Questions tagged [ripple-current]
Small unwanted residual periodic variation of the direct current (dc) output
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Inverter - parallel DC link capacitor bank ripple current rating
I'm sizing the DC link capacitors for a 3-phase, 48V, 3kW traction inverter aimed at driving PMSM motors. I'm designing around a minimum ripple current rating of ~50Arms. I'm considering using ...
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Should I measure ripple current on a replacement capacitor of lowered ESR?
I've changed an 820 μF capacitor on the output of a 1.05 V linear regulator which feeds the PCH (Intel's Platform Controller Hub), or "southbridge", on a PC motherboard. It's working fine ...
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Looking to see if the ripple current specification for capacitor is being met
I am choosing input capacitors for a buck regulator. According to the regulator and based on my design, the maximum ripple current will be 4.7A, which is based on the input and output voltage as well ...
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Can I substitute a capacitor with the same rated capacity and voltage but a lower inductance and higher rated ripple current for a mobo repair?
I have an early to mid 2000's motherboard that I am trying to restore. It looks to be mostly in good condition but a blown radial electrolytic capacitor might be causing trouble. From the placement of ...
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Coupled inductors for multi-output buck
I see coupled inductors are generally used in multi-phase design to take advantage of current ripple cancellation.
What is really the advantage of coupled inductor in multi-output buck or multi-output ...
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Can we use electrolytic capacitors on IC power rails?
Can we use bulk electrolytic capacitors on the power rails of an IC? I know that we will use bulk capacitors in switching regulators at input. Can anyone explain why or why not and how to find ripple ...
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Spike and Ripple Currents in PWM-driven DC Motor
I intend to drive a DC motor through an H-Bridge with PWM Control. Therefore I'm using only NMOS powerfets to drive the bridge. However I'm facing an issue with the current at the MOS gates. As you ...
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Calculate peak input current of switch mode power supply
I have the following problem.
MY ATTEMPT
The switch-mode power supply looks like it's a boost converter. I found that the DC-transfer functions for the boost converter to be:
\$\frac{V_C}{V_{...
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Techniques for measuring the ripple current of SMD electrolytic capacitors
I am currently creating a test plan for an AC/DC converter (90VAC...264VAC -> 12VDC) I've been working on. Since the output electrolytic capacitors are of SMD type, I am trying to come up with ...
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Capacitor specifications, ripple current and life
What does the "Ripple current" and the "Life (in Hours)" in electrolytic capacitors specifications mean?
My intuition says it's the highest current it can handle and it can operate for that hours (...
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SMPS Input/Output ripple current and ripple voltage
I found a presentation regarding SMPS and found this slide.
I am not totally able to grasp the concept of the input and output ripple current.
In the above image I have the following questions :
I ...
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Are all linear regulators bad at filtering input ripple? (or really as bad as Dave suggests)?
Background
In EEVBlog #1116, Dave discusses a method to remove power supply ripple, and goes on to show (see 5:17 to 6:15) that you cannot count on linear regulators to remove your input ripple. He ...
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PT4115, where should I put output capacitor?
The PT4115E datasheet states:
Peak to peak ripple current in the
LED(s) can be reduced below 30% of the average
current, if required, by adding a capacitor across
the LED(s).
Can you confirm ...
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Ripple current at output capacitors
I was reading about the selection of output capacitors at the output of buck converters and found this Link
The accepted answer states that before I select an output capacitor, we must fix the ...
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Measuring Output Ripple Voltage Problem
This is a followup of my previous question.
Boost IC = NCV3063
Vin = 8V
Vout = 23V
Iout(max) = 250mA - (Load is a constant current circuit which is enabled at 200Hz)
Schematic
Mentioned the ...
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