TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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Introduction | 6 |
Definitions | 6 |
Ambient Temperature | 6 |
Automatic (Auto) Parallel Operation | 6 |
Automatic (Auto) Series Operation | 7 |
Automatic (Auto) Tracking Operation | 8 |
Carryover Time | 8 |
Complementary Tracking | 8 |
Compliance Voltage | 8 |
Constant Current Power Supply | 8 |
Constant Voltage Power Supply | 9 |
Constant Voltage/Constant Current (CV/CC) Power Supply | 9 |
Constant Voltage/Current Limiting (CV/CL) Power Supply | 10 |
Crowbar Circuit | 11 |
Current Foldback | 11 |
Drift | 11 |
Efficiency | 11 |
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) | 11 |
Inrush Current | 11 |
Load Effect (Load Regulation) | 12 |
Load Effect Transient Recovery Time | 12 |
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Output Impedance of a Power Supply | 12 |
PARD (Ripple and Noise) | 13 |
Programming Speed | 14 |
Remote Programming (Remote Control) | 14 |
Remote Sensing (Remote Error Sensing) | 15 |
Resolution | 15 |
Source Effect (Line Regulation) | 15 |
Stability (see Drift) | 16 |
Temperature Coefficient | 16 |
Warm Up Time | 16 |
Principles of Operation | 17 |
Constant Voltage Power Supply | 17 |
Regulating Techniques | 18 |
Series Regulation | 18 |
Typical Series Regulated Power Supply | 19 |
Pros and Cons of Series Regulated Supplies | 19 |
The Series Regulated Supply - An Operational Amplifier | 20 |
Series Regulator with Preregulator | 23 |
Switching Regulation | 25 |
Basic Switching Supply | 26 |
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