Efficiency Factors
Conduction losses that depend on load:
- Resistance when the transistor or MOSFET switch is conducting.
- Diode forward voltage drop (usually 0.7 V or 0.4 V for schottky diode)
- Inductor winding resistance
- Capacitor equivalent series resistance
Switching losses:
- Voltage-Ampere overlap loss
- Frequencyswitch*CV2 loss
- Reverse latence loss
- Losses due driving MOSFET gate and controller consumption.
- Transistor leakage current losses, and controller standby consumption.
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