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Switching Power Supply Design, 3rd Ed. 3rd Edition

by Abraham I. Pressman (Author), Keith Billings (Author), Taylor Morey (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
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The World's #1 Guide to Power Supply Design Now Updated!

Recognized worldwide as the definitive guide to power supply design for over 25 years, Switching Power Supply Design has been updated to cover the latest innovations in technology, materials, and components. This Third Edition presents the basic principles of the most commonly used topologies, providing you with the essential information required to design cutting-edge power supplies. Using a tutorial, how-and-why approach, this expert resource is filled with design examples, equations, and charts. The Third Edition of Switching Power Supply Design features:

  • Designs for many of the most useful switching power supply topologies
  • The core principles required to solve day-to-day design problems
  • A strong focus on the essential basics of transformer and magnetics design
  • New to this edition: a full chapter on choke design and optimum drive conditions for modern fast IGBTs

Get Everything You Need to Design a Complete Switching Power Supply:

Fundamental Switching Regulators * Push-Pull and Forward Converter Topologies * Half- and Full-Bridge Converter Topologies * Flyback Converter Topologies * Current-Mode and Current-Fed Topologies * Miscellaneous Topologies * Transformer and Magnetics Design * High-Frequency Choke Design * Optimum Drive Conditions for Bipolar Power Transistors, MOSFETs, Power Transistors, and IGBTs * Drive Circuits for Magnetic Amplifiers * Postregulators * Turn-on, Turn-off Switching Losses and Low Loss Snubbers * Feedback-Loop Stabilization * Resonant Converter Waveforms * Power Factor and Power Factor Correction * High-Frequency Power Sources for Fluorescent Lamps, and Low-Input-Voltage Regulators for Laptop Computers and Portable Equipment

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  5. Publication date
    April 16, 2009
  6. Language
    English
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    6.4 x 1.94 x 9.3 inches
  8. Print length
    880 pages
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Abraham Pressman was a nationally known power supply consultant whose background ranged from army radar officer to four decades as an analog-digital design engineer. Keith Billings is a practicing engineer with more than 40 years’ experience in the design of switching power equipment. Taylor MoreyTaylor Morey, currently a professor of Electronics at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is co-author of an electronics devices textbook, and has taught courses at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo. He collaborates with Keith Billings as an independent power supply engineer and consultant, and previously worked in switchmode power supply development at Varian Canada in Georgetown, and Hammond Manufacturing and GFC Power in Guelph, where he first met Keith in 1988. During a 5-year sojourn to Mexico, he became fluent in Spanish and taught electronics engineering courses at the Universidad Católica de La Paz, and English as a second language at CIBNOR biological research institution of La Paz, where he also worked as an editor of graduate biology students’ articles for publication in refereed scientific journals. Earlier in his career he worked for IBM Canada on mainframe computers, and at Global TV’s studios in Toronto.

About the Author

Abraham Pressman was a nationally known power supply consultantwhose background ranged from army radar officer to four decades asan analog-digital design engineer.Keith Billings is a practicing engineer with morethan 40 years’ experience in the design of switching power equipment.Taylor MoreyTaylor Morey, currently a professor of Electronics at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is co-author of an electronics devices textbook, and has taught courses at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo. He collaborates with Keith Billings as an independent power supply engineer and consultant, and previously worked in switchmode power supply development at Varian Canada in Georgetown, and Hammond Manufacturing and GFC Power in Guelph, where he first met Keith in 1988. During a 5-year sojourn to Mexico, he became fluent in Spanish and taught electronics engineering courses at the Universidad Católica de La Paz, and English as a second language at CIBNOR biological research institution of La Paz, where he also worked as an editor of graduate biology students’ articles for publication in refereed scientific journals. Earlier in his career he worked for IBM Canada on mainframe computers, and at Global TV’s studios in Toronto.

Taylor Morey, currently a professor of Electronics at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is co-author of an electronics devices textbook, and has taught courses at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo. He collaborates with Keith Billings as an independent power supply engineer and consultant, and previously worked in switchmode power supply development at Varian Canada in Georgetown, and Hammond Manufacturing and GFC Power in Guelph, where he first met Keith in 1988. During a 5-year sojourn to Mexico, he became fluent in Spanish and taught electronics engineering courses at the Universidad Católica de La Paz, and English as a second language at CIBNOR biological research institution of La Paz, where he also worked as an editor of graduate biology students’ articles for publication in refereed scientific journals. Earlier in his career he worked for IBM Canada on mainframe computers, and at Global TV’s studios in Toronto.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 3rd edition (April 16, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 880 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071482725
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071482721
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.85 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.94 x 9.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 71 ratings

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Customers find the book very useful and practical for power supply design engineers. They appreciate the well-explained, thorough, and exhaustive presentation of the subject matter. Readers also mention the logical flow of the subjects discussed. Additionally, they say it's a great design resource and has great guidelines for other designs.

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Customers find the book very useful for power supply design engineers. They say it's an excellent book for fundamentals and intro on switched mode power supply design. Readers also mention it expands on the already great wealth of information for power supply designers.

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"...By far my favorite engineering book, most useful alongside ART OF ELECTRONICS and RADIOTRON DESIGNERS HANDBOOK (3rd and 4th ed.)..." Read more

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Customers find the book well-explained, thorough, and exhaustive. They say it's very instructive and useful for their careers. Readers appreciate the logical flow of the subjects discussed and the step-by-step design procedures.

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Customers find the design guide a good reference and resource for power supply design. They say it has great guide lines for other designs and is an excellent book for SMPS designers and students.

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Badie Alguwaisem
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Design Resource
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2010
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I just got into the field of switching power supplies recently and I was looking for a good book. I've read some books out there which had maybe the same information in this one, but it was very clear for me that this is "The One".

What I like most about this book is the logical flow of the subjects discussed. When he explains one topology for instance, he really goes from A to Z and explains how every part is working, why it's working this way, what problems this might cause, how to resolve them, etc. He even shows you all his formula derivations so you won't miss anything.

On top of that, he gave each sub-system (I would call it) of the switching power supply its own chapter, like Transistors and control circuits. In most of the text I've read, these sub-systems are mentioned only during explaining a topology.

The best of all, he discussed switching power supplies in terms of control theory, where analysis becomes much easier showing you the advantages or disadvantages of a topology from the poles and zeros of there response.

I have other books I want to read in this subject, but I can't imagine any book that would compete with this one.

NOTE: He kept referring to equation 1.17 which was the wrong reference, but I guess that's redundant.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to digest treatment of power supplies
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2011
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My EE training in college was focused around signal processing and analog circuit design. I never had a class on switching power supplies, so this is a new area for me. That said, this book has been worth its weight in gold for the project that I find myself on currently.

This book gives a wonderful medium to high level treatment on the subject, from design of the transformer to design of the circuit, often going so far as to give steps for designing a particular circuit. Though they need not necessarily be followed in order, they give an excellent check list of what needs doing. It is all about practicality, with a smattering of theory thrown in to fill out the picture.

Don't get this book if you are expecting to apply Maxwell's equations to transformers or get into deep theory. The author treats capacitor and inductor math simply but coherently.

This is one of those books that will get enough use to make it worthwhile and I'm proud to put it with my other technical books.
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Toxi Com
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2011
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I have hundreds of engineering books written across many decades. This one (purchased 2003, again in 2011) has by far, far the most number of margin notes and comments, in various different colors, not to fill any shortcomings but to expound on the text or fix a realization for later. This book thoroughly explains and teaches you the WHYs: WHY certain design decisions are made, WHY one is better than another for all kinds of specific cases, WHY one should do something one way versus myriad others. Ever wanted to 'pick the mind' of a power supply expert? No need to pick, since everything is spelled out proactively with detailed REASON. By far my favorite engineering book, most useful alongside ART OF ELECTRONICS and RADIOTRON DESIGNERS HANDBOOK (3rd and 4th ed.) and a great companion on airplane flights when I need something particular or just for general continued learning. Super super recommended. Keith Billings book also very good.
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Engner
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2013
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I've had this book for several years and find it to be very instructional and useful for my career. It's true the books is a little outdated, but it still holds its value.

Other two books that complement this piece very well are Fundamentals of Power Electronics by Erickson/Maksimovic and Switching Mode Power Supplies by Basso. I highly recommend these three books.
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Dan Hobson
5.0 out of 5 stars Dan Hobson, MSEE
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2010
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Bought this book to help build a SMPS for work. The book was very helpful. This book is an Engineer's Dream Come True when it comes to understanding and designing power supplies. Also bought Billings' "Switchmode Power Supply Handbook" as a companion to this one.

If you are in the business of building power supplies, or just want to understand more about power conversion, BUY THIS BOOK! It has sections on designing snubbers and also a good section on Power Factor Correction circuits.

One word of warning: when using the formulas keep in mind that they are for one particular topology. So you need to read and understand the text (plus an Engineering background is a must) so you can derive your own equations that fit your own particular circuit topology.
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Jake B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2022
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Great resource!

Tells you everything you need to know about switching power supply all topologys
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2.0 out of 5 stars Livro com defeito na impressão
Reviewed in Brazil on May 24, 2022
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5.0 out of 5 stars Un livre incontournable pour la pratique de l'électronique de puissance
Reviewed in France on January 29, 2023
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Ce livre est complémentaire de ceux plus théoriques comme le Ferrieux-Forest de l'ENS ou le Sadarnac Supelec. Il donne plus d'élément sur la réalisation pratique ayant été écrit par des ingénieurs des plus grands fabricants de composants et de développeurs électroniques pionniers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars スイッチング電源学習者に最適
Reviewed in Japan on February 28, 2020
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スイッチングレギュレータが広範囲に学べます。
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Graham T.
5.0 out of 5 stars SMPS design review.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2014
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An excellent tome, brilliant introduction to "switchers."

This is a good reference book and covers all variations of SMPS design, recommending which topology to use for each application.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ... cannot fault this book for anything it is that good. Anyone interested in power supply design would benefit ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2015
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I cannot fault this book for anything it is that good. Anyone interested in power supply design would benefit from reading this book.
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