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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 18 of 88 +IN GA TE IN GA TE OUT –IN +OUT +S TRIM –S –OUT C2 C1 C2 C3 C3 C1 = 100 μ F C2 = 4,700 pF C3 = 0.01 μ F Conditions: Light Load = 3 [...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 19 of 88 9. EMC Considerations Common-Mode Noise with Common-Mode Choke. There ar e no special precautions that must be exer cised in the design of [...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 20 of 88 9. EMC Considerations L1 C4 C1 = 100 μ F C2 a – C2 b = 4,700 pF (Vicor Part # 01000) C3 a – C3 b = 0.01 μ F (Vicor P ar t # 04872) C4[...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 21 of 88 9. EMC Considerations Differential and Common-Mode Filter with More than One Module . No special precautions ar e needed when using two or [...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 22 of 88 3 Amp Load 15 Amp Load 30 Amp Load 9. EMC Considerations Differential-Mode Noise Filter . Differ ential-mode conducted noise current is the[...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 23 of 88 9. EMC Considerations RADIA TED NOISE Radiated noise may be either electric field or magnetic field. Magnetic radiation is caused by high d[...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 24 of 88 C FET C Rectifier I CM C FET C Rectifier C External C Exter nal I CM Primary Secondar y V p V p V p Baseplate I DM Ycaps Ycaps Figure 9–8[...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 25 of 88 9. EMC Considerations No Additional Filter 2% p-p (T ypical) 1% p-p (T ypical) 0.2% p-p (T ypical) Low ESR Output Cap. 1% p-p (T ypical) 0.[...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 26 of 88 9. EMC Considerations NOTE : A low ESR capacitor should be used on the output, preferably tantalum. 3 Amp Load 15 Amp Load 30 Amp Load +IN [...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 27 of 88 9. EMC Considerations C1 = 100 µF C2 a – C2 b = 4,700 pF (Vicor P ar t # 01000) C3 a – C3 b = 0.01 µF (Vicor P ar t # 04872) C4 = 270[...]
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Design Guide & Applications Manual For VI-200 and VI-J00 Family DC-DC Converters and Configurable Power Supplies vicorpower .com 800-735-6200 Applications Engineering 1- 800-927-9474 Rev . 2.1 Page 28 of 88 9. EMC Considerations RAM / MI-RAM OPERA TION The RAM / MI-RAM attenuates output noise in two ways. First, an LC filter in the RAM / MI-RAM[...]