Product specifications

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AC input current: the maximum
current into the power supply
or electronic load. The current
specified is worst case (low line
voltage, full output).
Actual transition time: for an electronic
load, either the total slew time
(voltage or current change divided
by slew rate - time) or the minimum
transition time, whichever is longer.
Ambient temperature: the temperature
of the air immediately surrounding
the power supply or electronic load.
Analog programming: controlling the
output voltage and/or current with
an analog signal. This signal could
be a voltage, current or resistance.
This is similar to using the power
supply as an amplifier.
Auto-parallel operation: a master-slave
connection of the outputs of two or
more supplies or the inputs of two
or more electronic loads used for
obtaining a current rating greater
than can be obtained from a single
load or supply. Only supplies that
have the same voltage and current
ratings should be paralleled.
Auto-ranging power supply: a power
supply that can provide maximum
rated power over a wide and con-
tinuous range of voltage and current
settings.
Auto-series operation: a master-slave
connection of the outputs of two or
more supplies used for obtaining a
voltage greater than can be obtained
from one supply. Only supplies that
have the same voltage and current
ratings should be connected in series.
Auto-tracking operation: a master-slave
connection of two or more supplies
each of which has one of its output
terminals in common with one of
the output terminals of all of the
other supplies.
Command processing time: the average
time required for a power supply
output voltage, or electronic load
input voltage or current, to begin to
change following receipt of a voltage
or current set command over GPIB.
This is effectively the time it takes
for the power supply or electronic
load to interpret the voltage set
command and initiate a response.
Common mode noise: the current
flowing from either output terminal
(+ and –) through the power supply
to chassis ground.
Compliance voltage: the output
voltage of a power supply operating
in the constant-current mode.
Constant-current (CC) mode: a power
supply that stabilizes output cur-
rent with respect to changes in load
impedance. Thus, for a change in
load resistance, the output current
remains constant while the output
voltage changes by whatever amount
necessary to accomplish this.
Risetime transition limitation
10%
0%
100%
90%
Slew Rate
Expected
Time
Actual
Time
Time
(microseconds)
Voltage (volts)
or
Current (amperes)