B
batteries
chargers. See battery chargers
DC, 52-54
battery chargers
See also specific charger type
CCM and DCM modes, 112-113
FW, with series R-L impedance, 107-116
phase-controlled chargers, 163-167
phase-controlled rectifiers, 163
power computations of, 93-116
betasolv function, 84-85, 162
bipolar junction transistor (BJT), 214
book, this
about the CD-ROM, 375-376
audience for, notation used in xv, xvi
boost converters
described, 317
state-space model of, 284-287
and two-level DC-DC converters, 229-230
boundary conditions and FW rectifiers, 89-91
bridge converters, 264-265
buck/boost converters, 242-244, 257-259, 285-286
buck converters
See also DC-DC converters
buck converter circuit, 190-191
described, 317
and -ratio (lambda-ratio), 224-225
practical, 214-224
state-space model of, 282-284
and two-level DC-DC converters, 229-230
buck.m function, 306, 306, 312