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Anand P. Paralkar
Hi everyone,
I am trying to test a MOSFET H-bridge at around 400V DC input. I need
to observe the MOSFET Drain-Source waveforms for ringing during the on
to off state (and vice versa) switching.
I observe that the drain to source waveform is affected by the DC source
that I use to supply in the input DC voltage to the MOSFET H-bridge. We
have three different sources (including one that I built using a simple
variac, rectifier and huge capacitor bank) and I feel that there is a
particular DC source (bought from a vendor) that does not work well
(gives horrible drain to source waveforms).
In order to be sure, I would like to see that the one that gives a bad
waveform has something in its output impedance that makes it misbehave
while the other two have something "good" about their output impedance
that make them give good switching waveforms.
Is there a (simple) method to measure the output impedance of a 600V,
15A DC voltage source?
I will use the suggested method to evaluate the three sources that I
have and hopefully, I will find the evidence to prove that the source
that gives the bad waveforms has something "bad" in its output
impedance.
Regards,
Anand
I am trying to test a MOSFET H-bridge at around 400V DC input. I need
to observe the MOSFET Drain-Source waveforms for ringing during the on
to off state (and vice versa) switching.
I observe that the drain to source waveform is affected by the DC source
that I use to supply in the input DC voltage to the MOSFET H-bridge. We
have three different sources (including one that I built using a simple
variac, rectifier and huge capacitor bank) and I feel that there is a
particular DC source (bought from a vendor) that does not work well
(gives horrible drain to source waveforms).
In order to be sure, I would like to see that the one that gives a bad
waveform has something in its output impedance that makes it misbehave
while the other two have something "good" about their output impedance
that make them give good switching waveforms.
Is there a (simple) method to measure the output impedance of a 600V,
15A DC voltage source?
I will use the suggested method to evaluate the three sources that I
have and hopefully, I will find the evidence to prove that the source
that gives the bad waveforms has something "bad" in its output
impedance.
Regards,
Anand