CONSTANT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY
OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS
CONSTANT VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY
A regulated power supply that acts to maintain its output voltage constant in spite of changes in load, line, temperature, etc. Thus, for a change in load resistance, the output voltage of this type of supply remains constant while the output current changes by whatever amount necessary to accomplish this.
CONSTANT VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY
OUTPUT CHARACTERISTIC
CONSTANT VOLTAGE/CONSTANT CURRENT (CV/CC) POWER SUPPLY
A power supply that acts as a constant voltage source for comparatively large values of load resistance and as a constant current source for comparatively small values of load resistance. The automatic crossover or transition between these two modes of operation occurs at a "critical" or "crossover" value of load resistance Rc = Es/Is, where Es is the front panel voltage control setting and Is is the front panel current control setting.
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