Transient Component Analysis

DESIGN PHASE:       analysis
SUB ELEMENT NAME:   transient component stress analysis
VARIABLE NAME:      [HEATCS]
DATE:               REVISION LETTER:    REVISION DATE:
APPLICABILITY:      switching mode circuits

ACTIVITY:  Determine transient stress in critical components
including forward and reverse biased secondary breakdown loci,
switching losses, snubber losses, shoot through, turn-on and 
turn-off power sequencing, and ac current through selected 
capacitors.  Assumes use of Spice program.

OUTPUT:  Plots of component stress for comparison to
specifications and measurement.

ALGORITHM:

[HEATCS] =
0.0+           set up time
0.0*           time per part
[PART COUNT]   number of parts

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