This application note is part of a series providing guidance for its readers to implement and validate a proven switch-mode power supply circuit for use in remote vital sign monitoring devices using Maxim Biosensing Analog Front Ends (AFEs).

The PMP9444 reference design provides all the power supply rails necessary to power Xilinx's Kintex UltraScale family of FPGAs. It features two UCD90120A's for flexible power up and power down sequencing as well as voltage monitoring, current monitoring, and voltage margining through the PMBus interface. This design uses a 12V input.

PMP6776 is a low-cost non-isolated synchronous buck power supply. This design uses TPS56121 and TPS54620 Synchronous Buck Converters and TPS54425 and TPS54225 Step-Down Switchers to generate 7 outputs. Features include input voltage range 10.8V to 13.2V and outputs 1V at 6A, 1.5V at 4A, 1.8V at 6A, 2V at 2A, 2.5V at 8A, 3.3V at 8A, 1.2V at 4A.