Simplified Design of Micropower and Battery Circuits

Simplified Design of Micropower and Battery Circuits

by John Lenk
Released December 1995
Publisher(s): Newnes
ISBN: 9780080517179

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Book description

Simplified Design of Micropower and Battery Circuits provides a simplified, step-by-step approach to micropower and supply cell circuit design. No previous experience in design is required to use the techniques described, thus making the book well suited for the beginner, student, or experimenter as well as the design professional.

Simplified Design of Micropower and Battery Circuits concentrates on the use of commercial micropower ICs by discussing selections of external components that modify the IC-package characteristics. The basic approach is to start design problems with approximations for trial-value components in experimental circuits, then to vary the component values until the desired results are produced. Although theory and mathematics are kept to a minimum, operation of all circuits is described in full.

EDITOR'S CHOICE - Electronics (The Maplin Magazine), May 1996 John D. Lenk has been a technical author specializing in practical electronic design and troubleshooting guides for more than 40 years. An established writer of international best-sellers in the field of electronics, Mr. Lenk is the author of more than 80 books on electronics, which together have sold well over two million copies in nine languages.

  • Uses commercially available micropower ICs
  • No design experience required
  • Minimal theory and mathematics; full circuit operation described

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. The EDN Series for Design Engineers
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction to Micropower/Battery Design
    1. 1.1 Basic Approaches to Low-Power Circuit Design
    2. 1.2 Micropower/Battery Design Checklist
    3. 1.3 Notebook-Computer Power Conditioning
    4. 1.4 Palmtop-Computer Power Conditioning
    5. 1.5 High-Side Switches and Drivers
    6. 1.6 3-V and 3.3-V Systems
    7. 1.7 Replacing NiCads with Alkalines
    8. 1.8 Low-Dropout Linear Regulators
    9. 1.9 Replacing 9-V Batteries with Two AA Cells
    10. 1.10 Main Power Supplies for Low-Voltage Batteries
    11. 1.11 Four-Cell to 5-V Output
    12. 1.12 Main Power Supplies for High-Voltage Batteries
    13. 1.13 −5-V Power Sources
    14. 1.14 +12-V Power Sources
    15. 1.15 Surface-Mount Component Suppliers
  10. Chapter 2: Battery Basics
    1. 2.1 Dry Cells
    2. 2.2 Mercury Cells
    3. 2.3 Silver-Oxide Cells
    4. 2.4 Lithium Manganese Dioxide (LiMnO2)
    5. 2.5 Lithium Sulfur Dioxide (LiSO2)
    6. 2.6 Lithium Thionyl-chloride (LiSOCl2)
    7. 2.7 Lithium Poly-carbonmonofluoride (LiCFn)
    8. 2.8 Nickel–Cadmium and Nickel-Metal Hydride
    9. 2.9 Lead-Acid Batteries
    10. 2.10 Using Available Batteries
    11. 2.11 AA-Cell and 9-V Battery Characteristics
    12. 2.12 The Linear Step-Down Approach
    13. 2.13 The Switching Step-Down Approach
    14. 2.14 The Step-Up Switching Approach
  11. Chapter 3: Battery Chargers
    1. 3.1 Fast-Charge Controllers
    2. 3.2 Constant-Current Battery Charger
    3. 3.3 Dual-Rate Battery Charger
    4. 3.4 Programmable Battery Charger
    5. 3.5 Four-Cell NiCad Regulator/Charger
    6. 3.6 Thermally Based NiCad Charger
    7. 3.7 Lead-Acid Battery Charger
    8. 3.8 Sub-Notebook-Computer Power Controller
  12. Chapter 4: Single-Cell Circuits
    1. 4.1 Single-Cell Design Limitations
    2. 4.2 Selecting the Single-Cell Battery
    3. 4.3 Single-Cell Step-Up Converters
    4. 4.4 Single-Cell Step-Up Switching Regulator
    5. 4.5 Low-Voltage Input, Step-Up DC/DC Converters
    6. 4.6 Single-Cell Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator
    7. 4.7 Single-Cell Laser-Diode Driver
    8. 4.8 Single-Cell Radiation Detector
    9. 4.9 Single-Cell Pulse Generator (350-ps rise time)
    10. 4.10 Single-Cell 1.5-V-to-5-V Converter (200 mA)
    11. 4.11 Single-Cell 1.5-V-to-5-V Converter (150 mA)
  13. Chapter 5: Multicell Circuits
    1. 5.1 Micropower DC/DC Converters
    2. 5.2 Voltage Converter (Charge Pump)
    3. 5.3 High-Efficiency Regulators for Notebook/Laptop Computers
    4. 5.4 Regulators for Palmtop Computers
    5. 5.5 High-Side Switch Drivers
    6. 5.6 5-V-to-3.3-V and 3.3-V-to-5-V Supplies
    7. 5.7 Alkaline-Battery Switching Regulator
    8. 5.8 Ultralow-Dropout Regulator
    9. 5.9 Replacing a 9-V Battery with Two AA Cells
    10. 5.10 Low-Voltage Battery Supplies
    11. 5.11 5-V Supplies with Four Cells
    12. 5.12 High-Voltage Battery Supplies
    13. 5.13 −5-V Power Supplies
    14. 5.14 12-V Power Supplies
    15. 5.15 Miscellaneous Circuits
  14. Appendix: For Further Information
  15. Index

Product information

  • Title: Simplified Design of Micropower and Battery Circuits
  • Author(s): John Lenk
  • Release date: December 1995
  • Publisher(s): Newnes
  • ISBN: 9780080517179