Agilent Technologies E3632A - Manual (Page 152)

Chapter 7 Tutorial
Connecting the Load
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Load Consideration
Capacitive Loading
In most cases, the power supply will be stable for almost any size load
capacitance. Large load capacitors may cause ringing in the power supply’s
transient response. It is possible that certain combinations of load capacitance,
equivalent series resistance, and load lead inductance will result in instability.
If this occurs, the problem may often be solved by either increasing or
decreasing the total load capacitance.
A large load capacitor may cause the power supply to cross into CC or
unregulated mode momentarily when the output voltage is reprogrammed.
The slew rate of the output voltage will be limited to the current setting divided
by the total load capacitance (internal and external).
Table 7-2. Slew Rate
Inductive loading
Inductive loads present no loop stability problems in constant voltage mode.
In constant current mode, inductive loads form a parallel resonance with the
power supply’s output capacitor. Generally this will not affect the stability of
the power supply, but it may cause ringing of the current in the load.
Pulse Loading
In some applications the load current varies periodically from a minimum to
a maximum value. The constant current circuit limits the output current. Some
peak loading exceeding the current limit can be obtained due to the output
capacitor. To stay within the specifications for the output, the current limit
should be set greater than the peak current expected or the supply may go into
CC mode or unregulated mode for brief periods.
Internal
Capacitance
Internal Bleed
Resistor
Slew Rate at No Load and
Full Scale Currnet Setting
470 μF 5 K Ω 1.5 V/msec