Demystifying Switching Power Supplies

This book is a crash course in the fundamental theory, concepts, and terminology of switching power supplies designed to quickly prepare engineers to make key decisions about power supplies for their projects and give a solid foundation for other books on power supply design. Intended for readers who need to quickly understand the key points of switching power supplies, this book covers the 20 per cent of the topic that engineers use 80 per cent of the time. Unlike existing switching power supply books that deal striclty with design issues, this book also recognizes the growing importance of off-the-shelf commericial switching power supplies and gives readers the background necessary to select the right commercial supply if they do not wish to design a custom supply. Proper selection and use of commercial switching power supplies is a topic ignored by other books. Unlike exhaustive treatments of switching power supply design, this book gives readers just in time essentials of power switching supplies.
Engineers whose main design responsibilities are in other areas will better understand the strengths and weaknesses of switching power supplies and whether such supplies are appropriate for their projects; they will be able to give more meaningful design requirements and specifications to those who do design switching power supplies. And readers who wish to learn more about switching power supply design, such as by reading Marty Brown’s book, will find this title to be the perfect prequel for more advanced titles. The market for this book is created by the growth in the number of engineers who specifiy or select switching power supplies but do not design them and the fact that other switching power supply books assume that the reader wants to actually design switching supplies.
There is a need for a book that lets readers rapidly acquire knowledge of switching power design theory, operating fundamentals, specifications, and terminology sufficient to allow them to decide whether a switching supply is the right choice to power their design and if a switching supply is appropriate then allow them to select the right commerical supply or effectively work with switching power supply dsigners (such as by giving them accurate and meaningful design requirements and specifications).