Application Notes - Power Management

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Battery Management

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-9720	FAN5400	Power Path Implementation Tradeoffs, Featuring the FAN5400 Family of PWM Battery Chargers
AN-9721	FAN5400	Li-Ion Battery Charging Basics, Featuring the FAN5400 / FAN5420 Family of PWM Battery Chargers

back to top IGBTs

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-9742	aGeneral	Devices selection guide for Half-Bridge Welding Machine [IGBT & Diode]
AN-7010	aGeneral	Choosing Power Switching Devices for SMPS Designs
AN-7504	aGeneral	The IGBTs - A New High Conductance MOS-Gated Device
AN-7505	aGeneral	Improved IGBTs with Fast Switching Speed And High-Current Capability
AN-7511	aGeneral	Insulated-Gate Transistors Simplify AC-Motor Speed Control
AN-7512	aGeneral	Parallel Operation Of Insulated Gate Transistors
AN-7513	aGeneral	Parallel Operation Of Semiconductor Switches
AN-7520	aGeneral	Numerical Method for Evaluating IGBT Losses
AN-9006	aGeneral	IGBT Application Note for Camera Strobe
AN-9007	aGeneral	High Performance 1200V PT IGBT with Improved Short-Circuit Immunity
AN-9012	aGeneral	Induction Heating System Topology Review
AN-9016	aGeneral	IGBT Basics 1
AN-9017	aGeneral	Manufacturing Technology of a Small Capacity Inverter Using a Fairchild IGBT
AN-9020	aGeneral	IGBT Basic II

back to top MOSFET & IGBT Gate Drivers

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-6069	aGeneral	Application Review and Comparative Evaluation of Low-Side Gate Driver
AN-6069SC	aGeneral	AN-6069-Application Review and Comparative Evaluation of Low-Side Gate Driver
AN-6016	FAN7311	LCD Backlight Inverter Drive IC (FAN7311)
AN-6076	aGeneral	Design and Application Guide of Bootstrap Circuit for High-Voltage Gate-Drive IC
AN-6076SC	aGeneral	Design and Application Guide of Bootstrap Circuit for High-Voltage Gate-Drive IC (Chinese Translation)

back to top MOSFETs

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-0953	Packaging	Assembly Guidelines for MicroFET 2X2 Packaging
AN-7514	aGeneral	Single-Pulse Unclamped Inductive Switching: A Rating System
AN-7515	aGeneral	A Combined Single-Pulse and Repetitive UIS Rating System
AN-8039	FDDS100H06_F085	Using the FDDS100H06_F085 in Automotive Systems
AN-9057	Dual Power33	Assembly Guidelines for Asymmetric Dual Power33 Packaging
AN-9065	FRFET®	FRFET® in Synchronous Rectification
AN-9066	UniFET™	UniFET™ Optimized Switch for Discontinuous Current Mode Power Factor Correction
AN-9067SC	aGeneral	AN-9067 Analysis of MOSFET Failure Modes in LLC Resonant Converter (Chinese Translation)
AN-9068	SupreMOS®	Gate Resistor Design Guidelines for SupreMOS®
AN-9068SC	SupreMOS®	Gate Resistor Design Guidelines for SupreMOS® (Chinese Translation)
AN-9739	FDDS100H06_F085	Reverse Battery Protection of Smart Switches
AN-9054	Power Stage Package	Assembly Guidelines for Power Stage 3x4.5mm Packaging
AB-8	aGeneral	Selection of MOSFETs in Switch Mode DC-DC Converters
AN-558	aGeneral	Introduction to Power MOSFETs and their Applications
AN-6084	Suface Mount	Suface Mount Asssembly Guideline for WLCSP 1.0 x 1.5
AN-7004	aGeneral	Power Converter Topology and MOSFET Selection for 48-V Telecom Applications
AN-7016	aGeneral	The Road to 200 Ampere VRM
AN-7017	aGeneral	Reducing Power Losses in MOSFETs by Controlling Gate Parameters
AN-7018	aGeneral	Segmented Voltage Regulator Modules (VRM) as a Solution for CPU Core Voltage
AN-7019	aGeneral	Limiting Cross-Conduction Current in Synchronous Buck Converter Designs
AN-7500	aGeneral	Understanding Power MOSFETs
AN-7501	aGeneral	Switching Waveforms Of The L2FET: A 5 Volt Gate-Drive Power MOSFET
AN-7502	aGeneral	Power MOSFET Switching Waveforms: A New Insight
AN-7503	aGeneral	The Application Of Conductivity-Modulated Field-Effect Transistors
AN-7506	aGeneral	Spicing-Up Spice II Software For Power MOSFET Modeling
AN-7510	aGeneral	A New PSPICE Subcircuit for the Power MOSFET Featuring Global Temperature Options
AN-7517	aGeneral	Practical Aspects of Using PowerMOS Transistors to Drive Inductive Loads
AN-7532	aGeneral	A New PSPICE Electro-Thermal Subcircuit For Power MOSFETs
AN-7533	aGeneral	A Revised MOSFET Model With Dynamic Temperature Compensation
AN-7534	aGeneral	A New PSPICE Electro-Thermal Subcircuit For Power MOSFETs
AN-7536	aGeneral	FCS Fast Body Diode MOSFET for Phase-Shifted ZVS PWM Full Bridge DC/DC Converter
AN-9008	QFET®	The Use of QFET® in Flyback Converter
AN-9010	aGeneral	MOSFET Basics
AN-9013	QFET®	Reducing Switching Losses with QFET® in a Step-up Converter
AN-9014	QFET®	Fairchild QFET® for Synchronous Rectification DC to DC Converters
AN-9015	QFET®	A180W, 100KHz Forward Converter Using QFET®
AN-9034	aGeneral	Power MOSFET Avalanche Guideline
AN-9036	aGeneral	Guidelines for Using Fairchilds Power56
AN-9037	MLP	Assembly Guidelines for 8x8 MLP DriverMOS Packaging
AN-9040	aGeneral	Assembly Guidelines for Power33 Packaging
AN-9045	WL-CSP	WLCSP Assembly Guidelines
AN-9046	aGeneral	Assembly Guidelines for Dual Power56 Packaging
AN-9047	MLP	Assembly Guidelines for MicroFET-6 Packaging
AN-9048	MLP	Assembly Guidelines for Fairchilds 6x6 DriverMOS Packaging
AN-9049	SO-8	Assembly Guidelines for Fairchilds TinyBuck™ Packaging
AN-9050	FDMF6704	FDMF6704 Power Loss Calculation
AN-9056	Dual Cool™ MOSFETs	Using Fairchild Semiconductor Dual Cool™ MOSFETs
AN-9746	MicroFET™ 1.6x1.6mm	Assembly Guidelines for MicroFET™ 1.6x1.6mm Packaging
AN-9747	MicroFET™ 1.6x1.6mm	Assembly Guidelines for MicroFET™ 1.6x1.6mm Dual Packaging
AN-9055	MicroFET™	Assembly Guidelines for MicroFET™ 2x2 Dual Packaging
AN-9067	aGeneral	Analysis of MOSFET Failure Modes in LLC Resonant Converter
AN-9725	UniFET™ II	Robust Body Diode Characteristics of the Latest Power MOSFETs, UniFET™ II for Resonant Converters

back to top Motion Control

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-8201	BLDC/PMSM Controller	FCM8201 Three-Phase Sine-Wave BLDC Motor Controller
AN-9070SC	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini DIP SPM® Chinese Translation
AN-9071SC	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini DIP SPM® Thermal Performance Information (Chinese)
AN-7014	SPM®	Using Integrated Modules to Improve Efficiency, Reliability and Size of Home Appliance Motor Drives
AN-9019	SPM®	Motor Drive System Using SPM® Inverter
AN-9021	SPM®	A Novel IGBT Inverter Module for Low-Power Drive Applications
AN-9029	SPM®	DIP-Smart Power Module Test Board I
AN-9030	SPM®	DIP-Smart Power Module Test Board II
AN-9031	SPM®	DIP-Smart Power Module Test Board III
AN-9032	SPM®	DIP-Smart Power Module Test Board IV
AN-9033	SPM®	DIP-Smart Power Module Test Board V
AN-9035	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in Mini-DIP User's Guide
AN-9041	SPM®	PFCM Design Guide with Analog PFC IC
AN-9042	SPM®	Smart Power Module Tiny-DIP SPM® User's Guide
AN-9043	SPM®	Smart Power Module DIP SPM® User's Guide
AN-9044	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in Mini DIP SPM®
AN-9070	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini DIP SPM®
AN-9070JA	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini DIP SPM® (Japanese)
AN-9071	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini DIP SPM® Thermal Performance Information
AN-9071JA	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini-DIP SPM® Thermal Performance Guidance (Japanese)
AN-9072	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini DIP SPM® Mounting Guidance
AN-9072JA	SPM®	Smart Power Module Motion-SPM™ in µMini-DIP SPM® Mounting Guidance (Japanese)

back to top Non-Isolated DC-DC

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-1577	SG1577	SG1577A Layout Guidelines
AN-6033	FAN2106	Component Calculations & Simulation Tools for FAN2106
AN-6067	FAN102	Design and Application of Primary-Side Regulation (PSR) PWM Controller
AN-6067SC	FAN102	Design and Application of Primary-Side Regulation (PSR) PWM Controller (Chinese Translation)
AN-8022	FAN2100	TinyCalc™ User's Guide
AN-8023	FAN8303	Negative Voltage Management Using a FAN8303 Buck Regulator
AN-1031	aGeneral	Considerations in Designing the Printed Circuit Boards of Embedded Switching Power Supplies
AN-42036	FAN2001	PCB Grounding System and FAN2001/FAN2011 High Performance DC-DC Converters
AN-6002	FAN5234	Component Calculations and Simulation Tools for FAN5234 or FAN5236
AN-6003	aGeneral	'Shoot-through' in Synchronous Buck Converters
AN-6005	aGeneral	Synchronous Buck MOSFET Loss Calculations with Excel Model
AN-9050	FDMF6704	FDMF6704 Power Loss Calculation
AN-8023SC	FAN8303	Negative Voltage Management Using a FAN8303 Buck Regulator (Chinese Translation)
AN-6010	FAN5069	FAN5069 Component Calculation and Simulation Tools

back to top Offline & Isolated DC-DC

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-400A	FAN400A	Low-Power Green-Mode PWM Flyback Power Controller without Secondary Feedback
AN-4151	FSFR Series	Half-Bridge LLC Resonant Converter Design Using FSFR-Series Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™)
AN-4151SC	FSFR Series	Half-Bridge LLC Resonant Converter Design Using FSFR-Series Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™) (Chinese Translation)
AN-4153	FSFA series	Designing Asymmetric PWM Half-Bridge Converters with a Current Doubler and Synchronous Rectifier using FSFA-Series Fairchild Power Switches (FPS™)
AN-5841	SG5841	Applying SG5841 to Control a Flyback Power Supply
AN-6067	FAN102	Design and Application of Primary-Side Regulation (PSR) PWM Controller
AN-6067SC	FAN102	Design and Application of Primary-Side Regulation (PSR) PWM Controller (Chinese Translation)
AN-6073	FAN6751MR	FAN6751 Highly Integrated Green-Mode PWM Controller
AN-6075	FSQ500L	Compact Green-Mode Adapter Using FSQ500L for Low Cost
AN-6077	SG6742	SG6742 - Highly Integrated Green-Mode PWM Controller
AN-6083	FAN6791	Highly Integrated, Dual-PWM Combination Controller
AN-6203	SG6203	Applying SG6203 to Control a Synchronous Rectifier of a Flyback Power Supply
AN-6206	FAN6206	Primary-Side Synchronous Rectifier (SR) Trigger Solution for Dual-Forward Converter
AN-6208SC	FAN6208	Secondary-Side Synchronous Rectifier (SR) for LLC Resonant Converter Using FAN6208 (Chinese)
AN-6300	FAN6300	FAN6300/A/H Highly Integrated Quasi-Resonant PWM Controller
AN-6741	SG6741	Flyback Power Supply Control with the SG6741
AN-6753	FAN6753	Highly Integrated Green-Mode PWM Controller
AN-6754A	SG6742	Design Guideline to Replace SG6742 with FAN6754A
AN-6755	FAN6755	Design Guideline to Replace FAN6753 with FAN6755
AN-6756	FAN6756	Applying FAN6756 to Control a Flyback Power Supply with Ultra-Low Standby Power
AN-6846	SG6846	Applying SG6846 to Control a Flyback Power Supply with Surge Current Output
AN-6858	SG6858	Applying SG6858 to Control a Flyback Power Supply
AN-6861	FAN6861	Applying FAN6861 to Control a Flyback Power Supply with Surge Current Output
AN-8033	FAN103	Design Guideline for Primary Side Regulated (PSR) Flyback Converter Using FAN103 and FSEZ13X7
AN-9752	FSB127H	Design Guidelines for New-Generation FPS™ FSB-Series
AN-8024	FSBH series	Applying Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™) FSBH-series to Standby Auxiliary Power Supply
AN-4137	FPS™	Design Guidelines for Offline Flyback Converters using FPS™
AN-4147	FPS™	Design Guidelines for RCD Snubber of Flyback Converters
AN-4150	FSQ-Series	Design Guidelines for Flyback Converters Using FSQ-Series Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™)
AN-6014	FAN7602	Green Current Mode PWM Controller FAN7602
AN-4116	FS6M series	A Fairchild Power Switch (FPS) based on Switched Mode Power Supply for LCD Monitor Use
AN-4129	FAN7601	Green Current Mode PWM Controller FAN7601
AN-4134	FPS™	Design Guidelines for Offline Forward Converters using FPS™
AN-4134SC	FPS™	Design Guidelines for Offline Forward Converters using FPS™ (Chinese Translation)
AN-4137SC	FPS™	Design Guidelines for Offline Flyback Converters Using FPS™ (Chinese Translation)
AN-4138	FPS™	Design Considerations for Battery Charger Using Green Mode Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™)
AN-4140	FPS™	Transformer Design Consideration for Offline Flyback Converters Using Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™)
AN-4141	FPS™	Troubleshooting and Design Tips for Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™) Flyback Applications
AN-4145	aGeneral	Electromagnetic Compatibility for Power Converters
AN-4146	FSCQ Series	Design Guidelines for Quasi-Resonant Converters Using FSCQ-Series Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™)
AN-4148	FPS™	Audible Noise Reduction Techniques for FPS™ Applications
AN-4149	KA5Q-Series	Design Guidelines for Quasi-Resonant Converters Using KA5Q-series Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™)
AN-42007	aGeneral	Safety, EMI and RFI Considerations
AN-7531	aGeneral	Implementing A Primary Side Peak-Current-Mode Half-Bridge Converter
AN-9056	Dual Cool™ MOSFETs	Using Fairchild Semiconductor Dual Cool™ MOSFETs
AN-6208	FAN6208	Secondary-Side Synchronous Rectifier (SR) for LLC Resonant Converter Using FAN6208
AN-6747	FAN6747	Applying FAN6747 to Control a Flyback Power Supply with Peak Current Output
AN-9719	FSL127H, FSL137H	Applying Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™) FSL1x7 to Low-Power Supplies
AN-9719_JA	FSL127H, FSL137H	Applying Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™) FSL1x7 to Low-Power Supplies (Japanese Translation)
AN-9753	FAN301	Design Guideline for Flyback Charger Using FAN301HL/UL

back to top Power Factor Correction

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-6078SC	FAN480X	FAN480X PFC+PWM (Chinese Translation)
AN-6086	FAN9612	Design Consideration for Interleaved Boundary Conduction Mode PFC Using FAN9611 / FAN9612
AN-6204	FAN6204	FAN6204 - Synchronous Rectification Controller for Flyback and Forward Freewheeling Rectification
AN-6902	SG6902	Applying SG6902 to Control a CCM PFC and Flyback/PWM Power Supply
AN-6920MR	FAN6920MR	Integrated Critical-Mode PFC / Quasi-Resonant Current-Mode PWM Controller FAN6920MR
AN-6920MRSC	FAN6920MR	Integrated Critical-Mode PFC / Quasi-Resonant Current-Mode PWM Controller FAN6920MR
AN-6921	FAN6921	Integrated Critical Mode PFC / Quasi-Resonant
AN-6932	SG6932	Applying SG6932 to Control a PFC and Forward/PWM Power Supply
AN-6961	SG6961	Critical Conduction Mode PFC Controller
AN-6982	FAN6982	Power Factor Correction Converter Design with FAN6982
AN-8021	FAN9612	Building Variable Output Voltage Boost PFC Converters with the FAN9612 Interleaved BCM PFC Controller
AN-8025	FAN7530	Design Guideline of Single-Stage Flyback AC-DC Converter Using FAN7530 for LED Lighting
AN-8025SC	FAN7530	Design Guideline of Single-Stage Flyback AC-DC Converter Using FAN7530 for LED Lighting (Chinese Translation)
AN-8027	FAN480X	FAN480X PFC+PWM Combination Controller Application
AN-8035SC	FAN7930	Design Consideration for Boundary Conduction Mode Power Factor Correction (PFC) Using FAN7930 (Chinese Translation)
AN-9717	FAN9611/12	FAN9611/12 400W Interleaved Dual BCM PFC Evaluation Board User Guide (FEB388)
AN-6008	FAN4810	FAN4810 Design Tools
AN-6026	FAN7529	Design of Power Factor Correction Circuit Using FAN7529
AN-6027	FAN7530	Design of Power Factor Correction Circuit Using FAN7530
AN-6032	FAN4800	FAN4800 Combo Controller Applications
AN-4107	FAN7527	Design of Power Factor Correction Using FAN7527
AN-4121	FAN7527B	Design of Power Factor Correction Circuit Using FAN7527B
AN-42009	ML4824	ML4824 Combo Controller Applications
AN-42034	ML4824	Synchronizing the ML4824 to Wide Frequency Ranges
AN-42045	ML4824	ML4824, A Novel Method for an Off-Line PFC-PWM Combo Controller
AN-42047	aGeneral	Power Factor Correction (PFC) Basics
AN-6012	FAN7528	Design of Power Factor Correction Circuit Using FAN7528
AN-8021SC	FAN9612	Building Variable Output Voltage Boost PFC Converters with the FAN9612 Interleaved BCM PFC Controller (Chinese Translation)
AN-8026	FAN9611 / FAN9612	FAN9611 / FAN9612 400W 1-Layer Evaluation Board User Guide (FEB301)
AN-8035	FAN7930	Design Consideration for Boundary Conduction Mode Power Factor Correction (PFC) Using FAN7930
AN-8018	FAN9612	FAN9612 400W 4-Layer Evaluation Board User Guide (FEB279) OBSOLETE! FEB279 Replaced by FEB388
AN-6004	FAN4810	500W Power-Factor-Corrected (PFC) Converter Design with FAN4810

back to top Transistors

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-9009	aGeneral	Analysis of a Resonant Type High Voltage Fly-back Converter in a CRT Horizontal Deflection Circuit and its High Voltage BJT Selection Guide-Line

back to top Voltage Regulators

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-6037	aGeneral	Low Drop Out, Phase Margin, and Stability

back to top Power Management

Application Note	Product/Topic	Description - click on description below to view app note
AN-9039	FDMS2380	Using the FDMS2380 Dual Integrated Solenoid Driver
AN-9052	FAN7085	Design Guide for Selection of Bootstrap Components