New Power Design Book from Dr Ray Ridley

Date: 11/15/2011
Categories: DC/DC Converters, Magnetics, Coils & Chokes, Motors & Motion Control, Power Supplies, Reference Design,
Voltage Regulator

Power Supply Design Volume 1: Control

With the challenges and pressures to
deliver on time and within spec first time;
a scenario that all designers now find
themselves in, it is imperative that a high
quality design reference is close at hand.
Dr Ray Ridley is an industry Guru and
has trained and advised new and
seasoned engineers on the increasingly
important issue of successful power
supply design. He runs highly successful
training seminars and has now put his
wide-ranging experience and expertise
into his new book. This new 170-page
hardcover book is in full color with nine
chapters of design ideas and
explanations, including the following:

Nine Topologies
Modeling Power Topologies
Voltage-Mode Compensation
Current-Mode Control Modeling
Current-Mode Compensation
Frequency Response
Measurements
System Issues
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Input Filter Interactions
Noise Issues

An excerpt from the introduction: This is a book about control of PWM converters. It is intended to guide the
reader through the confusing array of choices available in designing a modern switching power supply. This
book highlights the main control issues encountered in dc-dc converters. Use this book in conjunction with our
free analysis software that can be downloaded from Dr Ridley's' website. The software contains all the
equations for the three major families of converters, operating with both CCM and DCM, using either voltage-
mode or current-mode control. The harsh reality of power supply development is that they rarely behave in an
expected manner, or in the manner that simulators dictate. Therefore, you must build hardware, then test and
measure as quickly as possible to uncover problems. This book is intended to help you get there faster by
providing key information, and showing where the issues lie. For further information, visit:
WWW.RIDLEYENGINEERING.COM