[time-nuts] Re: Death of a Capacitor

2021-09-28 Thread n...@lazygranch.com
Generally this fet is internal and thus well known. On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:57:19 +0200 Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: > > Am 27.09.21 um 10:16 schrieb n...@lazygranch.com: > > I've only designed one LDO as a discrete chip (as opposed to a > > portion of a chip where performance just has to be good

[time-nuts] Re: Death of a Capacitor

2021-09-28 Thread n...@lazygranch.com
Did you mean low ESR? A good switcher design will have an undervoltage lockout. There are a few groups that test a chip before release. One is the applications group. They will put the DC/DC on a bench supply and slowly dial up the voltage. Everything needs to behave at any voltage withing