Switchmode Power Supply Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) [Hardcover]

Keith Billings (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070067198 | ISBN-13: 978-0070067196 | Publication Date: February 28, 1999 | Edition: 2

Unarguably the leading hands-on guide in this rapidly expanding area of electronics, Keith Billings' new revision of his Switchmode Power Supply Handbook brings state-of-the-art techniques and developments to engineers at all levels. Offering sound working knowledge of the latest in topologies and clear, step-by-step approaches to component decisions, this Handbook gives power supply designers practical, solutions-oriented design guidance free of unnecessarily complicated mathematical derivations and theory. This thoroughly updated Handbook features many new fully worked examples, as well as numerous nomograms--everything you need to design today's smaller, faster, and cooler systems. Turn to just about any page, and you'll find cutting-edge design expertise on electronic ballast, power factor correction, new thermal management techniques, transformers, chokes, input filters, EMI control, converters, snubber circuits, auxiliary systems, and much more. The most comprehensive book on power supply design available anywhere, Switchmode Power Supply Handbook is the industry standard, now fully updated for the 21st century.

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From the Back Cover

The bestselling reference--packed with essential new material! The leading hands-on guide in this rapidly expanding area of electronics, Keith Billing's revision of the Switchmode Power Supply Handbook brings additional state-of-the-art techniques and developments to engineers at all levels. Offering sound working knowledge of the latest in topologies and clear, step-by-step approaches to component decisions, this handbook gives power supply designers practical, solutions-oriented design guidance, free of unnecessarily complicated mathematical derivations and theory. The Handbook features many new fully worked examples, as well as numerous nomograms--everything you need to design today's smaller, faster, and cooler systems. Turn to the new Part 4, and you'll find cutting-edge design expertise on: electronic ballast; power factor correction. In addition, the previously updated parts 1-3 still provide fully applicable sections on: thermal management techniques; transformers, chokes, input filters, EMI control, converters, snubber circuits, auxiliary systems, and much more.

About the Author

Keith Billings is president of his own company, D.K.B. Power, Inc., a power electronics consulting firm in Ontario, Canada. He has more than 35 years experience in power supply design, including nine years with the British Ministry of Technology designing test equipment for satellites.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 450 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2 edition (February 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070067198
• ISBN-13: 978-0070067196
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,252,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What an adventure!, December 12, 2002

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Mark Grindell "Mark Grindell" (Shipley,West Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Switchmode Power Supply Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) (Hardcover)

I did the right thing - I ordered this AND the venerable Abrahamson book.

Up until that time I had only discerned the subject in hints and veiled inter departmental discussions - and it was the start of a wonderful two months period in which so much was revealed - I have rarely enjoyed a book so much! Now look, I don't work for Mr Amazon.com, but I would urge you to get both. This book (the one by Keith Billings) has lots of detail which the Abrahamson book skips a wee bit. They dovetail together beautifully - and the Abrahamson book includes a bit more breadth on the possible topologies. One of my favorite chapters in THIS book is the excellent exposition on biploar and FET drive circuits. Its made very clear - this man is a BORN teacher...

This book even tells you how to select fuses, filter capacitors (the point being that the values you chose last month might well be right, but after this text you will know with far greater confidence, as it were)

I must say that the one thing that both books are a little light on is the subject of CUK convertors, which I will have to get wisdom on from elsewhere I guess. The other thing that NEITHER books mention, which in fact is hard to find, is the design of planar transformers. This is a complex area involving quite a lot of maths, so I've been told. You can find some material in IEEE transactions on power electronics, and similar journals, but you may have to hunt a bit. Philips / Ferroxcube are good for this, too.

The Abrahamson book covers current fed convertors. This includes a section on flyback current fed convertors - in which I think he forgot to elaborate on the case where the input transformer returns to the input, rather than the output, which appears to reduce input ripple and improves the power factor. But this case is handled quite well in the references given at the end of the chapter, so no matter. Its a very exciting chapter - but the Billings book doesn't cover them at all, which is a pity, since there's quite a lot of utility for these very stable topologies, involving quite light voltage and current strain on the switching transistors.

I wish the books could go on even further, but all I can be is grateful...

I must say also that the safety aspect of design is covered well in both books, both European and American.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for its purpose, June 1, 2006

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C. Stahl "B Sci. EE" (Southern IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Switchmode Power Supply Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) (Hardcover)

I recently purchased both this book, and Switching Power Supply Design by Abraham I. Pressman. I had cursory knowledge of SMPS from datasheets and appnotes from National Semiconductors and IRF.

Overall, i like the other book better. The chapter layouts speak to the intended purpose of the books. In this book, the progression is from the start of an off-line power supply to then end. instead of starting with what the switching power supply is, and such, this book starts with input circuitry and startup methods. some suitable off-line topolgies are detailed. It is only later in the book that the basic switching power supplies, like the buck converter are detailed. It makes sense -- these supplies are billed for regulation in the book.

I found some of this book annoying. for instance, the author often refers to bifilar windings. there is no glossary entry for this. the index refers to multiple pages where "bifilar" is mentioned, but it is never defined. Similarly, "flyback" is not defined.

if you want to learn power supplies, i reccomend the book by Abraham I. Pressman over this one.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Theory is well explained. Very practical., January 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Switchmode Power Supply Handbook (Hardcover)

This book is a must for any switch mode power supply designer. The book covers all the popular power converter topologies being used today. There are chapters on peripheral circuits to the main power stage which are rarely seen in other power supply books.The book includes many practical examples that makes the theory easier to understand.