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Appendix Service Information
Constant Voltage (CV) Verifications
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Load Transient Response Time
This test measures the time for the output voltage to recover to within 15 mV of
nominal output voltage following a load change from full load to half load, or half
load to full load.
1 Turn off the power supply and connect the output to be tested as shown in Figure A-
1 with an oscilloscope. Operate the electronic load in constant current mode.
2 Turn on the power supply. Select the output to be tested and the high voltage range
(20V/1.5A)
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, enable the output, and set the display to the limit mode. When the display
is in the limit mode, program the current to the full scale rated value (1.5 A)
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and the
voltage to the full scale rated value (20.0 V)
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.
3 Set the electronic load to transient operation mode between one half of the output’s
full rated value and the output’s full rated value at a 1 kHz rate with 50% duty cycle.
4 Set the oscilloscope for ac coupling, internal sync, and lock on either the positive or
negative load transient.
5 Adjust the oscilloscope to display transients as shown in Figure A-4. Note that the
pulse width (t2 - t1) of the transients at 15 mV from the base line is no more than 50
μ
sec for the output.
6 Repeats steps (1) through (5) for the other output.
Figure A-4 Transient Response Time
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For E3646A model, and see
Table A-3
for other models