VICOR VI Chip VTM User Manual

USER GUIDE | UG:014
VI Chip VTM
® ®
Evaluation Board
Written by: Ankur Patel
Applications Engineer
August 2013
Contents Page
Introduction
Contents
Features
Board Description
General Components
Test Points & Sockets
Schematic
Assembly Drawings
Bill of Materials 10
VTM Evaluation Boards 12
Standalone Operation 12
vs PRM-VTM
PRM-VTM Non-Isolated 12
Remote Sense
Paralleling 13
Push Pin Heat Sink 13
Installation
Part Ordering Information 13
Introduction
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This evaluation board offers a convenient means to evaluate the performance of
2 Vicor's VTM® current multiplier. All evaluation boards include sockets for easy "plug
and play" insertion and removal of through-hole components and wires. The board
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provides lugs for power connections, connectors for easy PRM-VTM evaluation board
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interconnects, and kelvin voltage measurement test points of all pins of the VTM.
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Please refer to the appropriate VTM datasheet for performance and operating limits,
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available for downloading at www.vicorpower.com.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Please read this document before setting up a VTM evaluation board
This user guide is not comprehensive and the operator should not substitute it for
common sense and good practice. The following procedures should be followed
during operation:
Wear approved safety glasses when testing electronic product.
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Provide strain relief for wires and secure the board on the test bench to avoid
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displacement.
Remove the power and use caution when connecting and disconnecting all test
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probes and interface lines to avoid unintentional short circuits and contact
with hot surfaces.
Never attempt to disconnect the evaluation board from a PRM® evaluation board
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while power is applied. This system is not designed to demonstrate the
hot plug capability.
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