Transistor Circuits for Spacecraft Power System

by Keng C. Wu

Overview

As a stand-alone volume, Transistor Circuits For Spacecraft Power System presents numerous transistor circuits and building blocks associated with power electronics in general, and examines the major subsystem components for solar-based spacecraft power systems. The technique and concept, of "continuity of states" for nonlinear circuits handling power transfer under cyclic excitation is introduced in Part I and further developed throughout the book. This powerful technique employing matrix formulation bypasses eigen-transients and yields steady-state responses rapidly. Closed-loop treatments are also given for large-scale linear circuits, many closed-form solutions for control loop-gain, conducted susceptibility, output impedance, etc. are covered. Extensive mathematical procedures are retained to highlight the importance of analytical flows.

The author also reviews the evolution of solar-based spacecraft power systems; introduces modes of operations: discharge (boost), shunt, and charge; and covers pulse-width-modulated (PWM) boost power converter for both DC and AC conditions. A configuration tree for shunt mode operation is conceived. Based on the configuration tree, the best topologies, sequential PWM shunt and ripple-regulated free-running shunt, are intensively examined and formulated.

Transistor Circuits For Spacecraft Power System provides important information for understanding the relationship between earthbound semiconductor circuits and space borne vehicles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402072611
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/30/2002
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

I Part I.- 1 Junction Diode Circuits.- 2 Discrete Transistor Circuits.- 3 Operational Amplifiers.- 4 Transistors and Operational Amplifiers Combined- Medium Scale Circuit.- II Part II.- 5 Introduction of Spacecraft Power System.- 6 Boost Converter — Battery Discharger.- 7 Solar Array Shunt Regulators.- 8. Linear Shunt.- 9 Sequential Pulse Width Modulated Shunts.- 10 Free Running Switching Shunt —- Ripple Regulator.- 11 Switching-mode Battery Charger.- Reference.