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

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 ...
Electronic Design

Mind The Gap And Improve Your Low-Power Flyback Transformer Design

The low-power (milliwatt) flyback transformer used in a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) needs to be designed with a gap in the magnetic path for maximum power delivery over temperature. Transformers ...