Chapter 7 Tutorial

Remote Programming

If no load resistor is attached to the power supply output terminal, then the output voltage will rise linearly at a rate of CO/IL when programmed upward, and TR = CO(E2 -E1)/IL, the shortest possible up-programming time.

Figure 7-9. Speed of Response - Programming Down

Figure 7-9 shows that when the power supply is programmed down, the regulator senses that the output voltage is higher than desired and turns off the series transistors entirely. Since the control circuit can in no way cause the series regulator transistors to conduct backwards, the output capacitor can only be discharged through the load resistor and internal current source (IS).

The output voltage decays linearly with slope of IS/CO with no load and stops falling when it reaches the new output voltage which has been demanded. If full load is connected, the output voltage will fall exponentially faster.

Since up-programming speed is aided by the conduction of the series regulating transistor, while down programming normally has no active element aiding in the discharge of the output capacitor, laboratory power supplies normally program upward more rapidly than downward.

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