RE: insuring the stability of power delivery
for continuity, I'll reply at the bottom
Brian
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>From: R karam [mailto:rkaram@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:15 PM
>To: Lynch, Brian; 'Yair Darshan'; 'Rick Brooks';
>stds-802-3-pwrviamdi@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: insuring the stability of power delivery
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>Comments on Brian's Input
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>Adding cable to the mix: The closed loop output impedance of the PSE
>plus the maximum cable impedance (R and L) must be lower than the
>closed loop input impedance of the PD plus the maximum cable impedance
>(L and R)=> Since we do not know the cable length to insure system
>stability, the closed loop output impedance of the PSE plus the cable
>impedance must be less than the PD's closed loop input impedance.
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>Notice that I have said "closed loop" impedance. This means that the
>feedback loops of the PSE power supply and PD DC/DC converter plus the
>load of the PD are included in the calculations. Not an easy task for
>an open standard.
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>[rkaram] this is either too simple or a mess. my guess is
>that in Front of the
>DC/DC we have some Choke and ceramic caps, these are meant for
>emi control.
>so looking into the PD the AC impedance can be inductive or
>capacitive based
>on where the choke's resonance is (as its parasitic
>capacitance and the caps on
>each side come into play with the inductance) so if we are
>after some really low
>Z at very low frequencies, then we would need a huge cap at
>the pd input?
>of course now to make this more fun, if what Yair mentioned
>(negative Z)
>looking into the DC there goes another twist now...
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>a lot to munch on...
>roger
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[Brian Lynch] You are right that there is probably an LC filter
on the input of the PD for switching frequency as well as high
frequency filtering. There is also a low frequency aspect of the
input impedance which is partially a function of the closed loop
frequency response of the DC/DC converter and the load. As such,
you cannot state the impedance as "capacitive" or "inductive". You
simply have to plot the impedance as a function of frequency while
the equipment is operating. You can calculate the impedance, or
measure it.
Since PDs can be so varied, I recommend we concentrate on
determining the closed loop output impedance of a typical
range of PSE power supplies, and then add the cable (R&L)
and 3 to 5dB of margin and call that the lower limit for the PD.
I agree that this is a lot to comprehend, but this is how
distributed power systems are designed. Any time a DC/DC converter
is powered by a power supply, the same stability criteria has to be met.
Brian
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