217 pgs, 2003, Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN 978-1402072611

A compendium of transistor circuits and other building blocks associated with power electronics in general for spacecraft power systems. Provides all the vital information necessary for understanding the relationships that exist between earthbound circuitry and various types of space borne vehicles.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Junction Diode Circuits
2. Discrete Transistor Circuits
3. Operational Amplifiers
4. Transistors and Operational Amplifiers Combined-Medium Scale Circuit
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