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6. THEORY OF OPERATION
The power supply consists of several sections shown in the following simplified diagram:
V
set
I
set
REGULATOR
POWER
INPUT
CIRCUIT
TRANSFORMER
HV
FILTER
RECTIFIER
OUTPUT
HV
mA FEEDBACK
kV FEEDBACK
R1
R2
Figure 2 – Power Supply Simplified Diagram
NOTE: Vset and Iset above may be produced by either the front panel potentiometers or voltage signals from
an external source, depending on whether Local or Remote mode is being used.
6.1 Regulator
9120010
The regulator circuit receives the two reference voltages (0 - 10V), as set by the remote references or
by the front panel voltage and current pots, R1 and R2, respectively. See Figure 2. These reference
voltages feed the KV error amplifier and mA error amplifier. The objective of each error amplifier is
to make the feedback signal equal to the reference signal. The pulse width modulator chip generates
the main switching frequency (approximately 22kHz).