Purpose of this Manual This document is the A7508 User's Manual; it contains information about the installation, the configuration and the use of the device. Change Document Record Date Revision Changes 7 April 2017 Initial release 29 May 2017 Updated § 3 Symbols, abbreviated terms and notation N.A.
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Electronic Instrumentation 1 Overview The CAEN Mod. A7508 is a compact high efficiency power supply providing a programmable and monitorable output voltage ranging from 0 to 800 V, when supplied with a +5 V input. It is available with either positive or negative output voltage.
Electromagnetic compatibility with several ground connections Uniformity of a lot < 1 % Protection Over current short circuit, sparks and humidity Tab. 2: A7508 Technical Specifications Fig. 2: Male strip header of A7508 UM6026 - A7508 User Manual Rev. 1...
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Fig. 3: Efficiency vs Vout and Temperature Power Consumptions vs Temperature (Vout= 800 V) (RLoad = 17 MΩ) 0,08 0,08 0,08 0,07 0,07 0,07 0,07 0,07 0,07 Temperature (C°) Fig. 4: Power consumptions @ 800 V vs Temperature UM6026 - A7508 User Manual Rev. 1...
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Fig. 6: Uniformity of a Lot (ΔVout/Vout) Integral Non Linearity (Vout vs Vset ) 0,04% 0,03% 0,02% 0,01% 0,00% INL (Max) -0,01% INL (Min) -0,02% -0,03% -0,04% -0,05% -0,06% Temperature (C°) Fig. 7: Integral non-linearity (ΔVout/Vout) UM6026 - A7508 User Manual Rev. 1...
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(*) Iset and Imon expressed in V, Imax out and Iout expressed in µA. N.B.: In parallel to the load we have a small resistor for the voltage feedback; therefore, a small offset current is introduced (see figure 8). UM6026 - A7508 User Manual Rev. 1...
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CAEN Electronic Instrumentation 3 Packaging Fig. 9: A7508 External packaging (all dimension in mm) External Connection The following diagram describes the Pin assignment: Pin # Description Direction Enable (on >+3.5V) OVC Status Vmon Vset Iset Imon +5V (±5%) Input RTN ground - shield HV Output Fig.