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Harness Powerful SPICE Simulation and Design Tools to Develop Cutting-Edge Switch-Mode Power Supplies Switch-Mode Power Supplies: SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs is a comprehensive resource on using SPICE as a power conversion design companion. This book uniquely bridges analysis and market reality to teach the development and marketing of state-of-the art switching converters. Invaluable to both the graduating student and the experienced design engineer, this guide explains how to derive founding equations of the most popular converters…design safe, reliable converters through numerous practical examples…and utilize SPICE simulations to virtually breadboard a converter on the PC before using the soldering iron. Filled with more than 600 illustrations, Switch-Mode Power Supplies: SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs enables you to: Derive founding equations of popular converters Understand and implement loop control via the book-exclusive small-signal models Design safe, reliable converters through practical examples Use SPICE simulations to virtually breadboard a converter on the PC Access design spreadsheets and simulation templates on the accompanying CD-ROM, with numerous examples running on OrCADË, ICAPSË, µCapË, TINAË, and more Inside This Powerful SPICE Simulation and Design Resource • Introduction to Power Conversion • Small-Signal Modeling • Feedback and Control Loops • Basic Blocks and Generic Models • Simulation and Design of Nonisolated Converters • Simulation and Design of Isolated Converters-Front-End Rectification and Power Factor Correction • Simulation and Design of Isolated Converters-The Flyback • Simulation and Design of Isolated Converters-The Forward

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An expert guide to understanding and making optimum use of BSIM Used by more chip designers worldwide than any other comparable model, the Berkeley Short-Channel IGFET Model (BSIM) has, over the past few years, established itself as the de facto standard MOSFET SPICE model for circuit simulation and CMOS technology development. Yet, until now, there have been no independent expert guides or tutorials to supplement the various BSIM manuals currently available. Written by a noted expert in the field, this book fills that gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive guide to understanding and making optimal use of BSIM3 and BSIM4. Drawing upon his extensive experience designing with BSIM, William Liu provides a brief history of the model, discusses the various advantages of BSIM over other models, and explores the reasons why BSIM3 has been adopted by the majority of circuit manufacturers. He then provides engineers with the detailed practical information and guidance they need to master all of BSIM's features. He: * Summarizes key BSIM3 components * Represents the BSIM3 model with equivalent circuits for various operating conditions * Provides a comprehensive glossary of modeling terminology * Lists alphabetically BSIM3 parameters along with their meanings and relevant equations * Explores BSIM3's flaws and provides improvement suggestions * Describes all of BSIM4's improvements and new features * Provides useful SPICE files, which are available online at the Wiley ftp site

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Written by a veteran SPICE professional, this unique reference goes beyond the basics to tackle the actual problems practicing engineers most commonly encounter while using SPICE or any of the other SPICE-like simulator programs such as HSPICE, PSPICE, ISSPICE, and MICROCAP IV. Packed with sample circuit simulations that clearly illustrate a variety of common problems and their solutions, this in-depth guide provides step-by-step coverage on how to overcome such stumbling blocks as nonconvergence, numeric integration instabilities, and timestep control errors.

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Order Up is a delicious blend of precision cuisine crafting and culinary empire building, all rolled into a light and flaky crust of memorable characters and humorous situations. With the Wii Remote in hand, the player will be guided from burger to chateaubriand; taught every aspect of food preparation and presentation. For anyone who has dreamed of becoming a world-class chef or restaurant mogul or both!, Order Up will deliver. The core game play of Order Up is cooking, from preparation to presentation. Preparation consists of "cutting and cooking" while Presentation refers to garnishes and "flourishes" - e.g. sauce drizzled over a dish to please the eye or the use of flame (flambé) for dramatic effect. Beyond the core, game play includes rising through the ranks of the culinary world from fast-food to world-class restaurants as chef and owner while ever-expanding your cookbook of recipes and ever-improving the quality of your equipment. Along the way you will face demanding patrons, discriminating food critics…and at the pinnacle of your fame in the world of fine cuisine you will be invited to complete in the, "Fortified Chef World Challenge" - an Iron Chef-style cooking competition.

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• Unlock all of the menu items in the current restaurant by earning and spending COIN. Unlock the next new recipe or new high-carbon, razor-sharp, signature series chef's knife.
• Create a Chef's Special that is better than any of the current menu items. Attract the attention of the local Food Critic - by completing the previous tasks and gain a favorable review in the local newspaper.
• Serve more than the minimum number of plates in one day - number dependent on difficulty level and stage of restaurant in the game.
• Spend COIN to buy a new restaurant.

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Spice up your Sims' holidays with this updated collection of seasonal items, outfits, and décor. Deck their homes with traditional décor items from around the globe including mistletoe, reindeer lawn ornaments, and an all-new European-style Father Christmas. Indulge your Sims this season with this collection of 60 items of festive fun!

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• Holiday Home Décor ¿ Light up candles to add a warm holiday glow with this traditional European candle arch
• The Holiday Lumberjack Statuette ¿ Spice up your Sims' holidays with this traditional German holiday gnome, complete with sturdy boots and trusty hiking staff.
• Huge Tree Extravaganza ¿ Size matters. Get your holiday on in a big way with this tree to top all trees, a tribute to the famous tree from Rio.
• Ski Jump Frosty ¿ It's hard to stay balanced when you're built like Frosty, but that doesn't stop him from showing his ski jumping skills.
• Holiday PJs ¿ Before they nestle into bed to dream of sugarplums, tuck Sim toddlers into a seasonal sleeper.

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A master-class in power supply design through circuit simulation This book covers every essential aspect of power supply design simulation and fully explains the fundamentals of SPICE 3 simulation techniques.

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With the help of this time-saving book/disk package, circuit designers and engineers can successfully simulate switched mode power supplies (SMPS) using the versatile new SPICE3 software. The book covers all aspects of power supply design, including filters and magnetics-and also fully explains modeling fundamentals and SPICE3 simulation techniques. The accompanying disk features a wealth of SPICE3 models and examples.

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This book is the first complete guide to analog circuit design using the circuit simulator software package SPICE OPUS. Developed by the authors and used by academics and industry professionals worldwide, SPICE OPUS is an improved version of the well-known University of California at Berkeley circuit simulator SPICE3 that has been freely available online since 2000. Aimed at novices as well as professional circuit designers, the book is a unique combination of a basic guide to general analog circuit simulation and a SPICE OPUS software manual. All simulations as well as the free simulator software may be directly downloaded from the SPICE OPUS homepage: www.spiceopus.si. The book is divided into three parts: * Theory (Chapters 1 and 6): Includes a discussion of basic mathematical notions of circuit analysis, followed by specific algorithms implemented in SPICE OPUS. * Crash course (Chapters 2 and 7): Begins with a short installation guide and then moves quickly through a typical circuit simulation scenario, based on a simple example. The reader with some fundamentals in electrical engineering may continue with a number of complete simulation sessions presented in Chapter 7. * Reference guide (Chapters 3, 4, and 5): Describes all features of SPICE OPUS in a well-structured, methodical way, starting with input file syntax, followed by circuit analysis methods and the built-in scripting language (NUTMEG). Circuit Simulation with SPICE OPUS  is intended for a wide audience of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in electrical and systems engineering, circuit design, and simulation development. The book may be used as a textbook for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on circuit simulation as well as a self-study reference guide for students and researchers alike.

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Grab a mic and ring in the new decade with "Lips: Party Classics"! The latest title in the "Lips" singing franchise that features the songs everyone loves to sing, exclusively for Xbox 360. A first for the franchise, "Lips: Party Classics" will work with popular USB microphones for even more singing flexibility, such as the ones that come packaged with most "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" titles.

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• Works with USB microphones
• 40 delightfully appealing songs on-disc from artists like the Spice Girls, KISS, Village People, Tiffany, Gloria Gaynor, The B-52's, Chumbawumba and more
• Avatar integration
• Unlockable Avatar awards
• Gameplay Challenges