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An Intuitive Guide to Compensating Switching Power Supplies is a book published in 2024, entirely dedicated to stabilizing control systems like switching converters. This book differs from the previous ones as it introduces some part of the theory you should know as a minimum, and then goes to the many design examples I have illustrated with SIMPLIS. The cool thing is that all of the examples can be freely downloaded from this file and most of them will run on the demonstration version Elements. Once the package is installed, you are all set and can start simulating your project.

This practical manual introduces the basic concepts found in the literature but in a design-oriented way. For example, you will learn how phase margin and crossover frequency must be selected based on the expected transient response and not arbitrarily picked. The dynamic performance of the final product will depend on the compensator design and it is important to understand how organizing poles, zeroes and gain shapes the final behavior. As this compensator can be built around an operational amplifier, a TL431 or a transconductance amplifier with or without an optocoupler, I have dedicated sections to all of these components.

The icing on the cake lies in the automated calculation macros found in the SIMPLIS examples which let you try different compensation scenarios without separately recalculating components values.
You can see how consise the text remains, with a large part dedicated to the schematic diagram and the results. The colored graphics are easy and pleasant to read. The PDF version is in high resolution and is perfect for a computer screen in the lab!
As with the previous books, I will collect comments and findings from readers to gather them in the errata file.

You can read the very comprehensive review published by Dennis Feucht in How2Power.

The book is available from different channels but you can also buy the PDF direct from me for the same price as on the Stairway Press site. Just drop me a mail and I will send the protected PDF for 10 USD.

Stairway Press is the editor and they ship worldwide at a price better than Amazon. Also, the PDF is ready for download from their site, check it out!


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My colleague and friend Akif has been the first one in Türkiye to receive a dedicated copy of my last book on loop control. The picture was shot in Ankara, september 2024.
My friend Patrick in Taipei asked for a specific treatment of our common friends and colleagues in Taiwan who would be delighted to receive a copy of the book. I wrote a small dedicated text that Patrick glued in the second page of the book. Of course, he had to take pictures to celebrate the event!
The Mandarin version was released in 2025 by China Machine Press and is already a success with my Chinese readers. 太感谢了 ！