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Power Electronics
Second Edition
Errata: Eighth Printing
Replace "line-to-transfer functions" with "line-to-output transfer functions"
Replace "buck converter of Eq. (5.1)" with "buck converter of Fig. 5.1"
iL(t) is not formatted, should read iL(t)
transformer frequency is half the output ripple frequency.
Mid-frequency phase asymptote should be labeled +90 degrees
Change "two poles" to "two roots".
vref is missing a hat.
For the buck network, g1 = - 1/Re. The minus sign is missing.
"...by choice of the peak of the transistor current is(t)."
The symbols for flux and MMF are reversed.
Replace "The causes" with "This causes "
Replace "H(d)" with "H(h)".
Replace "The turns ratio n" with "The number of turns n"
The quantity "ij" should be capitalized.
The formulas for "Total rms winding currents, referred to winding 1" have ni in the denominator; these instead should read n1
Reverse direction of inequality, to read: "...having Kgfe ≥ 0.00295"
Reverse direction of inequality, to read: "...having Kgfe ≥ 0.00937"
change "is greater than" to "is less than".
The z input to the multiplier should be labeled VM/100
Change "Re" to "R0".
The subscript r was dropped from the capacitor. Replace "C" with "Cr".
At the bottom of the figure, the length of the X plus D2 Q2 interval is D-prime omega-0 Ts (D-prime rather than D)
Update 12/9/10 rwe