FROM EDN EUROPE: EDN/Texas Instruments Power Seminar Series
By Staff -- EDN, April 14, 2005
Reflecting our commitment to power technologies, EDN Europe is pleased to support Texas Instruments' 2005 Power Supply Design Seminars that will tour Europe over the coming two months. The tour starts on April 4th in Warsaw and ends in Barcelona on May 26th, meantime taking in key cities in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. See the full list at www.ti.com/europe/power/, where you can also register. Space at each venue is limited, so register early to avoid missing out on one of the industry's key events.
Each seminar lasts a full day and spans eight topics that TI's presenters will cover using a mix of concepts, reviews of basic principles, and hands-on application examples. Presentation materials are included. The topics consist of:
Safety considerations in power supply design—an overview that provides an introduction to the issues and design solutions that safeguard power-supply users.
Sequencing power supplies in multiple voltage rail environments—supply-rail sequencing is now essential for logic and mixed-signal circuits that operate from different voltages.
A step-by-step approach to ac line-powered converters—uses an off-line, three-output, 150W forward converter to illustrate the design process for typical isolated converters.
Power supply layout considerations—how to keep parasitic components from degrading the operation of your designs.
Interleaving benefits for forward and flyback converters—a 200W forward converter example shows you how to use an interleaved topology to reduce the size and cost of filtering.
A practical introduction to digital power supply control—reviews the benefits, limitations, and performance of digital control for analogue power supply designers.
Compensating dc-dc converters with ceramic output capacitors—shows how to apply low-cost ceramic parts while retaining gain and phase margins in control loops.
New power supply components—ends the presentation.
