Battery emulating power supply
AssigneeKeithley Instruments, LLC
InventorsJames A. Niemann, Wayne Goeke, Kevin Cawley
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Abstract
A power supply is provided with independently adjustable voltage and current sources to provide a power supply having a desired voltage-current relationship to a device under test. This allows the control of the power supply output impedance as seen by the device under test and the emulation of a battery or other power supply having particular voltage-current relationships.
Claims6
A power supply for providing a desired output impedance and one of a desired voltage and a desired current to a device under test (DUT), said supply comprising:
- a DUT current sensing circuit, said current sensing circuit providing a DUT current signal;
- an operational amplifier having an inverting and a non-inverting input and an output, said output being connectable to said non-inverting input through said current sensing circuit and said DUT, said DUT current signal being adjustably communicated to said inverting input;
- a DUT voltage sensing circuit, said voltage sensing circuit providing a DUT voltage signal, said DUT voltage signal being communicated to said inverting input;
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- an adjustable voltage source, said voltage source communicating with said inverting input, said power supply providing said desired output impedance and said one of said desired voltage and said desired current to said DUT in response to adjustment of said adjustable communication and said adjustable voltage source.
A battery emulating power supply for providing a desired output impedance and one of a desired voltage and a desired current to a device under test (DUT), said supply comprising:
- a DUT current sensing circuit, said current sensing circuit providing a DUT current signal;
- an operational amplifier having an inverting and a non-inverting input and an output, said output being connectable to said non-inverting input through said current sensing circuit and said DUT, said DUT current signal being adjustably communicated to said inverting input;
- a DUT voltage sensing circuit, said voltage sensing circuit providing a DUT voltage signal, said DUT voltage signal being communicated to said inverting input;
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- an adjustable voltage source, said voltage source communicating with said inverting input, said power supply providing said desired output impedance and said one of said desired voltage and said desired current to said DUT in response to adjustment of said adjustable communication and said adjustable voltage source to emulate a battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.