VENABLE TECHNICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY ABSTRACT - 2

Specify Gain And Phase Margins On All Your Loops

When purchasing a power supply, the knowledgable buyer should specify the gain and phase margins of all feedback loops within a power supply. The commonly- specified main loop should be specified for stability margins not only as shipped with local sense, but with remote sense and extra output capacitance as well. Any separately-regulated additional outputs should be specified too, and also the margins of the current limit loops if the supply has active current limiting.