Table 3-4. FET Troubleshooting Chart (continued)

 

 

 

Procedure

 

Result

 

 

 

 

Dynamic Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

1.

Turn off the power supply and remove the A3 FET Board with its heat sink

See "Disassembly Procedures"

 

assembly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Short the collectors of Q251 and Q253 or Q351 and Q353 by connecting the

 

 

collector (case) of each transistor to common ( E507) .

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Connect waveform generator to J200-1 and J200-2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Set generator to produce a 20 kHz, 20V p-p triangular waveform

 

See Figure 3-14A.

 

 

 

5.

Connect 15V from an external supply to E206 or E306 (positive) and E207 or

 

 

E307 (common).

 

 

 

 

e: All of the following measurements are taken with respect to E207/E307 common,

 

test point

on A3 FET Board schematic diagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Check bias voltage at U203-1/U303-1

.

 

+5V

 

 

 

7.

While adjusting the external 15V supply input, check the bias trip point at

Voltage goes from low (0V) to high

 

U204-1/U304-1

.

 

 

(5V) at an input of approximately

 

 

 

 

 

 

12V; and from high to low at an

 

 

 

 

 

 

input of approximately 13V.

8.

Set external supply input to + 15V and check drive 1 waveform at

 

See Figure 3-14B.

 

U201-10/U301-l0

and drive 2 waveform at U201-12/U301-12

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Check that pulses are present at U201-1

, U201-7/U301-7

and

See Figure 3-14C.

 

U302-1, U202-1

, U202-7/U302-7

.

 

 

10.Pulses should be present on both sides of inductors L201-204 or L301-304 and

L213-216 or L313-316 as follows:

Check the pulses on the driver transistor side (Q251-Q254/Q351-Q354) of each

See Figure 3-14D.

inductor.

 

 

Check the pulses on the FET regulator side (Q201-Q204, Q301-Q304, Q211, Q311,

See Figure 3-14E.

Q222, Q322, Q233, Q333 and Q244, Q344) of each inductor.

 

If the waveforms do not have the fast step as shown in Figure 3-14, then the

 

associated FET gate input has an open circuit.

 

 

 

 

11. Measure the VREF voltage at U205-2

.

≈ 1.7V

 

 

Check the peak current limit by connecting a 68KΩ resistor from +5V (U201-9) to

All pulses turn off.

U205-3 or U304-5.

 

 

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