current, and same switching frequency, can you tell whether the converter is a buck, boost, or buck-boost, given only the fact that one waveform has a peak current slightly earlier than the other (ie, the duty cycle of waveform 1 is smaller than waveform 2's?
I say no because the inductor current in each of those topologies carry the same waveform signature, and the only thing that matters is how the switches are connected, which will dictate the type of converter that it's going to be.
I'd like to hear what some you EE experts have to say (or you wannabe EE majors 🙂)
