Power Electronics — question 10 of 10
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You're bench-testing a buck converter board across a range of load currents. Efficiency looks reasonable at low-to-mid load, but as you push the load current higher, efficiency drops noticeably and you notice the inductor is hot to the touch while the FETs stay only warm. What's your hypothesis for what's dominating the loss, and how would you confirm it on the bench?