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Switch-Mode Power Supplies---SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs
The excerpt, from Chapter 3 of the book, provides extensive treatment of feedback/control loop design.

• Designing a stable DC/DC control loop

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• Managing device Li-ion battery power with MCU-controlled pulse width modulation

• Standby and uninterruptible power supply tutorial - Part 2

Learning Center

Most Recent Courses

• Competitive Programmable Logic Power Measurements
  Technology course  4 min.
• Electromagnetic Compatibility Design for Power Supplies
  Technology course  60 min.
• What Every Designer Should Know About MOSFETs (up to 200V)
  Technology course  60 min.
• Practical Control Design for Power Supplies
  Technology course  60 min.
• Choosing the Right Switches for SMPS, UPS, Welding, and Motor Drives
  Technology course  60 min.
• MOSFET Basics
  Technology course  55 min.
• Flyback Converters—Fairchild Power Switch
  Product course  45 min.

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Under the Hood

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Reference Designs

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Technical Paper Library

Latest Technical Papers

• Simultaneous Power-Down Sequencing with Linear Regulators
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• Discrete- and Integrated Control of Power Amplifiers in Base-Station Applications
• Competitive Programmable Logic Power Comparison
• The Many Flavors of Low-Power, Low-Cost FPGAs
• Low Dropout Regulator Can Be Directly Paralleled to Spread the Heat

Featured Technical Papers

• Simultaneous Power-Down Sequencing with Linear Regulators
  Texas Instruments
• An Introduction to Switch-Mode Power Supplies
  Maxim Integrated Products
• Low Dropout Regulator Can Be Directly Paralleled to Spread the Heat
  Linear Technology

Webinars

Latest Webinars

• Chip-Package Co-Design: Applying Chip Power Model in System Power Integrity Analysis
  Apache Design Solutions
• Portable Designs With High Power Batteries And Chargers
  Micro Power Electronics
• Interleaved Power Factor Correction Techniques: Design Solutions for Transition Mode and Continuous Conduction Mode Converters
  Texas Instruments
• Tips and Tricks to get More out of your SPICE Simulations
  Fairchild Semiconductor
• HyperTransport 3.0 - An In-Depth Technical View
  HyperTransport Technology Consortium
• Low Cost, Isolated Current Source for LED Strings
  Fairchild Semiconductor