DC power supplies : power management and surge protection for power electronic systems /: power management and surge protection for power electronic systems. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Direct current power supplies
• Further Information: Note: Nihal Kularatna.
• Other Names: Kularatna, Nihal
• Contents: Review of Fundamentals Related to DC Power Supply Design and Linear Regulators; Introduction; Simple Unregulated DC Power Supply and Estimating the Essential Component Values; Linear Regulators; Low-Dropout Regulators; Switching Power Supply Topologies and Design Fundamentals; Introduction; Why Switch Modes: An Overall Approach; Basic Switch-Mode Power Supply Topologies; Applications and Industry-Favorite Configurations; A Few Design Examples and Guidelines; Power Semiconductors; Introduction; Power Diodes and Thyristors; Gate Turn-Off Thyristors; Bipolar Power Transistors; Power MOSFETs; Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT); MOS-Controlled Thyristor (MCT); Resonant Converters and Wireless Power Supplies; Introduction; Fundamentals of Resonant Converters; Resonant DC-DC Converters; Load Resonant Converters for Contactless Power Supplies; Control Loop Design of DC-to-DC Converters; Introduction; Feedback Control and Frequency Response; Poles, Zeros, and S-Domain; Stability Using Bode Plots; Linear Regulators’ Feedback and Loop Stability Stability Feedback Loop and Stability of Switch-Mode Power Supplies Digital Control Control Modes of Switch-Mode Converters Power Management; Introduction; Design Approaches and Specifications; Specifying DC Power Supply Requirements; Loading Considerations; Powering High-Power Processors and ASICs; Off-the-Line Switching Power Supplies; Introduction; Building Blocks of a Typical Off-the-Line Switching Power Supply; Rectifier Section; Popular Transformer-Isolated Configurations for Off-the-Line Power Supplies and Industry Approaches; Magnetic Components; Output Blocks; Efficiency Improvements and Synchronous Rectification; EMI Reduction; Power Supply Protection; Age-Related Aspects; Testing of Power Supplies; Rechargeable Batteries and Their Management; Introduction; Battery Terminology; Battery Technologies: An Overview; Lead-Acid Batteries; Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) Batteries; Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries; Lithium-Based Rechargeable Batteries; Reusable Alkaline Batteries; Zn-Air Batteries; Battery Management; Battery Communication and Related Standards; Battery Safety; Future; Protection of Systems from Surges and Transients; Introduction; Types of Disturbances and Power Quality Issues; Principles of Surge Protection Techniques; Surge Protection Standards and Practices; Practical Design Considerations;
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)), illustrations
• Subjects: 621.381/044; Electric circuits -- Direct current; Power electronics; Electric circuits -- Direct current; Power electronics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780415802482; 0415802482; 1280121300; 9781280121302; 0415802474; 9780415802475
• Related ISBNs: 9780415802475
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.