Power Supply Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Power Supply Cookbook, 2nd Edition

by Marty Brown
Released June 2001
Publisher(s): Newnes
ISBN: 9780080480121

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Book description

Power Supply Cookbook, Second Edition provides an easy-to-follow, step-by-step design framework for a wide variety of power supplies. With this book, anyone with a basic knowledge of electronics can create a very complicated power supply design in less than one day. With the common industry design approaches presented in each section, this unique book allows the reader to design linear, switching, and quasi-resonant switching power supplies in an organized fashion. Formerly complicated design topics such as magnetics, feedback loop compensation design, and EMI/RFI control are all described in simple language and design steps. This book also details easy-to-modify design examples that provide the reader with a design template useful for creating a variety of power supplies.

This newly revised edition is a practical, "start-to-finish" design reference. It is organized to allow both seasoned and inexperienced engineers to quickly find and apply the information they need. Features of the new edition include updated information on the design of the output stages, selecting the controller IC, and other functions associated with power supplies, such as: switching power supply control, synchronization of the power supply to an external source, input low voltage inhibitors, loss of power signals, output voltage shut-down, major current loops, and paralleling filter capacitors. It also offers coverage of waveshaping techniques, major loss reduction techniques, snubbers, and quasi-resonant converters.

  • Guides engineers through a step-by-step design framework for a wide variety of power supplies, many of which can be designed in less than one day
  • Provides easy-to-understand information about often complicated topics, making power supply design a much more accessible and enjoyable process

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. The Role of the Power Supply within the System and Design Program
    1. 1.1 Getting Started. This Journey Starts with the First Question
    2. 1.2 Power System Organization
    3. 1.3 Selecting the Appropriate Power Supply Technology
    4. 1.4 Developing the Power System Design Specification
    5. 1.5 A Generalized Design Approach to Power Supplies: Introducing the Building- block Approach to Power Supply Design
    6. 1.6 A Comment about Power Supply Design Software
    7. 1.7 Basic Test Equipment Needed
  6. 2. An Introduction to the Linear Regulator
    1. 2.1 Basic Linear Regulator Operation
    2. 2.2 General Linear Regulator Considerations
    3. 2.3 Linear Power Supply Design Examples (1/2)
    4. 2.3 Linear Power Supply Design Examples (2/2)
  7. 3. Pulsewidth Modulated Switching Power Supplies
    1. 3.1 The Fundamentals of PWM Switching Power Supplies
    2. 3.2 The Building-block Approach to PWM Switching Power Supply Design
    3. 3.3 Which Topology of PWM Switching Power Supply to Use? (1/2)
    4. 3.3 Which Topology of PWM Switching Power Supply to Use? (2/2)
    5. 3.4 The Black Box Considerations for Switching Power Supplies
    6. 3.5 Design of the Magnetic Elements (1/4)
    7. 3.5 Design of the Magnetic Elements (2/4)
    8. 3.5 Design of the Magnetic Elements (3/4)
    9. 3.5 Design of the Magnetic Elements (4/4)
    10. 3.6 The Design of the Output Stages (1/2)
    11. 3.6 The Design of the Output Stages (2/2)
    12. 3.7 Designing the Power Switch and Driver Section (1/2)
    13. 3.7 Designing the Power Switch and Driver Section (2/2)
    14. 3.8 Selecting the Controller IC
    15. 3.9 Designing the Voltage Feedback Circuit
    16. 3.10 Start-up and IC Bias Circuit Designs
    17. 3.11 Output Protection Schemes
    18. 3.12 Designing the Input Rectifier/Filter Section (1/2)
    19. 3.12 Designing the Input Rectifier/Filter Section (2/2)
    20. 3.13 Additional Functions Normally Associated with Power Supplies
    21. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (1/9)
    22. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (2/9)
    23. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (3/9)
    24. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (4/9)
    25. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (5/9)
    26. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (6/9)
    27. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (7/9)
    28. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (8/9)
    29. 3.14 Laying Out the Printed Circuit Board (9/9)
  8. 4. Waveshaping Techniques to Improve Switching Power Supply Efficiency
    1. 4.1 Major Losses within the PWM Switching Power Supply
    2. 4.2 Techniques for Reducing the Major Losses
    3. 4.3 Snubbers
    4. 4.4 The Active Clamp
    5. 4.5 Saturable Inductors to Limit Rectifier Reverse Recovery Current
    6. 4.6 Quasi-resonant Converters (1/3)
    7. 4.6 Quasi-resonant Converters (2/3)
    8. 4.6 Quasi-resonant Converters (3/3)
    9. 4.7 High Efficiency Design Examples (1/5)
    10. 4.7 High Efficiency Design Examples (2/5)
    11. 4.7 High Efficiency Design Examples (3/5)
    12. 4.7 High Efficiency Design Examples (4/5)
    13. 4.7 High Efficiency Design Examples (5/5)
  9. Appendix A. Thermal Analysis and Design
    1. A.1 Developing the Thermal Model
    2. A.2 Power Packages on a Heatsink (TO-3, TO-220, TO- 218, etc.)
    3. A.3 Power Packages Not on a Heatsink (Free Standing)
    4. A.4 Radial-leaded Diodes
    5. A.5 Surface Mount Parts
    6. A.6 Examples of Some Thermal Applications
  10. Appendix B. Feedback Loop Compensation
    1. B.1 The Bode Response of Common Circuits Encountered in Switching Power Supplies
    2. B.2 Defining the Open Loop Response of the Switching Power Supply The Control- to- Output Characteristics
    3. B.3 The Stability Criteria Applied to Switching Power Supplies
    4. B.4 Common Error Amplifier Compensation Designs (1/3)
    5. B.4 Common Error Amplifier Compensation Designs (2/3)
    6. B.4 Common Error Amplifier Compensation Designs (3/3)
  11. Appendix C. Power Factor Correction
    1. C.1 A Universal Input, 180W, Active Power Factor Correction Circuit (1/2)
    2. C.1 A Universal Input, 180W, Active Power Factor Correction Circuit (2/2)
  12. Appendix D. Magnetism and Magnetic Components
    1. D.1 Basic Magnetic Theory Applied to Switching Power Supplies
    2. D.2 Selecting the Core Material and Style
  13. Appendix E. Noise Control and Electromagnetic Interference
    1. E.1 The Nature and Sources of Electrical Noise
    2. E.2 Typical Sources of Noise
    3. E.3 Enclosure Design
    4. E.4 Conducted EMI Filters
  14. Appendix F. Miscellaneous Information
    1. F.1 Measurement Unit Conversions
    2. F.2 Wires
  15. References
  16. Index (1/2)
  17. Index (2/2)

Product information

  • Title: Power Supply Cookbook, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Marty Brown
  • Release date: June 2001
  • Publisher(s): Newnes
  • ISBN: 9780080480121