BEE pisicn Fearure
Design high-
performance
pulse transformers
in easy stages
Vincent J SpaTaro, GEC MARCONI ELECTRONIC Systems CORP
Both analog and digital
designers use pulse trans-
formers to perform amu
tude of functions. This art
tle enables you to quickly
and easily design’ pulse
transformers for various
applications. A step-by-step
design procedure walks you through all the basic stages,
Spice modeling shows you how to verify your design
In general a pulse transformer tanstes a puise of current
or voltage from the primary, or generating, side ofthe it
cuit tothe secondary, ot load, side ofthe circu The pulse
1s usually ectangula, and maintaining the fidelity Of Rs
shape is important. As engineers work with increasingly
higher frequencies, they mus ake greater care when design.
ing pulse transformers. Typical applications of pulse trans.
formers include votage- and cartent-
level transformation, de isolation,
matching impedances, polity ver
Sion, and providing gatecrve-10 FET
or basedevesto-ipolr transistors.
Taking the mystery out of pulse-
transformer design means ist under.
standing the fundamentals, Your
requirements probably mandate a
transformer with fat ie and fll times
along vith a minimum of overshoot
and ringing. Luckily, you can realize
high-performance designs with tin
mal effort by applying some simple
design rues” Simple approximations
Quiekly produce a workable design. You
an then optimize your design ince
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