One of many problems manufacturers of commercial surge and fast transient generators learn to deal with over the years...... Sometimes there's as much "black art" as there is true engineering....
Best Regards, Michael Hopkins Manager, EMC Technologies Control Technology Division Compliance Test Solutions Thermo Electron Corporation One Lowell Research Center Lowell, MA 01852 Tel: +1 978 275 0800 ext. 334 Mobile: +1 603 765 3736 [email protected] One Thermo, committed to integrity, intensity, innovation & involvement From: Derek Walton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Tweeking a transient Generator Good day all, I've been developing a damped sine generator to perform the DO-160 lightning test, and have had some reasonable success. However ( there is always a gotcha ), the leading edge of the 1 MHz ring wave has a very short ( around 10 nS ) spike on it. I have tried a number of things to kill the spike, but to no avail. Does anyone have suggestions on what causes this, and ways to eliminate it? I have strived to keep stray inductance small, very small, maybe too small..... The switch is a high voltage vaccuum relay. -- Derek N. Walton L F Research Poplar Grove, IL 61065, USA ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
