Boost converter

A boost converter comprising:

• an input line structured to receive an input voltage;
• an output line to be coupled to a load;
• an inductor having one end coupled to the input line;
• a switching transistor and a shunt resistor coupled in series between another end of the inductor and a ground line;
• a rectifier element coupled between the another end of the inductor and the output line;
• a converter controller structured to control the switching transistor according to at least a voltage drop across the shunt resistor;
• a first output capacitor having one end coupled to the output line and another end coupled to a connection node that couples the switching transistor and the shunt resistor;
• and
• a second output capacitor having one end coupled to the output line and another end coupled to the ground line,
• wherein the switching transistor, the shunt resistor, the rectifier element, the first output capacitor, and the second output capacitor are mounted on a printed circuit board, and
• wherein a closed loop formed of the switching transistor, the rectifier element, and the first output capacitor on the printed circuit board has an area that is smaller than an area of a closed loop formed of the switching transistor, the rectifier element, the shunt resistor, and the second output capacitor.