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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Maniktala, Sanjaya.

Troubleshooting switching power converters: a hands-on guide / By Sanjaya Maniktala.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7506-8421-7 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Electric current converters.
2. Semiconductor switches. 3. Switching power supplies. I. Title.
TK7872.C8M26 2007

621.31 ?7 dc22 2007023364

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ISBN: 978-0-7506-8421-7

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my mentor, VP and friend Doctor G. T. "Doc" Murthy for his abiding inspiration...