Step by Step Example

Start: Start your design by deciding what your power supply requirements
will be.
For this step by step example well design an
AC to DC off-line power supply with the
following requirements:

Input Specifications:
- 85 Vac to 265 Vac
- 50 Hz line frequency
- 80% Efficiency

Output Specifications:
-Multiple loads are required
- LCD Display: 15V / 1A
- Battery Charger: 5V / 2A ( this will be
The power supply pictured here is an example of a
the control regulated main output)
Secondary-Side Regulated evaluation board from
- Microcontroller: 3.3V / 0.5A Fairchild.
 Next Step: Decide which topology to use for your design.

System Requirement PSR Tool SSR Tool

Our design example requires
three loads. So well use the Power range up to 30W up to 100W
Secondary-Side Regulated Number of Output Loads 1 Up to 3
(SSR) topology; the PSR design Lower system cost (no optocoupler circuit) X
module will support one load Fast Load regulation X
only. Click anywhere in the Tighter output voltage tolerance X X
(SSR) picture of the tool to
begin your design.

Tool Tip: Information button.

Clicking on it will list detailed
information. You will find
these throughout the tool.
 Tool Tips: Before beginning the design, here are some Tool Tips for columns:
Design Value, (Use), and Recommended Value

Design Value: These are the values used

by the tool. This value is automatically
populated with the Recommended Value
when the (Use) box is checked. You can
change the Design Value at anytime by
clicking in the box and over-writing the
value in the box. Error checking is
automatically performed after every entry.

Recommended Value: At the launch of

the tool default Recommended Values are
displayed based on the current Design
Values. Changing a Design Value causes
the tool to update all Recommended Values
going forward.

(Use): When this box is checked the

Design Value will always equal the
Recommended Value. If this box is
unchecked, the Design Value remains
constant, independent of the Recommended
Value.
 Next Step: Enter your design requirements into Step 1.

Enter your design requirements: Tool Tip: The Auto Complete may be
Number of Outputs check 3 used in any of the steps 1 9 at any
time to complete the design using the
Outputs, 2nd Output enter displayed Design Values.
15V and 1A .

Click on Next Step to guide you

through the step by step tabs: 2 - 9.
This allows you to create an
optimized custom circuit design.

Tool Tip: You can also click on Auto

Complete to create a complete flyback
power supply schematic, BOM, and
perform circuit simulation; e.g. Steady
State, Transient, and AC Analysis.

Tool Tip: the 80% Efficiency

requirement is entered in step 1d.
Click on the + to expand.
 Next Step: Enter your fine tuned design parameters.

For this design example, well fine Tool Tip: Active tabs will be dark blue.
tune some parameters; e.g. Grey tabs have not been visited.
MOSFET Overshoot factor enter
1.3 and Peak-current-limit derating
factor enter 93. (Click on Info
button for definitions of these
parameters.) In response the PSW
tool has recommended the Fairchild
integrated MOSFET and Controller,
FSL126MR.

Click on Next.

Tool Tip: You can tune the design for

desired circuit performance based on your
specific application requirements, guided
by calculation results at every step:
Voltage and Current Stresses on
power components
Transformer magnetizing
Inductances
Power losses on switches,
transformer core and winding

Tool Tip: Click on part number to obtain product information on Fairchilds website.
Next Step: Enter your transformer specifications.

The tool recommended the EI28.

However, were going to pick a core
with a larger AeAw product to reduce
transformer losses. Check the
RM10.

Click on Auto Complete.

Tool Tip: The tool may display CAUTION

messages within the design steps
suggesting ways the design might be
improved. These caution messages will
only be visible when stepping through the
design
Tool Tip: Power loss analysis are displayed in the Step 9. Efficiency tab.
If you Next step through the tool the last step of your design will be your
efficiency curves and loss breakdowns by component.
 Next Step: Analyze your design.
Tool Tip: The tool does not
calculate the input filter component
values. Displayed values are typical
After completing steps 1 9 or clicking for an x watt converter.
on Auto Complete , the tool will display
a complete circuit schematic.

Click on the Simulation Schematic

tab to simulation your design.

Tool Tip: You can click on the

Design tab to jump back into the
design and make adjustments. This
is the recommended way to make
changes to your design. Advanced
users may want to make component
adjustments by clicking on the
component symbol on this
schematic. However no error
checking will be performed in this
case, resulting in a design that
could be invalid.
 Next Step: Set up AC Input for analysis/simulation. Tool Tip: Double click on load
symbol to setup load condition for
analysis.
For this design example our AC
input is 175 V rms. You can
also change the line voltage by
over-writing the value or
moving the red slider. The tool
will translate this value to a DC
input voltage for simulation.

For the entered AC line voltage

you may choose to simulate at
either the Peak or the minimum
voltage on the bulk capacitor,
Cdc.

Click on Transient
Analysis to run analysis.
You can click on any one of Tool Tip: The load settings in the pop-up
these three buttons to run an window are explained in the Info button
above .
analysis/simulation.
 Next Step: View your Analysis results.
Tool Tip: To keep simulation times less than
1 minute, the simulation circuit is simplified.
Click on Result As a result, simulation waveforms will lack
Analysis results can be viewed the typical high frequency ringing.
by clicking on Result, which
displays a dynamic waveform
calculator, Webscope.
Waveforms can be manipulated
here; e.g. like an oscilloscope.

OR

Click on the Waveform

tab to see a static summary of
all analysis results.
 Tool Tip: Using Webscope: a dynamic waveform calculator. Pictured
here is the Transient Analysis Result.
Tool Tip: Drag the markers (vertical
cursors) to narrow the time interval for
waveform calculations below.

Tool Tip: Use checkmarks to

display/hide particular
waveforms, or use the four
black buttons:
Hide All, Show All, Move
Down, Move Up (to expose a
waveform hidden behind
another)

Tool Tip: In the drop down menus,

(M) means between markers;
otherwise the calculation is
performed on the entire displayed
waveform.
Tool Tip: Using Webscope: a dynamic waveform calculator. Pictured here is the
Steady-State Analysis Result.

Tool Tip: You can zoom into a

waveform by clicking on Marquee
Zoom, then rubber-band a box
around the area you want to
expand. To return to full view, hit
Reset Zoom (second button from
the top).

To display the switching frequency,

drag the markers to enclose exactly
one switching period, then change
the first drop-down menu from t
to 1/t. The first number listed
below is the switching frequency;
the rest remain the differences
between the waveform values at the
two markers.
 Tool Tip: Create your Bill of Materials.
Tool Tip: Click on the BOM tab to generate a
complete Bill of Materials.
Tool Tip: To order parts,
choose your preferred
distributor and parts will
be auto-selected from
the distributor catalog.

Tool Tip: To see

alternatives or change a
selection, click on the
Find icon

Tool Tip: Adjust the

search filters if desired

Tool Tip: Click to select a

part from the filtered list.

Tool Tip: Click Select to add

part number to BOM
 Tool Tip: Saving your design and creating reports.

Tool Tip: You can save your design

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Tool Tip: Click on the Report

tab to generate a PDF summary of
your design.

Tool Tip: You can download

and/or print a pdf version of the
Report.