Ambient Temperature.6Automatic (Auto) Parallel Operation 6Automatic (Auto) Series Operation.7Automatic (Auto) Tracking Operation 8Carryover Time.8Complementary Tracking .8Compliance Voltage .8Constant Current Power Supply 8Constant Voltage Power Supply.9Constant Voltage/Constant Current (CV/CC) Power Supply9Constant Voltage/Current Limiting (CV/CL) Power Supply 10Crowbar Circuit 11Current Foldback 11Drift.11Efficiency11Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)11Inrush Current.11Load Effect (Load Regulation).12Load Effect Transient Recovery Time 12Off-Line Power Supply.12Output Impedance of a Power Supply .12PARD (Ripple and Noise) 13Programming Speed14Remote Programming (Remote Control).14Remote Sensing (Remote Error Sensing) 15Resolution .15Source Effect (Line Regulation).15Stability (see Drift) .16Temperature Coefficient.16Warm Up Time .16Principles of Operation17Constant Voltage Power Supply17Regulating Techniques18Series Regulation 18Typical Series Regulated Power Supply19Pros and Cons of Series Regulated Supplies .19The Series Regulated Supply - An Operational Amplifier 20Series Regulator with Preregulator 23Switching Regulation 25Basic Switching Supply 26