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For questions about designing electronics to account for undesirable characteristics or behaviors, such as frequency compensation in a feedback control system to avoid instability and/or improve gain and phase margin, reduce overshoot and ringing, improve bandwidth, etc. Consider using in conjunction with associated tags such as "feedback", "stability", "frequency-response", "nyquist-plot", "bode-plot", "operational-amplifier", etc., if appropriate.

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Problem stabilizing this PMOS LDO

I am considering a discrete LDO for a supply rail that needs ~\$m\Omega\$ impedance at 10 kHz. While the following circuit does what I need (according to Spice), it becomes unstable if C2 is smaller ...
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TL494 compensation

I am trying to make a homebrew power supply. It works at the moment, but compensation is not done yet. Can someone help me to calculate and select the right poles and zeros? VCM is at error op-amp 1, ...
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Understanding in-loop compensation for capacitive-loaded OpAmp

I'm trying to understand the in-loop compensation for a simple amplifier loaded with a capacitive load, as seen in this article from Analog: http://www.analog.com/library/analogdialogue/archives/38-...
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Intuitive way to see pole/zero directly from schematic

The image below is the electrical configuration and the transfer function of a type II compensator using OTA. By looking at the transfer function, we can easily see that the circuit has two poles (...
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Loop compensation design of buck converter

I am trying to design loop compensation with type-3 error amplifier for a buck converter. I'm a student and very inexperienced in this subject. Please bear with me. Here is the general procedure ...
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Flyback power supply instability issue

I have created a switching power supply: Input: 230 V AC Output: 12 V DC, 1 A Controller: UC3844 Topology: flyback Switching frequency: ~ 100 kHz Schematic: When I start this power supply, output ...
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14-Volt 6-Amp Power Supply Stability

Design Requirements: The purpose is a linear DC power supply for 12-volt aircraft, marine, and amateur radio equipment power source 20 volts @ +/-10%. (output 85W = 6A*14.2V) Rser on V1 = 0.4 or ...
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AC analysis of SMPS shows instability. How to modify the analysis to reflect the transient stability?

Background I have designed a switch-mode power stage with voltage-mode control that uses an LCLC filter in its output to obtain a very low ripple output voltage. I have empirically arrived at a ...
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Trying to perform transient frequency response with LTspice or Microcap, TL494 compensation

I have tried to do Bode plot of my uncompensated plant by myself in LTspice 17.1, but the result looks strange to me. This topic is a follow-on to this one.. I have no clue why it comes with 290 ...
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Do lead and lag filters have the behavior of high and low pass filters even if the zero and pole used are complex?

Consider the compensation transfer function \$\frac{s+z}{s+p}\$ so that the inequalities \$0<z<p\$ and \$0<p<z\$ correspond to lead and lag compensation respectively. At very low ...
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Analog implementation of imaginary roots in a transfer function

I have a simple boost converter, and from multiple papers I've read through, a Type 3 Compensator is recommended. I designed one in Matlab/Simulink, and it reacts very quickly. The problem is, when I ...
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Op-Amp Input Bias Compensation for Multiple Feedback Filter

I'm adding an input bias current compensation network to the positive op-amp input of my band-pass multiple-feedback filter. I'm setting the source impedance for the positive input pin equal to that ...
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DC-DC converter error amplifier output

I am new to DC-DC converter electronics. I was wondering what the output of the error amplifier/compensator looks like. Is the output of the compensator being driven to the Vref value set on the non-...
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Poles and Zeros of a Transfer Function

I am trying to understand the physical meaning of poles and zeros of a transfer function. Can someone help me how to understand the Figure 2b in the link below? What does the height of the cone ...
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4-20mA current loop - transmit sensor reading

I am working on design loop current transmitter- to transmit reading value from thermocouple sensor using below design. I measured co-junction temperature using NTC instead of RTD. During applying ...
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