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Power Supply
design is all about detail.
And a large
part of that detail lies in the practical domain, largely
because of the typically small number of microseconds of
switching periods involved, and the even smaller tens of
nanoseconds of switch transition times --- all these, in
effect accentuating various "second-order" effects, that
eventually end up playing prime havoc with "normal"
expectations of how the circuit should behave.
So not
unsurprisingly, even after reading several books, most
readers still find themselves no closer to the ultimate
goal of designing an actual power supply.
Sooner or
later, all engineers start realizing the hard fact that
designing a switching power supply isn't the trivial task
it once seemed to be.
But even after
years of successfully mastering the underlying theory, the
ultimate goal of creating a cost-effective, reliable and
commercially viable power supply may still remain a
distant dream, since success ultimately hinges on
experience.
That is, in
fact, what clearly differentiates a senior and seasoned
power supply engineer from the others --- the ability to
navigate and surmount a veritable minefield of tricky
issues that can only be learned the hard way, by actual
hands-on experience on the job.
This book
presents practical knowledge the author acquired rather
painfully, while working "in the trenches" for several
years in major engineering companies scattered across
several continents.
This is
intended to be the mythical senior engineer's "bag of
tricks," finally made available in the form of an
easy-to-read book on your shelf.
This book will
make life for the ambitious power supply engineer much
simpler --- besides reducing significantly, the rigorous
requirement of having to be a senior engineer's protégé
for years on end, just to gain a small measure of real
success in this field.
Audience
Power supply design engineers.
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