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High Voltage Active-Passive Filter Designs For Noise Reduction

10/07/2009 1:12 PM

Hi,

Passive filters for high voltage power supplies are often used. I am now looking for possibilities of using active filters in high voltage power supplies to see the limit of noise reduction.

Assuming that HV supply can deliver only 10uA to 100uA current into load. I am also assuming that HV supply has typically 1kV to 100kV operating range. Switching noise greater than 5kHz and below 20MHz is 100mV peak to peak (assumed) and 1mV RMS, can we reduce it by a factor of 100 or what is the limit?

I will like to give suggested ideas for trial testing by engineering students, hence, both active and passive model and their combinations can be tried and results can be discussed.

I have few HV Supplies from Matsusada Precision Inc. Japan and Ultravolt USA in the range of 1kV to 30kV and these can be used for trial. I have several models with different noise levels.

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Re: High Voltage Active-Passive Filter Designs For Noise Reduction

10/07/2009 3:19 PM

For high voltage active filter design to be possible, one must be capable of building high voltage differential operational amplifiers. I do not know of any differential operational amplifiers that exist in the kilovolt region. Good Luck

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Re: High Voltage Active-Passive Filter Designs For Noise Reduction

10/07/2009 9:19 PM

Few manufacturers now build kV range amplifiers with frequency response kHz. However, these amplifiers are not usual type the way we know the normal operational amplifiers. These amplifiers are often meant for switching high voltage power supply polarity at rapid rate and allow high voltage power supply levels fully variable. You can call them SPDT MOSFET Switches but they are often named as high voltage amplifiers by manufacturers.

Some high voltage amplifiers designs are coupled two high voltage power supplies of different polarity through voltage divider.http://www.ultravolt.com/tnhva1.htm

Here I am talking about high frequency noise reduction and not DC voltage regulation. Hence, low voltage amplifiers can be used with high voltage capacitors to extract high voltage noise and then neutralize the noise by proper design. For noise reduction amplifier isolated power supplies and HV output as reference can be used. It is not impossible.

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