"Steve" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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I've never heard of a buck, boost, or buck/boost regulator.

Now you have:

http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM2698.html




There are
bucking, boosting and buck/boost transformers,

No transformer in the above link.

but if the voltage is
boosted, it is at the expense of a corresponding same percentage loss of
available current, plus transformer loss.

Only applies to transformers. Power (voltage and current over a given time
period) is conserved.



Eisboch



Interesting. If the power source is a 12 volt DC battery, what does this
regulator boost and how does it do it?

Eisboch