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    John Errington's Tutorial On Power Supply Design: Line and Contact Resistance

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    The document discusses various resistances introduced when making electrical connections between a power supply and load, such as line and contact resistance. It notes that these resistances can be eliminated by using a four contact method for connections that measures the voltage at the load for regulation rather than the supply terminals. This four contact feedback method regulates the voltage at the load by ignoring the small line and contact resistances in the feedback loop.

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    The document discusses various resistances introduced when making electrical connections between a power supply and load, such as line and contact resistance. It notes that these resistances can be eliminated by using a four contact method for connections that measures the voltage at the load for regulation rather than the supply terminals. This four contact feedback method regulates the voltage at the load by ignoring the small line and contact resistances in the feedback loop.

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    The document discusses various resistances introduced when making electrical connections between a power supply and load, such as line and contact resistance. It notes that these resistances can be eliminated by using a four contact method for connections that measures the voltage at the load for regulation rather than the supply terminals. This four contact feedback method regulates the voltage at the load by ignoring the small line and contact resistances in the feedback loop.

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    John Errington's Tutorial On Power Supply Design: Line and Contact Resistance

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    The document discusses various resistances introduced when making electrical connections between a power supply and load, such as line and contact resistance. It notes that these resistances can be eliminated by using a four contact method for connections that measures the voltage at the load for regulation rather than the supply terminals. This four contact feedback method regulates the voltage at the load by ignoring the small line and contact resistances in the feedback loop.

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    John Errington's tutorial on Power Supply Design

    Feedback

    Line and contact resistance

    In the circuit shown here RC1 - RC4 represent


    resistances introduced by making connection
    Introduction
    between wires and the supply or load; and RL1 &
    Transformer RL2 represent the resistance of the connecting
    and rectifier wires (or tracks).

    Smoothing Lets look at the impact of these resistances and


    how this can be avoided.
    Ripple Current

    Load
    regulation Our "precision voltage supply" can have a resistance lower than 1mohm. (0.001 ohm)

    Design The wire used to connect the supply to a load will introduce a resistance. For example the
    Example 1 resistance of 20AWG copper wire is 26mohm/m. A 10cm length will have R = 2.6 mohm. So RL1
    = RL2 = 2.6

    Voltage Depending on the method used, the connection between connecting wire and circuit may also be
    Regulation of the order of 1mohm.
    Voltage
    In this case the total resistance of our connections between supply and load will be around 2*2.6
    References
    + 4*1 = 9 mohm.
    Voltage
    By using a 4 contact method as shown below we can eliminate the effects of these resistances.
    Regulation
    Simple cct Four contact method
    Voltage Here the feedback connectioons are used to
    Regulation and measure the voltage at the load, and it is this
    analysis voltage which is regulated. As the current in the
    Voltage feedbck loop is very small (typically less than
    Regulation 1mA) the line and contact resistance in the
    precision feedback loop can be ignored.
    circuit

    Voltage
    Regulation
    Conclusion

    Current
    sources

    Constant
    current

    Feedback

    High voltages

    Rules of
    thumb

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