Electronic Design

Scaling Design Methods To Improve Transformers

For the PDF version of this article, click here. The size, performance and cost of a power electronic system are closely linked to the like parameters of the magnetic components. Since custom power ...
Electronic Design

Designing Flyback Transformer for Discontinuous Mode

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Let's return to the question, “Why Have an Air Gap?” initially posed in the Power Design article in the December 2002 issue of Power Electronics ...
Nature

Transformers: a Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Design, and Uses of Transformers, Autotransformers, and Choking Coils

THIS very complete treatise on the alternate current or static transformer will no doubt be found of considerable value in the drawing- office of practical transformer builders, and also by teachers ...
EDN

Using a power transformer at a frequency it wasn’t designed for

Power-transformer designs minimize weight and cost based on three assumptions: (1) the power source is a sine wave, (2) the frequency is fixed, and (3) the voltage will not exceed a specified maximum.
EDN

Flyback Transformer Design

When developing TOPSwitch flyback power supplies, transformer design is usually the biggest stumbling block. Flyback transformers are not designed or used like normal transformers. Energy is stored in ...