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Sourcing a DC Power Supply

03/08/2010 11:17 PM

Dear All,

I need a power supply which modulates its dc output or i can say through which i can super impose a AC signal with certain magnitude and frequency on Dc output . These features are avilable with Kepco BOP-50-2M but it is costly ,so i need a indian manufacturer with kepco matching specs . can anybody suggest me any other company?

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Re: Requirement of Dc Power Supply with Modulation capability

03/09/2010 12:02 AM

What are the requirements? DC voltage and current? AC voltage and current - frequency - wave form?and what accuracy is needed

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03/09/2010 6:54 AM

Power Supply Electrical characteristics-

Voltage

Current

Volt. Closed Loop Gain

Current Closed loop gain

Voltage Mode Impedance

Current mode Impedance

± 50V DC or 0 to +36 ± 2A 5.0V/V 0.2 A/V 0.5m Ω , 100uH 50K Ω ,0.05uH

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Slew Rate(Minimum)

Voltage 18KHz 20uS 5V/uS
Current 12KHz 30uS 0.15A/uS
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03/09/2010 12:41 PM

I think you are better off with 2 separate supplies: 1. Adjustable DC as required 2. A function generator or frequency generator. It seems that with the impedance loads you have a series circuit with resistors / or semiconductor circuit will take care of your modulation problem to join the supplies together

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03/10/2010 4:23 AM

Might I suggest that what you need is a high-wattage audio amplifier, possibly removing any blocking capacitors between stages and at the speaker output? Peter

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03/10/2010 11:45 AM

or DC amplifier or direct coupled amplifier as you mention. But still a function generator or audio generator too. A function generator has more extended settings to e.g. also preset the DC

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03/10/2010 5:19 AM

Possibly you could use a transformer with the secondary in series with the power supply and drive the primary with your AC signal.

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03/10/2010 8:48 PM

I think the tasformer will get saturated by the DC current.

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03/10/2010 9:10 PM

the transformer doesn't get affected as long as the coil wire can handle the current.

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03/12/2010 3:11 AM

A transformer (or an iron coil) will not be saturated as long as the current does not exceed Isat (as given by the manufacturer). (Isat generally is not the same as the Imax , where Imax is the maximum current that the wire can handle.) The suggestion of Guest in #5 is, also, a solution. However a proper transformer is more expensive and difficult to be found. (It must be able to handle the dc current and it must be able to pass the frequency range of your ac signal efficiently.) On the other hand, an inductor is cheaper and easier to be found. (Moreover, you can use more inductors in series or you can make one by yourself. Or you can even make an "electronic coil" -with transistors and capacitors- which behaves like an inductor.)

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03/10/2010 6:06 AM

Hi Guest. I made a drawing to show you an easy way to do this without any special and expensive power supply.

The inductor (L) will prevent the ac signal from going into the power supply (and be grounded by its output capacitors). The capacitor (C) will prevent the dc voltage from going into the signal generator. On the Rload you'll have the ac signal superimposed on the dc voltage. Take care that the capacitor must be able to withstand your dc voltage. Also, the inductor must exhibit a high impedance for the lower frequency of your ac signal and it must be able to withstand your dc current.

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03/10/2010 9:13 PM

I'm pretty new to this forum. What do you use to draw? and how you get it in your message? Tks

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03/11/2010 2:44 AM

I made the drawing with Protel and I converted it to a picture format (e.g. jpg). When you prepare a message, you can insert any such picture (e.g. photos, scanned handmade drawings, drawings made with several tools like Corel e.t.c) and insert it into your message using the green camera button on the toolbar.

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