Switchmode Power Supply Handbook, 3rd Edition

The definitive guide to switchmode power supply design--fully updated

Covering the latest developments and techniques, Switchmode Power Supply Handbook, third edition is a thorough revision of the industry-leading resource for power supply designers. New design methods required for powering small, high-performance electronic devices are presented. Based on the authors' decades of experience, the book is filled with real-world solutions and many nomograms, and features simplified theory and mathematical analysis.This comprehensive volume explains common requirements for direct operation from the AC line supply and discusses design, theory, and practice. Engineering requirements of switchmode systems and recommendations for active power factor correction are included. This practical guide provides you with a working knowledge of the latest topologies along with step-by-step approaches to component decisions to achieve reliable and cost-effective power supply designs.
 

Preface
Acknowledgments
Units, Symbols, Dimensions, and Abbreviations Used in This Book
List of Figures and Tables

Part 1 : Functions and Requirements Common to Most Direct-Off-Line Switchmode Power Supplies
Chapter 1 : Common Requirements : An Overview
Chapter 2 : AC Powerline Surge Protection
Chapter 3 : Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Switchmode Power Supplies
Chapter 4 : Faraday Screens
Chapter 5 : Fuse Selection
Chapter 6 : Line Rectification and Capacitor Input Filters for “Direct-Off-Line” Switchmode Power Supplies
Chapter 7 : Inrush Control
Chapter 8 : Start-Up Methods
Chapter 9 : Soft Start and Low-Voltage Inhibit
Chapter 10 : Turn-On Voltage Overshoot Prevention
Chapter 11 : Overvoltage Protection
Chapter 12 : Undervoltage Protection
Chapter 13 : Overload Protection
Chapter 14 : Foldback (Reentrant) Output Current Limiting
Chapter 15 : Base Drive Requirements for High-Voltage Bipolar Transistors
Chapter 16 : Proportional Drive Circuits for Bipolar Transistors
Chapter 17 : Antisaturation Techniques for High-Voltage Transistors
Chapter 18 : Snubber Networks
Chapter 19 : Cross Conduction
Chapter 20 : Output Filters
Chapter 21 : Power Failure Warning Circuits
Chapter 22 : Centering (Adjustment to Center) of Auxiliary Output Voltages on Multiple-Output Converters
Chapter 23 : Auxiliary Supply Systems
Chapter 24 : Parallel Operation of Voltage-Stabilized Power Supplies

Part 2 : Design : Theory and Practice
Chapter 1 : Multiple-Output Flyback Switchmode Power Supplies
Chapter 2 : Flyback Transformer Design
Chapter 3 : Reducing Transistor Switching Stress
Chapter 4 : Selecting Power Components for Flyback Converters
Chapter 5 : The Diagonal Half-Bridge Flyback Converter
Chapter 6 : Self-Oscillating Direct-off-Line Flyback Converters
Chapter 7 : Applying Current-Mode Control to Flyback Converters
Chapter 8 : Direct-off-Line Single-Ended Forward Converters
Chapter 9 : Transformer Design for Forward Converters
Chapter 10 : Diagonal Half-Bridge Forward Converters
Chapter 11 : Transformer Design for Diagonal Half-Bridge Forward Converters
Chapter 12 : Half-Bridge Push-Pull Duty-Ratio-Controlled Converters
Chapter 13 : Bridge Converters
Chapter 14 : Low-Power Self-Oscillating Auxiliary Converters
Chapter 15 : Single-Transformer Two-Transistor Self-Oscillating Converters
Chapter 16 : Two-Transformer Self-Oscillating Converters
Chapter 17 : The Dc-to-Dc Transformer Concept
Chapter 18 : Multiple-Output Compound Regulating Systems
Chapter 19 : Duty-Ratio-Controlled Push-Pull Converters
Chapter 20 : Dc-to-Dc Switching Regulators
Chapter 21 : High-Frequency Saturable Reactor Power Regulator (Magnetic Duty Ratio Control)
Chapter 22 : Constant-Current Power Supplies
Chapter 23 : Variable Linear Power Supplies
Chapter 24 : Switchmode Variable Power Supplies
Chapter 25 : Switchmode Variable Power Supply Transformer Design

Part 3 : Applied Design
Chapter 1 : Inductors and Chokes in Switchmode Supplies
Chapter 2 : High-Current Chokes Using Iron Powder Cores
Chapter 3 : Choke Design Using Iron Powder Toroidal Cores
Chapter 4 : Switchmode Transformer Design (General Principles)
Chapter 5 : Optimum 150-W Transformer Design Example Using Nomograms
Chapter 6 : Transformer Staircase Saturation
Chapter 7 : Flux Doubling
Chapter 8 : Stability and Control-Loop Compensation in SMPS
Chapter 9 : The Right-Half-Plane Zero
Chapter 10 : Current-Mode Control
Chapter 11 : Optocouplers
Chapter 12 : Ripple Current Ratings for Electrolytic Capacitors (In Switchmode Power Supplies)
Chapter 13 : Noninductive Current Shunts
Chapter 14 : Current Transformers
Chapter 15 : Current Probes for Measurement Purposes
Chapter 16 : Thermal Management (In Switchmode Power Supplies)

Part 4 : Supplementary
Chapter 1 : Active Power Factor Correction
Chapter 2 : The Merits and Limitations of Hard Switching and Fully Resonant Switchmode Power Supplies
Chapter 3 : Quasi-Resonant Switching Converters
Chapter 4 : A Fully Resonant Self-Oscillating Current FED FET Type Sine Wave Inverter
Chapter 5 : A Single Control Wide Range Sine Wave Oscillator

Glossary
References
Index