Designing Switched-Mode Power Supplies in ADS and PEPro

This video describes how to use Keysight’s PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) and Power Electronics Pro (PEPro) to design your switched-mode power supply (SMPS). A SMPS is a type of power converter that utilizes a switching regulator for efficiently converting electrical power to a desired output voltage. Common topologies in SMPS are buck, boost, flyback (buck-boost), Ćuk, and Single-Ended Primary Inductance (SEPIC). A SMPS enables a lighter and smaller package because it allows the use of smaller transformers, capacitors, and inductors. The W3631B power electronics bundle in PathWave ADS is a market-leading circuit design and simulation software for SMPS design. We offer the following tools to enable the SMPS designer to exceed their performance goals: complete power electronics models, schematic, time and frequency domain-based simulation, data display, layout and PEPro. PEPro is built specifically for the SMPS designer. It enables post-layout simulation which allows extraction of parasitics from t