Hello, everyone. My name is Pradeep Shenoy. And I am a systems engineer at Texas Instruments. Today, we are going to go over practical comparisons of DC to DC control modes to solve end equipment challenges. 

This product training will focus on a comparison of three different DC to DC converters with three different control modes. We'll learn the basics of step-down DC/DC converters and why they are important for different end equipments. We'll understand how these different control-modes work and how to make an apples to apples comparison between them. The specific parts that we will be discussing are the TPS54824, TPS54A20, and the TPS56C215. 

The focus of the conversation will be on market challenges. Then we'll do an overview of the different control methods and some specific information on the parts used in this comparison. And we'll focus on a 12-volt input, 1.2-volt output application with about an 8 amps full load rating. So we'll bound the three designs and specify what we're trying to design around, then walk through component selection, specifically inductor and capacitor selection. Then we'll show some experimental results for everything from control loop response and transient performance, as well as output ripple and jitter, efficiency, thermals, solution size. We'll also discuss the cost of these solutions and conclude with a summary after that.