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RE: Power Supply Noise Specsmanship. Caveat emptor....

Some digital voltmeters (For instance Agilent bench meters) can be setup as to provide a set of simple figures to sum up the noise (Min - Max - Average), according to the measurement parameters that have been choosen. This is convenient when the customer claims for a simple figure given precise measurement conditions

However, it would be useful if we could see a spectrum analysis of the power supply's noise, in average mode, or in peak mode, for longer or shorter periods, so that some damageable behaviours may be detected, particularily if there are strong harmonics of mains frequency, or switching frequency, the importance of whom may be hidden by a simple figure. Especially a simple peak figure may not tell the truth, for instance when several "noise" components are out of phese






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