Piezoelectric power converter – 3 (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Piezoelectric power converter – 3

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A piezoelectric resonator (white disk) used by the new chip to perform DC-DC step-down conversion. For comparison, an inductor that is typically used in traditional step-down converters is shown on the left.

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David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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