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Switching Power Supplies A to Z [Hardcover]

Sanjaya Maniktala (Author)
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0750679700 978-0750679701 July 6, 2006
The design of Switching Power Supplies has become one of the most crucial aspects of power electronics, particularly in the explosive market for portable devices. Unfortunately, this seemingly simple mechanism is actually one of the most complex and under-estimated processes in Power Electronics. Switching power conversion involves several engineering disciplines: Semiconductor Physics, Thermal Management, Control Loop theory, Magnetics etc, and all these come into play eventually, in ways hard for non-experts to grasp.

This book grows out of decades of the author's experience designing commercial power supplies. Although his formal education was in physics, he learned the hard way what it took to succeed in designing power supplies for companies like Siemens and National Semiconductor. His passion for power supplies and his empathy for the practicing or aspiring power conversion engineer is evident on every page.

* The most comprehensive study available of the theoretical and practical aspects of controlling and measuring Electromagnetic Interference in switching power supplies, including input filter instability considerations.
* Step-by-step and iterative approach for calculating high-frequency losses in forward converter transformers, including Proximity losses based on Dowell's equations.
* Thorough, yet uniquely simple design flow-chart for building DC-DC converters and their magnetic components under typical wide-input supply conditions
* Step-by-step, solved examples for stabilizing control loops of all three major topologies, using either transconductance or conventional operational amplifiers, and either current-mode or voltage-mode control.


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Sanjaya does a monthly column for me, and I am a jump-up-and-cheer! fan of his work. He is one of those few engineers who can give you the intensive math-based theory of power supply design and component selection, practical tips and techniques based years of hands on experience in many countries around the world (even what brand of solder to use), and entertaining anecdotes and personal observations -- all in the same readable, well-illustrated package.
Stephan Ohr, Planet Analog

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An accessible, direct way to understanding the basics of Switching Power Supplies!

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Newnes (July 6, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0750679700
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750679701
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #480,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Sanjaya is currently Technical Director (PoE) in a well-known ~$8 billion fabless semiconductor company in San Jose, California. Sanjaya has held lead engineering and managerial positions in some very well-known companies across India, Singapore, Germany and the US, including Siemens AG and Freescale Semiconductor for example. He left National Semiconductor in late-2005 after over 5 years there and innumerable App Notes, datasheets and webinars later. He was their only Guest Columnist ever, besides the late Bob Pease.

Sanjaya is the author of three well-known books on Switching Power Conversion. More are to come out shortly. He holds three US patents, one of them being the unique Floating Buck topology. He lives in Fremont, California with his ever-supportive wife Disha and his daughter Aartika. They have two small, white Maltese-poodle dogs. In his spare time Sanjaya admits listening to some really weird music.

 

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sanjaya Maniktala switching power supplies, June 19, 2007
This review is from: Switching Power Supplies A to Z (Hardcover)

Dear Reader

If you are Power Engineer/ IC Engineer / Applications Engineer entrying the field of Power Electronics, or someone who wants needs to re-educate in the field of power electronics I strongly urge you to keep a copy of this text on your desk.

The author has spent many years gathering precious gems which only exist in the realms of universities or so called experts not willing to share the pitfalls of power design. He and has written the material that anyone who wants a good grasp of power electronics will easily gain.

His chapter on stability is definitely worth its weight in gold. Such topics from the various classic textbooks either suffer the formulae syndrome, or basically the cookbook either leaving the reader, confused or tell me more syndrome. He even explains how the Laplace transform is used without having to go into lengthy math analyis, wow. It took me years to learn this.

This book is written in a straight forward manner you have to go through it chapter by chapter to gain the reap the full benefits.

I wish I had this book many years ago, I could have avoided a lot painful hours of debugging power circuitry.



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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Best book yet, February 8, 2008
This review is from: Switching Power Supplies A to Z (Hardcover)
I have a lot of switching power supply books but this one is by far the best. The author talks to you like a real person not like a computational robot. He speaks as if he really wants you to learn about switching power supplies not just to show you how much he knows. You can tell that he is very fond of this subject and he wants to share it with you. There are plenty of examples and a FAQ section; yes the math is there as well. You can clear you shelves of all the other books because this is the only one you will need.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this one first!, January 28, 2009
This review is from: Switching Power Supplies A to Z (Hardcover)
I own many different books on the topic of power electronics and switching power supplies. Maniktala's "Switching Power Supplies A to Z" ranks at the top of the list for it's accessible style, relevance of information, and timeliness (published in 2006). Maniktala is clearly an experienced engineer with much insight on this subject, and many personal anecdotes to share along the way. His presentation is easily understood by the reader who doesn't have an engineering degree, yet it is also extremely thorough and technically superior. An engineer with years of experience will no doubt find some new information or a new angle of approach to a design parameter. I originally bought this book because of its seven (yes, SEVEN) chapters devoted to EMI -- something which is lacking in almost every other book available on the subject. It also contains two chapters on inductors and magnetics, and a very thorough one on feedback compensation -- two of the most difficult concepts to get a real grasp on. Buy this book before you even look at the others, and you will have a much better foundation from which to build on.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
current ripple ratio, inductor design procedure, voltseconds law, gate charge factors, integrated switchers, current limit threshold, diode current must, input voltage end, frequency foldback, switching power conversion, driver dissipation, buck topology, inductor current must, average inductor, inductor current waveform, crossover loss, voltage mode control, current mode control, freewheeling path, forward converter transformer, switching power supply design, inductor current ramp, switch dissipation, selected inductor, inductor equation
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United States, Vsat Vgs, Minimum Inductor Rating
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