SMPS2000RxE

SMPS2000RxE
The SMPS2000RxE Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) is specially designed for use with Audio
Amplifiers, with a peak to average power (crest factor) ratio of 3 or more. Both Linear Amplifiers such as class AB
Amplifiers or Switched Amplifiers such as Class D or Class T can be powered from the SMPS2000RxE power supply.
The SMPS2000RxE uses state of the art, high efficiency LLC Series Resonant Converter Topology. The output
voltage is fully regulated and adjustable within a 10% range depending on the output voltage version. Due to the
soft-switched topology used the SMPS2000RxE produces very low EMI, lower losses and is more compact than any
similarly rated classic hard-switched SMPS. Several output voltage ranges are available for the stock SMPS2000RxE
making it suitable for use with most audio amplifiers from the market, not just with the Connexelectronic ones.

SMPS2000RxE Features:
 LLC Series Resonant Converter Topology for high efficiency, up to 96.2% and lowest EMI specially
designed for high-performance and high-power Audio Amplifiers.
 230V AC and 120V Mains AC Voltage compatible.
 2000W Output Power with adequate cooling, 2250W Peak Output Power, 2400W Short-Time Peak Power.
 Four different output voltages available from stock: SMPS2000RxE differential output: ±60V ±75V ±84V
±92V as well as any other custom voltage in the range of ±40V to ±180V all adjustable within ~10% range.
 Dedicated single output voltage, high current version available with default output voltage 48V suitable
for RF transmitters, high-power Constant-Voltage LED lighting or other non-audio applications.
 Differential Regulated Auxiliary Voltage available, with default value of ±12V or ±15V at 500mA.
 Complete protection set: Under-voltage, Over-voltage, Over-current, Short-circuit and Over-temperature
Protection.
 Burst-Mode operation at low load or no-load for high efficiency and low idle power consumption.
 On-board Soft Start for smooth turn ON without current peaks or breakers tripping.
 Compact size, 120x200x42mm, lightweight, 980 grams.

Fig.1 SMPS2000RxE
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Introduction: The current trend for audio amplifier manufacturers both in HI-FI and in the Pro-Audio
field is to use a classic mains transformer with bridge rectifier and capacitors. The main advantage of this
implementation is simplicity; no extra time and cost is needed to design a power supply using these components
which are easy to find and in most cases are reliable for most applications if proper sized components are used. In
addition to this, there is a strong current which tries to convince the audience that even these days the classic
power supply is still the best solution. Since their beginning, not many things have changed regarding these power
supplies, the mains transformers have used the same topology and construction for at least the last 50 years,
rectifier diodes had improved and capacitors have made some progress but the transformer still dictates the
overall performance. We cannot say that the improvements were revolutionary but SMPS technology makes
impressive progress every few years. Straight away, we can compare a classic power supply built in 70’s with a
recent one with the same ratings and notice that the differences are small. If we try the same comparison with two
SMPS units (one made in the 90s and a recent one), the differences found will be much higher. Apart from these
subjective reasons there are a few other disadvantages of using classic power supplies compared with modern
SMPS solutions, the most obvious being size and weight, followed by cost (for the same power level), and overall
efficiency. The cost of a classic unregulated power supply exceeds the cost of an equivalent unregulated (or even
regulated) SMPS above a few hundred watts of power. The average efficiency of a classic unregulated power
supply is lower with at least 10% compared with a well-designed SMPS of the same rated power in the hundred
watts power range and even more inefficient for power levels below 50-100W. If regulated voltage is required,
classic power supplies cannot be considered anymore for any device which require more than 20-50W output, due
to very poor efficiency of the whole assembly, starting with mains transformer and ending with linear regulators.
If low voltage and high current is needed classic power supplies become useless and cost prohibitive. Usually
efficiency does not exceed 40 - 50% which is far behind any SMPS available.
Although Switched Mode Power Supplies have been commonly used in most electronic equipment
available on the market (both appliances and industrial) since the mid 80’s, it has taken nearly 20 years to convince
the audio gear manufacturers that this is the way to go. There were some attempts of using SMPS for PA audio
amplifiers during the 80s and 90s, and some companies released audio amplifiers using hard-switched regulated or
unregulated SMPS, or at most using Quasi-Resonant unregulated designs. Most of these revolutionary products
were received with skepticism mainly because of design pitfalls, huge EMI, noise, poor reliability, higher cost and
difficulty of servicing the units in case of failure. After the mid-90s, switching semiconductors reached maturity and
had decent characteristics and lower cost to be used in low-cost mass-production equipment, the PA amplifier
industry saw a surge of products using SMPS being released (mostly in medium and high power PA amplifiers). At
the same time raw materials and labor costs for mains transformers increased, making the SMPS technology more
attractive. First units used extremely simple topologies; unregulated output voltage with minimal protection, or
simply no protection at all. The main reason behind this was the cost which was lower for unregulated power
supplies than for regulated ones, and added to that was a lack of knowledge and properly trained engineers who
were able to design and build high performance SMPS. Most of the SMPS used in that period were similar to ATX
power supplies used in computers, unsuitable for supplying audio amplifiers where the load is never constant.

SMPS2000RxE Description: The topology used for SMPS2000RxE is Series Resonant Converter,
or the LLC Converter. This type of design was chosen due to its many advantages compared to other topologies.
The most important advantage is superior efficiency which is up to 96.2% with lower EMI and noise, followed by
compact size, low weight and reasonable complexity. Although it is not a relatively new technology (first attempts
at using this topology were made more than 25 years ago) till recently the lack of knowledge, documentation and
availability of suitable electronic components such as high-speed MOS-FETs or IGBTs prohibited this topology to
spread like the other hard-switched topologies. Only after designers of LCD and Plasma TVs came up with
initiatives to increase efficiency of consumer products (greater than 80-90%) engineers had to look towards other
solutions than the current, mature, hard-switched topologies which were unable to break the 90% efficiency
barrier without significant cost, size and complexity increases. For an LLC resonant converter efficiencies greater
than 92% are common, and even 95-96% can be achieved if the DC-DC converter is supplied from the output of an
PFC pre-regulator capable of supplying a constant 400V DC. In our case the PFC stage is not required for this
application and because similar efficiencies can be achieved without using a complex PFC circuit which would
increase the size of the SMPS board, increase EMI and decrease the performance due to the fact that the available
space is limited and the PFC inductor might interfere with other parts of the circuit.
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The LLC Series Resonant Converter also runs at variable frequency (depending on the load), typically in
the range of 100-250 KHz. Being soft commutated, the SMPS intermodulation noise which might occur has a very
low value (well below the S/N ration threshold), and is thus inaudible. The third reason for using unregulated SMPS’
for those amplifiers is that most of the class AB amplifies have high power supply rejection ratio which allows using
an unregulated power supply without degrading their performance. However for some class D and class T
amplifiers this might be not enough, especially if audiophile sound quality is required. Unlike many other amplifiers
which are using SMPS this Power Supply has a regulated output providing a constant output voltage from zero to
full load. This results in a cleaner sound without peaks and drops, without hard clipping and distortion, accurate
real deep bass, transparent and clean mid and high frequencies all without the need to add any extra-large
electrolytic capacitors or so called “audiophile capacitors” (which can cost up to 2-3 times more than the SMPS
itself and strongly relying on the placebo effect while evaluating their performance).
An important aspect which must be considered when the SMPS2000RxE is first powered ON is that the
initial inrush current drawn from the mains is a few times higher than the average operating current. The reason
for this is that the filter capacitors are completely discharged and act as a short circuit for a brief period. The inrush
current is higher because the capacitors’ capacitance and voltage are higher and therefore it is proportional to the
capacitor’s stored energy (CU²/2). To prevent damage to the power supply components a thermistor was used to
limit the inrush current to a low value (which also prevents the mains fuse tripping). This thermistor is a passive
component whose properties decrease its resistance when the temperature increases. It has higher electrical
resistance at low temperature which reduces the inrush current and when the current passing through heats up
the thermistor the resistances decreases, and so the dissipated power will be reduced. Once the inrush current has
fallen the thermistor is taken out of circuit by a relay which now allows the full current to pass. When the power
supply is powered OFF the relay will open but will close again after the next inrush current cycle. Please note that
there is no need to use any other external circuit to limit the inrush current such as Power Soft-Start circuit when
the SMPS2000RxE is powered from standard mains supply voltage of 110 or 220V AC.
The SMPS2000RxE features another soft-start circuit which allows progressive charging of the output
filter capacitors while limiting the maximum output power delivered during start-up sequence, all without tripping
the on-board overcurrent protection or mains fuses. The value and the working voltage of the output capacitors
depends on the type of the SMPS and the output voltage value. The on-board capacitors have enough capacitance
for the most stringent applications; adding extra capacitors is not required or recommended because if the
capacitance is too high the overcurrent protection might trip during power ON. The most important feature of the
LLC resonant converter topology (which makes it the topology of choice for supplying audio amplifiers), is that the
power is processed in a sinusoidal manner and the switching devices are soft commutated, which means that the
voltage across each power transistor from the power stage drops to zero before it is switched on, minimizing
switching and capacitive losses (now only conduction losses are dominant). Supplying the power stage of the LLC
converter at a higher voltage means the conduction losses are reduced exponentially and high efficiency can be
achieved while keeping the cost and complexity low. The SMPS2000RxE contains six main functional blocks: 1)
Mains EMI filter stage: its role is to reduce the conducted EMI transmitted from power supply to the mains
network. 2) Rectifier and filter stage: it rectifies the mains AC voltage and stores the energy in the large electrolytic
capacitors allowing continuous operation and a hold-up time of up to 45mS under load without affecting the
output voltage regulation. 3) Power
stage: this is a variable frequency
square wave generator that drives the
resonant tank. 4) Resonant tank:
consisting of resonant inductor,
resonant capacitor and power
transformer. 5) Secondary side
rectifier and filter capacitors: these
produce the DC output voltage which
is used to supply the amplifier
connected to SMPS2000R. 6) Control
monitoring and protection circuit: this
controls the output voltage and
proper operation of SMPS2000R. Fig.2 SMPS2000RxE simplified block diagram

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Ripple and noise: An innovative high

order low-pass output filter implemented on the PCB
board (as well as using low-ESR electrolytic
capacitors) is connected in a CLC configuration. This
minimizes the switching noise by about 7dB so that
the output ripple does not exceed 100mV pk-pk from
zero to full load. Typical values measured for the
SMPS2000RxE +-60V output version was 70mV and
for the +-84V version was 90mV. Measured ripple
frequency was 101 KHz, horizontal scale 5ns/div and
vertical 100mV/div AC coupled. The green trace
represents positive output, and the pink trace
represents negative output. Measurements were
done using a LeCroy LT344 scope with 200 MHz x 10
probes which were connected directly at the output
voltage connector. Fig.3 SMPS2000RxE output ripple ±84V output voltage version

A conducted emission test was performed to ensure compatibility with EN55022 Class-B standard and the
preliminary results are shown below at low-power (100W) and at half-rated power (800W average power drawn
by the amplifiers supplied by SMPS2000R). It can be seen in the Fig.4 diagrams that the limits are not exceeded,
with the peak and average values being at least 10dB below the limits. For the test purpose, SMPS2000RxE was
powered at 230V mains voltage, through a CW4L2-20A-T (20A rated current) EMI mains filter and through a special
device called LISN, used for measurements purpose only. If 120V mains voltage is used, the CW4E-30A-S (30A
rated current) should be used. Lower current rating EMI filters such as CW2A-10A or CW2A-10A-T can be used
only if the mains supply voltage is 230V and the average power supplied to amplifiers does not exceed 1600VA.
Two SMPS2000RxE units installed in the same enclosure can be powered from mains through one single CW4E-
30A-S from 230V mains supply voltage.

Fig.4 SMPS2000RxE conducted emissions pre-compliance tests at 100W load and 800W load
Radiated emissions are estimated to be within limits and no abnormal limits were detected by spectrum
analyzer in the area where SMPS2000RxE was operating. Yet we still recommend that SMPS2000RxE to be
installed in the amplifier enclosure as far as possible from signal sensitive boards or harnesses to prevent any kind
of interference. Due to the high power and intense stray magnetic field around the power transformer and
resonant inductor the SMPS2000RxE should not be installed directly on top or below any amplifier board and a
distance of at least 50mm must be kept to prevent any interference. The magnetic field intensity decreases
exponentially with the distance from the source and thus 10-15cm away would be low enough to not affect the
other stages. Due to nature of operation, the switching frequency of the SMPS2000RxE varies in range of 100-250
KHz from no-load to full-load; the maximum switching frequency is at minimum load, while minimum switching
frequency is at maximum load. Due to this reason, the switching frequency varies continuously, even with constant
load, due to DC bus ripple, with 100 or 120Hz frequency (double the mains frequency) inherently obtaining what is
called Spread spectrum (PWM frequency dithering) very useful for minimizing EMI signature of the SMPS2000RxE.

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If the SMPS2000RxE will be used in mobile sound applications powered from generators, inverters or
weak mains power installations, using long and thin wires (with relatively high impedance) the mains voltage must
be monitored during operation of the SMPS2000RxE and any other equipment connected to the mains to make
sure the peak average voltage values will remain within the required limits. In case of mains voltage values below
205V for 230V version or 103V for 120V version, the SMPS2000RxE output voltage might not be regulated at
nominal value and drop under full-load or can enter in Under-Voltage protection mode if mains network
impedance is higher than nominal because it can’t sustain the full peak current required.
In the ideal layout arrangement the SMPS2000RxE would be fitted on one side of the amplifier enclosure
(usually on the left side), using the enclosure wall as a heatsink which would transfer heat away from the heatslug.
The mains connector will be on the back side of the enclosure near the back panel where the mains cable enters
the enclosure, and the output connector will be on the front side of the amplifier enclosure right in front of the
amplifier module power connector. In this way the wiring layout is optimised allowing neat, short straight wires to
be used and without crossing over or under other modules installed in the enclosure.
Mains input should be supplied to SMPS2000RxE through
a can type EMI filter such as CW4L2-20A-T or CW4E-30A-S type or
at least CW2A-10A or CW2A-10A-T only if the mains supply
voltage is 230V and the average power supplied to amplifiers does
not exceed 1600VA. The DC output wires should use Ferrite beads
to further reduce EMI. The wiring harness should cross through the
ferrite core and we recommended the use of a 25-33mm diameter
Hi-Freq ferrite core on which are wrapped an equal number or
turns (2-4 for each wire). Fig.5 Ferrite bead installed on output wires
Thermal Management: SMPS2000RxE requires proper thermal management to keep the
nominal temperature of all the components within their operating range. The electrical efficiency of SMPS2000RxE
from 10% to 100% load is over 90% with peak efficiency over 96%. Efficiency and dissipated power is also related
to output voltage setting. The efficiency is slightly higher if the output voltage is set to minimum voltage and the
lowest value of efficiency is reached with the output voltage set for maximum value. The difference is up to 1.4%,
or about ±20W total power loss. Although the soft-switching characteristic allows the SMPS2000RxE to run cooler
than similarly rated hard-switched SMPS, the generated heat must be removed using a heatsink thermally
connected to the heatslug placed on a side of the board, on which all the power devices are installed. If the
SMPS2000RxE is installed in a tight enclosure along with other modules which generate heat, using a cooling fan is
strongly recommended to keep the temperature of the whole board and components within normal operation
limits, without affecting the reliability or trigger the Over-Temperature protection. The fan must be installed on the
back side of the enclosure and absorb the hot air through the board from the upper right side (refer to board
layout figure) where the rectifier bridge is installed, then the power inductor and power transformer and blow the
air outside the enclosure. While the hot air is removed from the enclosure instead of blowing air inside, the
average temperature of PCB and temperature sensitive components such as electrolytic capacitors is kept 15-20°C
lower than if the air would circulate in opposite direction. The cooling fan must be 12V 80-120mA rated, 50x50mm
or 60x60mm type, ball bearing. By default is not provided but can be supplied on request. The fan can be powered
from the SMPS2000RxE directly, from the FAN dedicated connector, which can be found next to Rectifier Bridge.
While the cooling fan is used, the rectifier bridge do not require a heatsink for normal operation, but in case the
fan is not used, a <8°C /W heatsink must be attached on the rectifier bridge. By default, it is not installed.
6 pieces M4 Screws must be used to install the heatsink. The screws length must not protrude more
than 5mm into the heatslug otherwise will damage the power devices and other components.

Fig.6 SMPS2000RxE heatslug size and drill pattern

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Over-temperature protection was added to make sure that the SMPS2000RxE is fully reliable even under
the most demanding conditions. This consists of a circuit which monitors the temperature of the primary MOS-
FETs and disables the power supply when the operating temperature reaches 90˚C. To resume operation, the
SMPS2000RxE must be completely disconnected from mains voltage for at least 10 min while the temperature
drop and capacitors discharge. Same sensor is used to control the variable speed fan which is used to keep the
power supply temperature within normal limits so correct ratings fan must be used to not affect the circuit
operation.

Fig.5 SMPS2000RxE thermal image after running 30min and 60min loaded with 2x800W class D amplifier as load
SMPS2000RxE characteristics:
Model: SMPS2000R±60V SMPS2000R±75V SMPS2000R±84V SMPS2000R±92V SMPS2000RxE custom voltage
Parameters:
Main Output Minimum:±57V Minimum:±71V Minimum:±80V Minimum: ±88V Minimum: ±38V
Voltage: Maximum:±63V Maximum:±78V Maximum:±88V Maximum: ±96V Maximum:±188V
Aux. Output Minimum:±16.5V Minimum:±16.5V Minimum:±16.5V Minimum:±16.5V Minimum:±10V (on request)
Voltage: Maximum:±20V Maximum:±20V Maximum:±20V Maximum:±20V Maximum:±30V (on request)
Mains input 120V range: 98-127V 120V range: 98-127V 120V range: 98-127V 120V range: 98-127V 120V range: 98-127V
voltage: 230V range: 196-254V 230V range: 196-254V 230V range: 196-254V 230V range: 196-254V 230V range: 196-254V
Main Output Nominal: 16.7A Nominal: 13.3A Nominal: 11.9A Nominal: 10.8A Nominal: 5.5-33A
Current: Peak: 22A Peak: 18.5A Peak: 15.7A Peak: 14.3A Peak: 7-44A
Aux. Output Nominal: 0.2 A Nominal: 0.2 A Nominal: 0.2 A Nominal: 0.2 A Nominal: 0.2 A
Current: Peak: 0.5A Peak: 0.5A Peak: 0.5A Peak: 0.5A Peak: 0.5A
No-Load and 2.4-5.3W DCM no-load 2.7-5.8W DCM no-load 2.9-6.3W DCM no-load 3.4-6.7W DCM no-load 2.1-7.7W DCM no-load
low load power 16W CCM 5.5W load 17W CCM 5.8W load 18W CCM 6.4W load 19W CCM 6.7W load 14-24W CCM 3.8-11W load
consumption: Mains V dependent Mains V dependent Mains V dependent Mains V dependent Mains V and Output V dependent
Min. Load for Min: 5.5W Min: 5.8W Min: 6.4W Min: 6.7W Min: 4.4W (Voltage dependent)
CCM (no-burst): Max: 7.7W Max: 8.4W Max: 9.3W Max: 9.5W Max: 15W (Voltage dependent)
Efficiency at 120V: 94.5 % 120V: 95.1 % 120V: 95.5 % 120V: 95.4 % 120V: 92.1-995.5 %
40-60% load: 230V: 95.2% 230V: 95.7% 230V: 96.2% 230V: 96.1% 230V: 92.8-96.3%

Auxiliary output voltages: SMPS2000RxE has a differential output auxiliary voltage and one separate,
isolated auxiliary voltage which can be connected with its negative output to main negative output to generate the
Vdrive to V- voltage required by any class D amplifier output stage driver section. For maximum flexibility and to
avoid efficiency decrease, the auxiliary output voltages are unregulated and the average value is around ±17V to
±20V at 200mA. The maximum available current for short period is 500mA. All auxiliary outputs are protected
against overload and short-circuit using resettable PTC fuses which will disconnect the aux output once the
maximum current of ~500mA is exceeded and will reconnect after the overload or short-circuit condition was
cleared. Although the output is protected, for long time reliable operation do not use the SMPS2000RxE with aux.
outputs shorted or overloaded. If the SMPS2000RxE auxiliary outputs are used to supply other circuits than the
circuits contained on dedicated amplifier boards such as CxD500 or CxD250-HP which have their own on-board
regulators, is recommended to use linear voltage regulators such as 78xx and 79xx series after the auxiliary output
to supply regulated voltage to other circuits such as preamplifiers. All he auxiliary voltages of the SMPS2000RxE
are available on the four 8-pins 50mil pitch connectors along with two control signals described below. The pinout
is written on the bottom of the SMPS2000RxE PCB and the significance is explained in the next section.
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Control signals: SMPS2000RxE features three dedicated control signals: Mute, Enable and F_SD which
are used in conjunction with the main and auxiliary voltages to power and control our dedicated class D amplifiers
CxD series as well as other amplifiers from other vendors which use similar control signals to enable and control
their amplifier modules.
 Mute signal: active Low, controls the Mute pin of the amplifier by holding the Mute pin low while the
SMPS power ON and reach a stable operation mode, as well as monitors the mains supply voltage and
pull the Mute pin low immediately after the mains power was disconnected and while the output DC
voltages has not dropped yet to prevent possible noises which might appear during transients. Once the
SMPS operation is steady, the Mute pin is pulled high to approx. 5V and normal operation starts.
 Enable signal: open collector active high, it is the inverted version of Mute signal, used for compatibility
with amplifier boards supplied by other vendors. Same operation principle and timing applies as for Mute
signal but with inverted polarity. This signal is not used for our CxD amplifiers series and the wire
corresponding with this signal is not attached to the harness provided with the SMPS2000RxE when
purchased in pair with any of CxD amplifiers. Available on custom version only.
 F_SD signal: or Fast_ShutDown: DC speaker protection detection pin. When is pulled low, it disables the
SMPS2000RxE immediately and will only resume operation if the cause which has triggered the
protection is removed and after disconnecting the mains power for at least 10 min allowing the mains
side capacitors to discharge. During normal operation the voltage on this pin is approx. 17V because it is
biased from the +Aux output. Any amplifier which controls this pin must use an active-low open-collector
circuit which can withstand up to 20V DC applied directly to the trigger output.

Connectors pinout: Mains Voltage Input uses a 3 pins 6.3mm pitch screw type terminal block with
the pinout written on the PCB as follows: The connector is located at the bottom right of the PCB then the first pin
located on the left is Live, the middle pin is Neutral and the pin from the right side, next to the mounting hole is
the Protective Earth. Make sure all the connections are correct and properly wired before power ON the
SMPS2000RxE. The Main DC output is located on the bottom left side of the PCB. The terminals significance is as
follows: The first pin located in the left side, next to the mounting hole is the Positive Output, V+ the middle pin is
the GND Out and the right pin is the Negative Output, V-. The four small Aux. connectors uses 8 pin small pitch,
1.27mm or 50mils pins distance with the following pins significance from left to right, with the SMPS2000RxE
board placed with the heatsink up the auxiliary connector at the bottom right corner:

Mains Input connector pinout: (from left to right)

Pin1: Live
Pin2: Neutral
Pin3: Protective Earth

Main Output connector pinout: (from left to right)

Pin1: Positive Output V+
Pin2: Ground GND
Pin3: Negative Output V-

Auxiliary Output connector pinout: (from bottom up) All 4 Plug-in cables available on request.
Pin1: Mute Signal
Pin2: Fast_ShutDown Signal
Pin3: +Aux output. Auxiliary positive voltage output
Pin4: GND. Auxiliary differential voltage Ground
Pin5: -Aux output. Auxiliary negative voltage output
Pin6: Enable Signal. Inverted Mute signal, not used for CxD amplifier series, used for third party amplifiers.
Pin7: Vbias. Positive output of the isolated output voltage used for driver stage.
Pin8: -Vcc. Negative output of the isolated output voltage used for driver stage. Must be connected to
main –Vcc on the amplifier board to bring the Vbias to a potential 17-20V higher than –Vcc rail.

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If the SMPS2000RxE output is left unconnected, or the load is below the threshold mentioned in the table
above, will run in Burst-Mode to save power. This mode is indicated by the Run LED which will blink or light very
dim. Once the output current drawn exceeds the burst mode current threshold, the SMPS2000RxE will run in
continuous mode and the Run LED will light normal. During the burst-mode, the converter will enter a controlled
intermittent operation, where a series of a few switching cycles at a nearly fixed frequency are spaced out by long
idle periods when the power stage is shut-down. During burst mode operation, the SMPS2000RxE audible noise
nearby transformer can be heard, as well as the output voltage ripple will be higher than nominal, and low
frequency component of ripple (5-30Hz) will be dominant. Burst-mode of operation will not affect the load proper
operation because nearly any amplifier has a quiescent current and idle power consumption which exceeds the
burst-mode threshold.
Over-Current condition will be signaled by the OC LED. When the output power exceed the nominal
power, at around 2100-2200W the OC LED will light dim, and its intensity will increase as the power increases.
When the output power will reach ~2700W the output voltage will sag and if the Over-Current (OC) condition
persist, the SMPS2000RxE will shut-down for about one second then try to restart if the OC condition was removed.
Although SMPS2000RxE has short-circuit protection, under any circumstances the output voltage must not be
shorted, because of the dangers associated with this actions, including risk of electrocution and risk of fire. The
output power and current capability of SMPS2000RxE especially lowest voltage versions is high enough to melt and
burn wires if they are not thick enough, and sparks can ignite nearby materials.
Dangerous high DC voltage is present on the board from the moment when is first powered ON till
about 10min after is complete disconnected from mains voltage. To indicate the presence of the high-voltage,
Power LED will light as long as the large capacitors hold dangerous high-voltage. For your own safety, never
touch any component from the SMPS2000RxE board while is powered and at least 10 min after power OFF and
complete disconnected from mains voltage.
Warning:
Before you proceed with installation, make sure you read this warning:
The SMPS2000RxE is powered from the mains voltage and the primary side of the SMPS has
hazardous voltages of up to 340V DC and up to 400V AC. This voltage levels are present on the
top and bottom of the board and during installation and operation you should never touch any
part of the SMPS while it is connected to the mains, and at least 5 minutes after complete disconnection from
the mains. If any adjustments or reconnections need to be done, disconnect the unit from the mains and allow
all capacitors to discharge for at least 5 minutes before handling. Any ignorance of this warning is the user’s
responsibility and this can lead to serious injuries and possible death by electrocution if handled improperly.
This product has no serviceable parts other than the on-board mains fuse. In case of a blown fuse, only replace
the fuse with the same type and rating. Do not attempt to change any other component from the SMPS2000R. A
safety clearance of at least 6mm must be kept between the board and the case, or any conductive part of the
amplifier. The heat transfer between the power supply components and ambient must not be obstructed for
proper operation. Use proper wire gauge wires for interconnection, with intact insulation, and as thick and short
as possible. Use different colors for different polarities, respecting the standards, and never touch the wires
with hands or tools. Never operate the SMPS2000RxE and any other electronic devices without supervising and
monitoring its operation. Ignoring this recommendation can cause power supply failure, injuries or fire!!!

Mains voltage is set by default to 230V to prevent any possible faults if wrong voltage
version is ordered, for example 110V version for countries where 230V is also available. In
this case the user must connect the 110V jumper IF and ONLY the mains voltage is within 100-
120V interval otherwise damage might occur. A 230V configured power supply won’t start at
110V and no damage can occur. But if it is configured for 110V and powered with 230V there
are many chances to damage the power supply. The SMPS2000RxE is designed to allow both
200V and 400V type capacitors to be installed in series or parallel connection allowing the
most suitable configuration and highest total capacitance to be achieved. The type and values
of electrolytic capacitors are chosen for best fit on each power supply voltage version.

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Disclaimer:
The SMPS2000RxE shall be used according with the instructions provided in this document. The user
should NOT attempt to modify or change any of the parameters of this product, which can lead to malfunction.
The designer and manufacturer of the product, Connexelectronic, will not be liable for any kind of loss or
damage, including but not limited to incidental or consequential damages. Due to the mains voltages of this
board, the user should take all the measures needed when working with mains voltages, they should not touch
any unisolated part of the board or connectors, or short-circuit any part of the board or connectors. Any
misusage is the user’s responsibility.
The designer and manufacturer reserve the right to make changes or modifications on both the product
functions and the performance without notice. The schematic and PCB design is Connexelectronic proprietary
information and shall not be distributed, copied or published without Connexelectronic written agreement.
Connexelectronic reserve the right to offer limited support for the boards purchased directly from
Connexelectronic, and no support at all for the similar boards which aren’t purchased directly from
Connexelectronic or listed resellers, and from various reasons they look or pretend to be similar, exactly the same,
or improved version products. Purchasing the product means that you are aware and agree with these conditions.

Distribution network:
We are continuously striving to offer the best product quality and availability for our products, and the
SMPS2000RxE can be purchased either directly from our manufacturing site or through our distributor network as
well. Distributors might not stock all the versions available, please contact them in advance to confirm availability
prior purchasing. The current distributors are shown below, and the list will be updated.

 Audiophonics, France and near European Countries: http://www.audiophonics.fr

 Enigma, UK and surrounding European Countries: http://www.enigma-shop.com
 Medianet, Germany, Austria and near European Countries: http://www.medianet-shop.de
 Hifimediy China, worldwide reseller: http://www.hifimediy.com

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