EDN

Current-sense transformer circuit design for average current-mode control

Average current-mode control (CMC) requires that the total waveform of the current be reconstructed for the control loop. This article presents the steps required to select the transformer and how to ...
Electronic Design

A Better Transformer Equivalent Circuit

Download this article in PDF format. If you search the internet for “transformer equivalent circuits,” you’ll get five pages of over 100 small circuit diagrams. Figures 1 and 2 show two typical ...
Electronics Weekly

Tools for transformer designers

For designers of power transformers, Cobham Technical Services has released 3D Transformers Environment (TE3D). Part of the firm’s Vector Fields Software “it provides a graphical user interface for ...
Electronic Design

Performing In-Circuit Inductor and Transformer Measurements in SMPS

In switched-mode power supplies (SMPS), magnetic components, namely inductors and transformers, play critical roles. Much of the SMPS design process relies on component specifications and simulation ...
EDN

DIY isolation transformer enhances Bode analysis with modern DSOs

Keysight, Teledyne LeCroy, Tektronix, Rohde & Schwarz (R&S), and others have offered built-in digital oscilloscope Bode analysis for some time, and this feature has trickled down to low-cost DSOs like ...