A. I. Pressman?s Book, ?switching Power Supply Design.
Using this book as a guide, Pressman promises, even a novice can immediately design a complete switching power supply circuit. No other book has such complete instruction in one volume. Using a tutorial, how-to approach, Pressman covers every aspect of this new technology, including circuit and transformer design, using higher switching. Second Edition. More Recent Applications for Switching Power Supply Techniques. After Pressman There is a common misconception that the actual ef- ficiency of the power. Switching Power Supply Design, 3rd Ed., 3rd Edition by Abraham Pressman and Keith Billings and Taylor Morey Preview the textbook.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPressman, Abraham I.Switching power supply design / Abraham I. Pressman.-2nd ed.p.
Cm.Includes index.ISBN 0-07-052236-71. Switching power supplies. Electronic apparatus andappliances-Power supply. Microelectronics-Power supply.4.
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Product DescriptionUsing this book as a guide, Pressman promises, even a novice can immediately design a complete switching power supply circuit. No other book has such complete instruction in one volume. Using a tutorial, how-to approach, Pressman covers every aspect of this new technology, including circuit and transformer design, using higher switching frequencies, new topologies, and integrated PWM chips. For this latest edition, Pressman has added in-depth discussion of power factor correction, high-frequency ballasts for fluorescent lamps, and low-input voltage power supplies for laptop computers.
After reviewing this text, I found that it contains a wealth of information on various types of DC-DC converters including boost, buck, flyback, forward, and other topologies. The book gives a good treatment of the theory of operation along with describing equations and also practical information for less experienced engineers or technicians.
It also contains a good treatment on control for SMPS's including the details of how Pulse Width Modulation feedback control works. I highly recommend this text for the practicing electronics or electrical engineer. The book is very thorough and it should be in your collection if you are involved in the design and/or analysis of switched supplies, associated circuitry, and power magnetics. If you're an avid electronics enthusiast, you've more than likely had to build some power supplies. The days of building simple linear supplies are over. If you need various voltages that are carefully controlled and/or just want to build efficient supplies, you need to build a switchmode power supply. This handbook will take you through the major topologies, explaining them all in detail, along with the necessary math to choose the proper components, and the theory of how it's done - and how to choose the proper topology in the first place.
The book is well-written and stuffed full of very useful information. Power Factor Correction is also covered, with examples, chips, and theory to build PFC circuits, along with transformer design and theory as well. This book is a great book to buy with 'Switchmode Power Supply Handbook', by Keith Billings.
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Keith's book presents additional information and transformer design mock-ups, along with additional ways to calculate and pick components. Used together, you have the information you need to build a working switching supply with a minimum of hassle. Of course, this assumes that you're already famaliar with electronics and magnetism, and have a good working knowledge of algebra and basic trig.
Doug Dorst
These books are not meant for beginners by any means. I am one happy customer to have found such a good reference for an art that seems to only be known by a few anymore, and other reference materials do not even begin to go into the depth that this book does.The only shortcoming is that Pulse Width Modulation power supply chips are not covered much, but this book cannot be expected to keep up with the latest PWM chips used in switchmode supplies. This problem is easily resolved by going to National Semiconductor's website and getting current datasheets on PWM chips for standalone, voltage-controlled or current-mode designs, of which they have many. Motorola also has reference materials available on PWM offerings that they carry.
Pressman's book is one of those good reference books that belongs on every designer's shelf. It contains a broad sweep of the subject, and is very useful when doing a topography trade study. But the best is at the ends of the chapters, where Pressman has referenced his sources. One can then investigate the more detailed source material.The limitation of Pressman's book is the lack of depth in the subject. That means this is not the only book you'll need.
You will also have to get those references, because the information in this book is really only excerpts from the thirty years of developments summarized here. But that limitation is really Pressman's charter- a summary of the art and science of switching power supply design. Although a good primer on the basic switching topologies, with an excellent chapter on inductor and transformer design, I couldn't help but feel that this book is more than a little outdated (which it is, at nine years old).
There was no mention of synchronous or polyphase switchers, inductorless converters, charge pumps, high-frequency designs.and the section on MOSFETs left out what I feel was a great deal of information about paralleling and load sharing. Many of Linear Technology's app notes go above and beyond the material presented in this book.and they're free. I recently graduated from Virginia Tech (undergrad), and I had only two classes that focused on power supply design/analysis. As an extension to what I learned in those classes (basics about buck/boost/flyback design and fabrication), this book is fantastic.The book assumes you have a basic knowledge of EE principles, but nearly everything is explained in great detail. Topologies are examined one by one, and the author includes ALL of the derivations that lead to his design equations, which leaves very little room for misunderstanding. Each section contains pros/cons to using that particular topology, how to remedy common problems, and even talks a little about component selection (although since this book is years old, there are probably better components out there).I haven't spent much time looking at the magnetics design section; however, it seems as though it would be useful. The chapter on loop compensation is excellent as well, offering a complete refresher of control theory and the design/analysis/use of Type 2 and 3 controllers.
S. Book Jj Abrams
As I said before, the author assumes you're starting with very minimal knowledge of power supplies, so every equation and assumption is clearly justified in writing.All in all, I would definitely recommend this text to anyone who is interested in power supply design or has to gain a quick understanding of something in the workplace since it not only includes the 'quick and easy' design equations but also how to get there if you really care to know.