Charge pump circuits represent a pivotal technology in modern power management systems, utilising capacitors switched at high frequencies to convert a low input voltage into a higher, regulated output ...

Safe, fast charging of NiCad batteries is attractive in many applications. Short charge time requires high current. A potential difficulty with high current charging is battery heating. Excessive ...

While passive precharge employs a power resistor to create an RC circuit that charges the capacitor asymptotically, active precharge can employ a switching converter with a buck topology that uses ...