by Lorenzo Cividino, SL Power Electronics, Design News, Apr 20 2016
Focus:
For those looking to qualify their external power supply (EPS) products to the DoE’s
new Level VI standard for energy efficiency for EPSs, this short article summarizes
the test requirements, while pointing out various important details and potential
pitfalls of the requirements. It includes practical tips on the required test
conditions and test instrument capabilities. The author works for an adapter vendor
and this article reads like lessons learned by an EPS maker. The discussion of Level
VI requirements is preceded by a summary of the changes in the Level VI version of the
standard versus the previous, Level V version.
What you’ll learn:
Notes:
Also see "External Power Supplies And The New Level VI Specifications: Evolution Or A
Different Species?"
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