Switching Power Supplies A to Z

The design of Switching Power Supplies has become one of the most crucial aspects of power electronics, particularly in the explosive market for portable devices. Switching Power Supplies is the conversion of electrical power from one voltage level to another more useable level, by a mechanism in which a switch (usually a semiconductor discrete device) turns ON and OFF at a very high frequency. This seemingly simple mechanism is actually one of the most complex and under-estimated processes in Power Electronics, which many non-experts find rather difficult to grasp. This book grows out of decades of the author’s experience designing commercial power supplies for companies like Siemens and National Semiconductor.