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11 years ago

Efficiency and combining of powerSoC

Dear All, Can some please answer my questions below. In the design I'm currently working on, we are going to use the Cyclone V GX. I'm looking for a suitable power supply for this part a...
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10 years ago

I'm not certain that it will improve overall efficiency, you can check that out, but yes you can certainly step down from your battery voltage to 5V, for example using TI's TPS62133, then step down to 1.1V from there. I recommend TI's Webench for designing a switcher, very convenient.