inductor-switching-audit-cites-every-source - Electronic Circuits XIV: Inductors and Switching Energy Step by Step

The capstone accepts one coherent switching-energy ledger. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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The capstone audit has to cite every upstream source

The final accepted value is downstream of ramp, energy, work, balance, buck-average, and power checks.

\text{audit}=\text{ramp}+\text{energy}+\text{work}+\text{balance}+\text{buck}+\text{power}

The source chain stays accepted as load current changes

Each row rebuilds the full source chain. The load current changes power, but every accepted bit remains source-bound.

\begin{array}{c|c|c|c}I_{\text{out}}&P_{\text{out}}&I_{\text{in(avg)}}&\text{gate}\\1\ \text{A}&3\ \text{W}&\tfrac{1}{4}\ \text{A}&\text{pass}\\2\ \text{A}&6\ \text{W}&\tfrac{1}{2}\ \text{A}&\text{pass}\\3\ \text{A}&9\ \text{W}&\tfrac{3}{4}\ \text{A}&\text{pass}\\\end{array}

The switching converter audit cites every accepted source

The final accepted bit is not a caption: it follows the ramp, energy, work, balance, buck, and power source refs.

0\ \text{V}\cdot\text{s};\quad V_{\text{out}}=3\ \text{V};\quad P_{\text{out}}=6\ \text{W};\quad I_{\text{in(avg)}}=\tfrac{1}{2}\ \text{A}