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From: john larkin <JL@gct.com>
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Subject: Re: power supply discharge
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:01:19 -0700
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:08:03 -0400, ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> wrote:

>On 10/9/2024 3:53 PM, john larkin wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 22:34:16 -0400, ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/8/2024 8:27 PM, john larkin wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:03:40 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:59:27 -0700, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:24:34 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:49:14 -0700, john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:49:54 -0700, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 9/30/24 11:24 AM, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:39:27 -0400, legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:23:01 -0700, john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 22:28:07 -0700, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/27/24 8:07 AM, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Given a benchtop power supply, you can turn the voltage up and then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> down, and it goes down. Most have a substantial amount of output
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> capacitance, and can be driving an external cap too. So something
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pulls the output down.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Often the only internal load is the resistive divider for the regulator
>>>>>>>>>>>>> loop feedback.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess that there are no standards for this, but I've never seen a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> supply that just hangs high when it's cranked down.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have some. They drop very slowly when there isn't much load on the output.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Customers might whine if they ask for 10 volts and see 30. Amd that
>>>>>>>>>>>> may be mostly held up by their capacitive load.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm designing some programmable multi-channel power suplies and that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is one of many tangled issues in the project.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> A synchronous buck architecture should work quite well if you need to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> slew fast. I've used that on a driver that had to modulate a hard
>>>>>>>>>>>>> capacitive load at several kHz and above 100V.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm doing some multichannel non-isolated supplies that will be sync
>>>>>>>>>>>> buck, using multiple TI DRV8962 chips.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> One problem is that a sync buck can become a boost in the wrong
>>>>>>>>>>>> direction, and start charging my +48 supply. If it hits, say, 55
>>>>>>>>>>>> volts, I'll disable the switcher chips, and the outputs can hang. I
>>>>>>>>>>>> need to discharge the outputs. I'm thinking about 20 mA of depletion
>>>>>>>>>>>> fet per channel.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You might consider overvoltage protection or a (switched ?)
>>>>>>>>>>> internal minimum load.There's usuaally some point in the
>>>>>>>>>>> control loop that's a good indicator of a pull-down requirement.
>>>>>>>>>>> A single ovp or autoload on the input looks likely to serve
>>>>>>>>>>> all of your many sync-bucks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> RL
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> An MOV on the bulk supply could limit the reverse-pump excursion until
>>>>>>>>>> the software can notice and shut things down.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> MOVs can gobble a lot of joules, but their clipping is very soggy.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> MOVs are usually cumulative. They can take a certain amount of
>>>>>>>>> dissipation over their lifetime and then *PHUT* ... POOOF. Like a bank
>>>>>>>>> account that runs dry.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What kills MOVs? Integrated joules? Time-temperature?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't expect a lot of joules per event. Just enough energy to keep
>>>>>>>> my supply voltage down until a slowish ADC and the software can shut
>>>>>>>> the buck switchers down. 15 milliseconds max, maybe.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think it's integrated joules per cubic centimeter of the MOV
>>>>>>> material.  This is discussed in the literature on MOVs for protecting
>>>>>>> line-powered equipment from pulse overvoltages, such as from nearby
>>>>>>> lightning strikes.  <https://www.deltala.com/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joe Gwinn
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Makes sense. It looks like most MOV appnotes assume that it's across
>>>>>> an AC line, with kilo-amps available. Or lightning bolts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll get a few and test them at much lower loads.
>>>>>
>>>>> For smaller MOVs, I think that the data sheet specifies capacity in
>>>>> Joules.  I bet this is the max integrated dose, not the pre-event
>>>>> limit.  Well, the one-event limit as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe Gwinn
>>>>
>>>> I'm torturing an MOV, a 470KD14. It's rated for 47 volts and 0.1 watt
>>>> and 10 joules.
>>>>
>>>> At a constant 15 mA, it's at 58.1 volts, which is 0.86 watts. It's
>>>> pretty warm. The voltage seems very stable after 4 hours so far.
>>>> That's about 12K joules.
>>>>
>>>> It's likely it could do that forever, but the data sheets suggest that
>>>> high power shots can do cumulative damage. I might set up to try that
>>>> somehow.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Now lower the voltage. At what voltage does the current drop
>>> to 0?
>>>
>>> Ed
>> 
>> 
>> 0 is a fuzzy concept.
>> 
>> I drops 48.2 v at 1 mA, about the same as always, after 62 K joules.
>> 
>
>Ok, thanks.  Looks like it proves your idea. (-:
>Ed

I think there is damage at higher pulse energies, as few as a single
pulse.