This course complements National’s recently completed Power Seminars by focusing on tips and tricks for power supply designers working with switch-mode controllers, isolated power supplies, Power over Ethernet and LED lighting.
The courses will be taught by industry experts, including Professor Nicola Femia from the University of Salerno/Italy; power management specialists from National Semiconductor, a leader in power management design; and Coilcraft, a worldwide leader in chip inductors and power magnetics.
The training sessions will cover techniques, topologies and tools, accompanied by practical application examples, to address power supply design challenges. Each one-day course consists of four training segments:
* Control Techniques for Switching Power Supplies
Practical step-by-step design optimization procedures for the control of various DC-DC converter topologies with particular emphasis on the exploration of feasible system design.
* Flyback Design
Flyback converter design featuring the LM5001 high-voltage switch-mode regulator and Power-over-Ethernet design examples with National’s LM5072 and LM5073 controllers.
* Optimizing Inductor Selection for Power Supplies
Selecting inductors for different topologies, with an emphasis on practical examples for buck and boost converters (up to 40v in, 3A out).
* Constant-Current Regulators
Overview of constant-current regulators with examples of hysteretic-mode, constant on-time and pulse-width modulation (PWM) converter topologies, often used for high-brightness LED drivers.
The registration fee for the full-day technical courses is 99,00 Euro and includes refreshments, lunch and seminar material (presentation handouts, application cookbook, CD-ROM). For detailed information and registration, see www.national.com/see/powercourses.
Seminar Dates and Locations:
September 17:Munich, Germany
September 18:Stuttgart, Germany
September 19:Zurich, Switzerland
September 20:Copenhagen, Denmark
September 24:Bracknell, UK
September 25:Manchester, UK
September 26:Paris, France
September 27:Vienna, Austria
October 1:Eindhoven, The Netherlands
October 2:Barcelona, Spain
October 3:Verona, Italy
October 4:Milan, Italy
October 9:Tel Aviv, Israel
October 11:Stockholm, Sweden
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