Electronic load apparatus

Abstract

The electronic load apparatus where an inductance is given to the source of a transistor for controlling load current, so that the frequency response characteristic of the electronic load control loop and the electronic load transient response characteristics at the starting of the power supply to be tested are improved; and by providing a non-linear element between the input and output of an operational amplifier for the driving transistor of the controlling circuit, a better load current control characteristic is obtained in a wide load current range. In an apparatus where a plurality of electronic load modules are connected together in parallel, by adding a voltage signal converted from the output of a voltage generating circuit for correcting load current slew rate by the correcting coefficient adding circuit for adding a coefficient which is inversely proportional to the residual inductance to a voltage generated in a reference voltage generating circuit for controlling load current, a voltage saturation in the load transistor when the transistor works at a low voltage can be prevented, so that the load current slew rate of the electronic load apparatus is improved. Further, in an AC electronic load apparatus, an inductance for compensating frequency characteristics is given to the source of the load current control transistor in series. Therefore, the frequency response characteristics of the load current control feedback loop is greatly improved, and even at the cross over point where the current polarity is changed, the apparatus operates without causing a large distortion, and thus the apparatus can be used to test the AC power supply working with a high frequency.

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