Model ATE 36-30DM (Digital meters)
Series ATE power supplies are precision analog-controlled power supplies. They feature the high gain and zeroable offsets
to
precisely follow voltage signals or variable resistance controls with fast response into the mid audio range. The
voltage and current channels are equally controllable with automatic crossover between modes.
Series ATE is available in the following Models.
Model ATE 325-0.8M (Analog meters)
Panel
-mounted analog meters allow monitoring of both channels.
Optionally, ATE models can be provided with digital displays.
To specify substitute the suffix "DM" for the suffix "M
" in the model number. For example: ATE 36-15DM
specifies digital displays. Local control of both channels is by panel-mounted 10-turn rheostats. Panel mounted LEDs
indicate which channel is in control (green is voltage, amber is current).This information is simultaneously delivered as an
optically isolated, TTL-compatible flag signal accessible through the rear connector ("0"
is voltage, "1" is current).
Model ATE 36-30DM (Digital meters)
Overvoltage trip-point can be manually set (with a front-panel level control); programmed with a 0-10V signal; or tracked to the same signal that controls the output voltage (the margin is adjustable). Front panel "disarm" button allows the set-point to be monitored without triggering the crowbar. Crowbar can be tripped by remotely generated pulse (through optically isolated "trigger-in" port), allowing overvoltage protectors of several ATEs to be interconnected.
While the Series ATE power supplies are fixed gain amplifiers programmed by variable voltage input, the uncommitted amplifiers can be used to emulate other programming modes used in other type of power supplies.
For example: resistance programming at any Ohms/Volt ratio desired, programming by conductance (inverse resistance), or by various combinations of voltage, current, resistance, and conductance. The open loop gain of both amplifiers is a minimum of 20,000 Volts per Volt.
Optional IEEE 488 listen-only control via optically isolated type SN digital to analog converters.
Disconnecting the output capacitor puts the ATE into the fast mode, and optimizes it for the least excursion when the current is stabilized and the dynamic load is a voltage.
In the slow mode the ATE is thus able to stabilize a voltage against a rapidly changing load current; in the fast mode, it can stabilize a current against a rapidly changing load voltage, and follow quickly changing program shifts.