Snubber Waveform Measurements

DESIGN PHASE:       measurement
SUB ELEMENT NAME:   photo measurement -
                    snubber waveform measurement
VARIABLE NAME:      [HEMTSNUB]
DATE:               REVISION LETTER:    REVISION DATE:
APPLICABILITY:      switching mode circuits

ACTIVITY:  Measure (oscilloscope photographs) snubber waveforms
and measure snubber losses and effectiveness.

OUTPUT:  Labeled photographs in laboratory notebook and measured
(or calculated from measurements) value of snubber losses.

ALGORITHM:

[HEMTSNUB] =   engineer hours to measure snubber characteristics
[HTMTSNUB] =   technician hours to measure snubber characteristics
1.0*           hours per snubber
[NPWRXSTR]     number of power transistors

DISCUSSION:

Author: Jerrold Foutz, foutz@smpstech.com

Original: Foutz, J., Power Supply Circuit Development Estimating Aid - An Expert System Application, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference Record, New Orleans, February 1-5, 1988. Revised 25 February 2001