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• Energy Loss in Charging a Capacitor 
• Energy Loss in Charging a Capacitor - Abstracts 
  
  
• Input Filter Interaction 
• Input Filter Interaction - Timeline of Papers 
• Input Filter Interaction - Abstracts 
  
  
• Junction-Path Shorts 
  
  
• Latchup of Constant Power Load With Current Limited Source 
• Latchup of Constant Power Load With Current Limited Source - Timeline of Papers 
• Latchup of Constant Power Load With Current Limited Source - Abstracts 
  
  
• Low-Line Overstress of Constant Power Loads 
  
  
• Output Filter Design - Overshoot 
  
  
• Power MOSFET Thermal Runaway 
  
  
• Power Supply Entrainment
  
  
• Power Supply Instability 
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• Solar-Array Power System Battery Lockup 
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Design Aids 

• Power Supply Circuit Design Subelement Task Descriptions 
  • order long lead time parts 
  • schedule 
  • establish circuit requirements 
  • verify circuit concept 
  • verify circuit apportionment 
  • concept design review 
  • calculate component values 
  • stabilize feedback loop 
  • specify magnetics 
  • magnetic work authorization 
  • breadboard instructions 
  • breadboard fabrication 
  • point measurements 
  • regulation measurements (plots) 
  • stability measurements 
  • transfer function measurements 
  • spectrum measurements 
  • photo measurements 
  • failure modes 
  • thermal measurements 
  • environmental measurements 
  • physical measurements 
  • magnetic measurements 
  • forward biased secondary breakdown measurement 
  • reverse biased secondary breakdown measurement 
  • line, load, and reference transient measurement 
  • switching loss measurements 
  • snubber waveform measurements 
  • shoot-through measurements 
  • capacitor ac current measurements 
  • schematic capture 
  • nominal dc analysis 
  • sensitivity analysis 
  • power supply sequencing 
  • worst case analysis 
  • circuit failure simulation 
  • regulation analysis 
  • stability analysis 
  • middlebrook criteria 
  • transfer function analysis 
  • capacitor ac current 
  • spectrum analysis 
  • line and load transient analysis 
  • inrush current analysis 
  • hold up time analysis 
  • short circuit recovery analysis 
  • overshoot analysis 
  • thermal analysis 
  • physical calculations 
  • transient component stress analysis 
• Switching-Mode Power Supply Expert System 
  • List of Single-Inductor Two-State Converters 
  • What is the State 1 Voltage? 
  • What is the State 2 Voltage? (1) 
  • Buck Converter 
  • Bridge Converter 
  • Current-Fed-Bridge Converter 
  • Watkins-Johnson Converter 
  • Inverse-Watkins-Johnson Converter 
  • Not a single-inductor two-state converter 
  • What is the State 2 Voltage? (2) 
  • Boost Converter 
  • Buck-Boost Converter 
  • DC Gain Definitions 
• Papers about Power Supply Design Available on the Web 
• Papers of Rudy Severns
• Power Electronics Vendor Websites 
• Switching-Mode Power Supply Design Seminars 
• Switching-Mode Power Supply Websites 

Newsletters

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• Newsletter 013 - Power Supply Circuit Design Subelement Task Descriptions
• Newsletter 012 - Bang-bang Control
• Newsletter 011 - Power Supply Expert System
• Newsletter 010 - How do you design snubber circuits?
• Newsletter 009 - Is a minimum load necessary on a switching-mode power supply?
• Newsletter 008 - Can You Explain an Isolation Transformer?
• Newsletter 007 - Today's Power Supply Question
• Newsletter 006 - Welcome Sponsors
• Newsletter 005 - Wanted - SMPS Technology Sponsors
• Newsletter 004 - Underestimating Complexity of Power Supply Design
• Newsletter 003 - Buck Converter Turn-On Turn-Off in State-Plane
• Newsletter 002 - Buck Converter Turn-On
• Newsletter 001 - Tutorial Update

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