SPVA023 July 2025 LM25184 , LM2611 , LM27761 , LM5158 , LMR33640 , TLV171 , TPS63700
There are fewer inverter converters compared to buck regulators in the market. This potentially means that the designer cannot find a good inverter converter to meet miscellaneous specific requirements for example, large input voltage or more output current. In this condition, a designer can build an inverter regulator by reconfiguring an ordinary buck regulator. Figure 2-6 shows a buck topology and inverter topology. A designer can see the topology between buck regulator and inverter is exactly the same except one terminal of inductor was grounded and low side MOSFET is the output. This means that a buck regulator potential can be configured to an inverter converter by reconfiguration. Figure 2-7 shows how to build an inverter converter with a traditional LMR33640 buck regulator.
The connection changes are shown in the following list:
Designers can use any buck regulator to build an inverter converter to meet the specific application by following the four rules that were mentioned previously.
Designers must also check the following list during actual design course.