Design Tips

    March 2012
    In over 30 years of designing power supplies, I have written multiple computer programs to help design, simulate, and understand power supply operation. This has culminated in Release 9 of POWER 4-5-6, just announced
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    Date:
    03/06/2012
    Dr. Ridley shows how the intricate details of magnetics construction can have a major impact on the operation of a flyback converter. Flyback Transformer Primaries If you are designing a flyback converter, it is normally for a high-voltage input, and you do not need a lot
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    Date:
    03/02/2012
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