Techniques are described for minimizing power dissipation in linear battery chargers. Beginning with a stablewall-cube switching power source, methods are described to limit the dissipation in the linear charging circ...Techniques are described for minimizing power dissipation in linear battery chargers. Beginning with a stablewall-cube switching power source, methods are described to limit the dissipation in the linear charging circuit.Circuits are provided, calculations are shown, heat sinking for the PMOS pass transistor is discussed, andsuitable pass transistors are suggested.展开更多
文摘Techniques are described for minimizing power dissipation in linear battery chargers. Beginning with a stablewall-cube switching power source, methods are described to limit the dissipation in the linear charging circuit.Circuits are provided, calculations are shown, heat sinking for the PMOS pass transistor is discussed, andsuitable pass transistors are suggested.