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The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, Integration theory and practical

Robert Peter Oakes
Robert Peter Oakes
28 May 2015

Back to the Main post The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, The Essential DIY Build for Every EE Student and Old Timer alike...

 

So now we will look at how to use integration to control the power stage of a High Power MOSFET and how the response time can be tuned to suite the characturists of your power supply enabling you to adjust the transient response times etc

 

To be up front about this, I did get some inspiration from studying 30 year old agilent power supply schematics and those of other manufactures  So im not claiming the basic ideas are all mine. I already knew what I wanted to do like floating the control on the power rails, N Channel Power Mosfets etc. the studying helped me to understand how this could be acheived and to learn from good design. I think we can all afford to learn from the hard work of others. It can take exaustive amounts of time and effort to fully inderstand an electronic design and from what I have learned, it was worth every minute

 

None of my schematics are from those that I studied, they have all been re-worked for my needs and the components I have available. I guess it is like learning to paint, you study the work of old masters in the area of interest and learn from their endevours.

 

here is the schematic I ended up with for this part of the power supply

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and Power Control

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Again all of the descriptions and a practical demo are within the video

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    savvo over 10 years ago

    Thanks for sharing your work. I have nothing to add but a bit of nit-picking; "…studying 30 year old agilent power supply schematics…" didn't sound right to me so I looked it up: Agilent is only 16 years old.

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    Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago in reply to savvo

    OK... You got me

     

    HP  image

     

    there often now refereed to as Agilent / HP and is the same company still (Well Almost)

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    johnbeetem over 10 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

    Peter Oakes wrote:

     

    OK... You got me

     

    HP 

     

    They're often now referred to as Agilent / HP and is the same company still (Well Almost)

    Peter, you missed a name change.  The test and measurement part of Agilent is now Keysight Technologies.  The rest of Agilent is now primarily biotech or something like that.

     

    I think Keysight is a silly name.  According to Wikipedia, "the name is a portmanteau of key and insight, and was chosen to convey that the company "unlocks" critical or key insights".  OK, that explains it but I still think it's a silly name and a way-too-cute explanation for it.

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    clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    portmanteau

     

    A large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments.

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    Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    Nope, I was referring to the company that produced the 30 year old schematics as Agilent rather than HP, of course by 2020 they will change from Keysight to just Sight image

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    Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    Nope, I was referring to the company that produced the 30 year old schematics as Agilent rather than HP, of course by 2020 they will change from Keysight to just Sight image

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