The Power Tips!

Series

#1, July 2008: "Picking the right operating frequency for your power supply",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/powersupplies/208802819
#2, August 2008: "Taming a noisy power supply",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/powersupplies/209902227
#3, September 2008: "Damping the input filter--Part 1",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/powersupplies/210500098
#4, October 2008: "Damping the input filter--Part 2",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/powersupplies/210604698
#5, November 2008: "Buck-boost design uses a buck controller",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/powersupplies/212000569
#6, December 2008: "Accurately Measuring Power Supply Ripple",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/powersupplies/212201535
#7, January 2009: "Efficiently driving LEDs offline",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/powersupplies/212701082
#8, January 2009: "Reduce EMI by varying power supply frequency",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/213001205
#9, March 2009: "Estimating Surface Mounted Semiconductor Temperature Rise",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/215900531
#10, April 2009: "Simply Estimate Load Transient Response",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/216500143
#11, May 2009: "Resolve Power Supply Circuit Losses",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/217300383
#12, July 2009: "Maximize Power Supply Efficiency",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/218400578
#13, July 2009: "Don't get burned by inductor core losses",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/218500155
#14, July 2009: "SEPIC converter makes an efficient bias supply",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/218900164
#15, September 2009: "Design a low-cost, high-performance LED driver",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/22000067
#16, September 2009: "Snubbing the forward converter",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/220601014
#17, November 2009: "Snubbing the flyback Converter",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/221600356
#18, December 2009: "Your regulators output-voltage accuracy may not be as bad as you
think",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/222000672
#19, January 2010: "Easily create multiple negative output voltages",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/222300160
#20, February 2010: "Watch those unintended resonant responses",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/222601016
#21, March 2010: "Watch That Capacitor RMS Ripple Current Rating!",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/223100643
#22, April 2010: "Avoid These Common Error Amp Pitfalls",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/224201223
#23, May 2010: "Improve a power-supply's load-transient response--Part 1",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/224701069
#24, June 2010: "Convert parallel impedances to series impedances",
http://www.powermanagementdesignline.com/howto/225700619
#25, July 2010: "Improve a power supply's load transient response--Part 2",
http://new.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4201187/Power-Tip-25--Improve-a-
power-supply-s-load-transient-response-Part-2-
#26, August 2010: "Current distribution in high-frequency conductors",
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4205892/Power-Tip-26--Current-
distribution-in-high-frequency-conductors
#27, September 2010: "Paralleling power supplies using the droop method",
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4207264/Paralleling-power-supplies-
using-the-droop-method
#28, October 2010: "Power Tip 28: Estimating transient temperature rise in a hot-swap MOSFET
Part 1",
http://new.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4209803/Power-Tip-28--Estimating-
transient-temperature-rise-in-a-hot-swap-MOSFET-Part-1?Ecosystem=power-management-design
#29, November 2010: "Power Tip 29: Estimating transient temperature rise in a hot-swap MOSFET
Part 2 ",
http://new.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4210499/Power-Tip-29--
Estimating-transient-temperature-rise-in-a-hot-swap-MOSFET-Part-2-?Ecosystem=power-
management-design
#30, December 2010: "Power Tip 30: Low-voltage buck IC makes simple, inexpensive bias supply,"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4211248/Power-Tip-30--Low-
voltage-buck-IC-makes-simple--inexpensive-bias-supply-
#31, January 2011: "Pick the right resistance ratio of synchronous buck MOSFETs"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4212607/Power-Tip-31--
Pick-the-right-resistance-ratio-of-synchronous-buck-MOSFETs-
#32, February 2011: "Beware of circulating currents in a SEPIC coupled-inductorPart 1"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4213272/Power-Tip-32--Beware-of-
circulating-currents-in-a-SEPIC-coupled-inductor-Part-1
#33, March 2011: "Beware of circulating currents in a SEPIC coupled-inductorPart 2"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4213914/Power-Tip-33--Beware-of-
circulating-currents-in-a-SEPIC-coupled-inductor---Part-2
#34, April 2011: "Design a simple, isolated bias supply"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4214687/Power-Tip-34--Design-a-
simple--isolated-bias-supply-?Ecosystem=power-management-design
#35, May 2011: "Minimize transformer interwinding capacitance effects"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4215828/Power-Tip-35--Minimize-
transformer-interwinding-capacitance-effects-?Ecosystem=power-management-design
 #36, June 2011: "Higher-voltage LEDs improve light bulb efficiency"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4217040/Power-Tip-36--Higher-
voltage-LEDs-improve-light-bulb-efficiency
#37, July 2011: "Trade line range for input-capacitor ripple current"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4217792/Power-Tip-37--Trade-AC-
line-range-for-input-capacitor-ripple-current-
#38, August 2011: "Simple latch circuit protects power supplies"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4218752/Power-Tip-38--Simple-
latch-circuit-protects-power-supplies-
#39, September 2011: "You get more than just better efficiency by going synchronous"
http://eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4227394/Power-Tip-39--You-get-more-
than-just-better-efficiency-by-going-synchronous-
#40, October 2011: "Common-mode currents and EMI in non-isolated power supplies"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4229769/Power-Tip-40--Common-
mode-currents-and-EMI-in-non-isolated-power-supplies-
#41, November 2011: "Powering DDR memory"
http://eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4230562/Power-Tip-41--Powering-DDR-
memory-
#42 (Part 1): Discrete devicesa good alternative to integrated MOSFET drivers
http://eetimes.com/design/power-management-design/4231249/Power-Tip-42--Part-1--Discrete-
devices-a-good-alternative-to-integrated-MOSFET-drivers-
#43: Discrete devicesa good alternative to integrated MOSFET drivers (Part 2)

(http://www.eetimes.com/ContentEETimes/Documents/Schweber/PowerTipSerieslist.pdf )

(http://i.cmpnet.com/powermanagementdesignline/2010/02/PowerTipSerieslist.pdf)