Guidelines and examples for performing worst case analysis

Abstract

Worst case analysis (WCA) assignments are often considered to be daunting tasks, with a comprehensive analysis for a power converter often being 500 pages long. In this paper, the authors intend to show how to apply common analytical techniques for power supply designs, rather than presenting new or exotic analysis methods or models. Presented are tutorial guidelines to streamline that process, showing procedures and techniques to perform a WCA that will not only fulfill requirements, but also help find most hidden design problems.