On 8/14/06, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On 8/14/06, Vasile Surducan wrote: > > > > Fo me as a cuk user, there isn't any benefit in the cuk structure > > except maybe the ripple which may be minimised quite low. The > > efficiency isn't very high and the problems are everywhere. > > > > Maybe Dr S Cuk will not agree. BTW, I almost got the chance to > see him personally when I was in Irvine last time. Anyway my > supervisor back in UC Irvine is his student in Caltech. > > One of the major problem was (no so sure if it still is) that Cuk > topology is patented by Cuk. Therefore not many people would > like to use it. Cebashev (eliptical) filters are also patented but I didn't heard I must ask someone's agree to use them in a project... greetings, Vasile -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist