In Reply to: Power Supply Noise Specsmanship. Caveat emptor.... posted by AbeCollins on July 11, 2016 at 13:02:56:
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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- RE: Power Supply Noise Specsmanship. Caveat emptor.... - Lesage 04:12:37 07/12/16 (5)
- " it would be useful if we could see a spectrum analysis of the power supply's noise " - beppe61 22:49:36 07/13/16 (4)
- RE: " it would be useful if we could see a spectrum analysis of the power supply's noise " - Lesage 02:13:45 07/14/16 (3)
- RE: " it would be useful if we could see a spectrum analysis of the power supply's noise " - beppe61 03:05:53 07/14/16 (2)
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