Hardware Podcasts

Switching Converter Engineering with Carmen Parisi

The Amp Hour · 15 Nov 2021 · 1h 13m · Episode 566

What this episode covers

Carmen Parisi, Staff Applications Engineer at Renesas (formerly Intersil and TI), explains the engineering challenges of designing high-current switching regulators for Intel and AMD processors. She details the use of multi-phase buck topologies to handle extreme load transients of up to 150 amps, the trade-offs between analog and digital control schemes, and the critical role of test engineers in validating silicon and optimizing yield. Parisi also discusses the evolution of PCB design, the importance of proprietary communication buses like SVI and PMBus, and her career advice for aspiring hardware engineers.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Renesas, Intersil, Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments
Products
DrMOS
Tools
Cadence, Sigridi
Also
SVI, PMBus

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