Power Supply Design

Genetic Algorithms for Power Supply Optimization

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:36:15 -0800

Optimization of Power Electronics using Genetic Algorithms was one of the more exiting professional seminars given at the Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC '07

Trouble Shooting Electronics

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:03:19 -0800

A discussion about the most powerful troubleshooting tool available to most people, the on-off switch.

Power Supply Sequencing 2

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:32:01 -0800

A paper about sequencing of power supplies, the need, the approaches, and the solution details.

Power Supply Safety

Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:57:55 -0800

A paper about designing and certifying a power supply for safety specifications.

How To Layout a Power Supply

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:41:01 -0800

A paper on how to layout a power supply from the Texas Instruments 2004/04 Power Supply Design Seminar SEM1600

How To Design a Power Supply

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:58:35 -0800

A paper on how to design a power supply from the Texas Instruments 2004/04 Power Supply Design Seminar SEM1600

TI Power Supply Design Seminar 2004-05

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:39:19 -0800

Review of the TI 2004/04 Power Supply Design Seminar

Power Supply Design Blog Resumed

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:24:57 -0800

Resumption of the Power Supply Design Blog by Jerrold Foutz, SMPS Technology.

Current-Mode Control Articles

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 15:51:19 -0800

Can you recommend some good articles on current-mode DC-DC converters?

Diode Recovery EMI

Mon, 05 May 2003 14:25:05 -0800

How do you reduce EMI due to diode reverse recovery?

Hot-Swappable Power Supply Failures on UPS

Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:44:37 -0800

Can you help solve the failure of hot-swappable power supplies operating on uninterruptable power supplies (UPS)?

Power MOSFET Gate Drive

Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:08:50 -0800

How much current is needed to drive a power MOSFET?

Start-up Bias Power

Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:06:47 -0800

What can be done about poorly regulated bias power?

Duty Cycle and DC Gain

Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:20:59 -0800

What is the Duty Cycle and DC Gain of a switching-mode power supply?

How do I design ...?

Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:03:10 -0800

Can you help me design a power supply to these specifications?

UPS Restart

Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:03:46 -0800

Can you help with an interaction between an UPS system and switching-mode power supplies?

Diode Recovery Losses

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:35:17 -0800

How does diode recovery time affect power losses?

State-Space-Averaging

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:33:57 -0800

How do I do State-Space-Averaging?

APEC Seminar Notes

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:22:57 -0800

Where can I get APEC seminar notes?

Weinberg Converter

Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:50:07 -0800

Can you provide me information on the Weinberg Converter?

Measuring Leakage Inductance

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:25:43 -0800

How do you measure leakage inductance?

Continuous (CCM) and Discontinuous Conduction Mode (DCM)

Sun, 12 Aug 2001 13:17:50 -0800

What is the difference between continuous-conduction mode (CCM) and discontinuous-conduction mode (DCM)?

Current-Mode-Control

Sat, 11 Aug 2001 15:35:00 -0800

What are the advantages and disadvantages of current-mode control?

Trouble Shooting Power Supplies

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 16:27:32 -0800

How do you troubleshoot a switching-mode power supply?

Book Review: Switch-Mode Power Supply SPICE Cookbook

Thu, 09 Aug 2001 16:23:35 -0800

Basso, Christophe P., Switch-mode power supply SPICE cookbook, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. xiv, 263 p. + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.), c 2001. ISBN: 0071375090, LC Control Number: 2001030507

Stability with Battery Load

Thu, 09 Aug 2001 16:11:45 -0800

Why does adding a battery load cause power supply instability?

Electrolytic Capacitor Failure

Sat, 09 Jun 2001 20:40:45 -0800

What can you tell me about aluminum electrolytic capacitor failure?

Magnetics Saturation

Tue, 05 Jun 2001 20:59:13 -0800

Can you discuss magnetic core saturation?

ESR Compensation

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 10:40:42 -0800

Why compensate in the feedback loop for output capacitor ESR?

Right-Half-Plane-Zero (RHPZ)

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 09:33:57 -0800

How do you compensate for a right-half-plane-zero (RHPZ)?

Conditional Stability

Sat, 02 Jun 2001 16:07:43 -0800

Is a conditionally stable loop considered acceptable?

DCCM Flyback Stability

Thu, 31 May 2001 16:29:45 -0800

How do I stabilize a DCCM flyback converter with multiple outputs?

Power Supply Turn-on Time

Mon, 28 May 2001 00:00:02 -0800

How do you calculate the turn-on time of a power supply?

On Semiconductor SMPS Seminar (Ray Ridley)

Sat, 26 May 2001 13:55:06 -0800

Review of the On Semiconductor SMPS Seminar 2001 featuring Ray Ridley.

DC-DC Converter Bandwidth

Fri, 25 May 2001 17:31:05 -0800

Can you clarify the concept of bandwidth as related to a DC-DC Converter?

Power Supply Operating Temperature

Thu, 24 May 2001 17:39:14 -0800

Why am I finding it difficult to find open frame power supplies that can operate above 85 C?

Linear versus Switcher

Wed, 23 May 2001 14:37:56 -0800

What is the difference between a linear power supply and a switching-mode power supply?

Feedback Loop Stabilization

Tue, 22 May 2001 16:48:09 -0800

How do you stabilize the feedback loop on a forward converter?

Multiple Output Feedback

Tue, 22 May 2001 16:43:34 -0800

How do I sense multiple outputs?

National Semiconductor Analog Seminar (Bob Pease)

Thu, 17 May 2001 12:00:00 -0800

Review of the Spring 2001 National Semiconductor Analog Seminar featuring analog design circuit guru Bob Pease.

Synchronizing Two Converters

Tue, 15 May 2001 19:31:42 -0800

Why is synchronizing necessary, what should the frequency be, how should the magnetics be designed?

Rudy Severns' Papers

Mon, 14 May 2001 09:57:42 -0800

Published papers of Rudy Severns related to power supply design.

TI/Unitrode Power Supply Seminar 2001

Mon, 14 May 2001 08:19:11 -0800

Review of the 2001 TI/Unitrode Power Supply Seminar SEM1400.

Vendor 1 or 2 Day Seminars

Fri, 11 May 2001 09:50:13 -0800

A rave about the benefits of one and two day traveling seminars that various vendors provide at world-wide locations.

Power Supply Sequencing

Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:43:13 -0800

In what order should you sequence power supply bias power on and off?

Snubber Design

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:48:35 -0800

How do you design snubber circuits?

Minimum Power Supply Load

Thu, 07 Sep 2000 14:58:30 -0800

Is a minimum load necessary on a switching-mode power supply?

Isolation Transformer

Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:56:21 -0800

Can you explain an isolation transformer?

Load-Current Margins

Fri, 01 Sep 2000 09:07:19 -0800

What Design Margin Should I Use for Load Current?