4. Power stage

This section covers the operation of the power stage, i.e. the MOSFET transistors that make up the switches, as well as the local control stages (drivers). Many other functions come into play, such as detectors, current sensors, etc., which are not covered here. This article does not replace the [D3100] overview of power component physics, but translates the fundamental concepts into a form that can be manipulated for dimensioning during the integrated converter design stage, described in articles [D3185]...