piper
Newbie level 2
i have to design a test fixture for measuring PSRR - power supply rejection ratio - for a sample-and-hold (track and hold) amplifier.
The test procedure says to add a 2.4 KHz sine wave to the Vcc which is 15 volts in this case and measure the signal on the output. The expected PSRR is -30 dB min. I thought of using a transformer to couple the ac onto the positive power supply and adjust the positive voltage to get +15 V, 55 mA at the VCC input of the IC. But I am confounded by the specifications of audio transformers to accomplish this. I know I want a 1:1 but not 600 ohm impedance. I understand I should not put decoupling capacitors on the power supply inputs of the device and that I probably want a "swamping capacitor" on the voltage terminals. But what I don't know is what type of transformer and what parameters I should be looking for.
Note: I don't want to wind my own transformer - there are plenty on the market.
Any suggestions welcomed. I can't measure the IC yet as it hasn't been produced yet. It is an old design of an obsolete part and the design engineers are long gone.
Thanks
The test procedure says to add a 2.4 KHz sine wave to the Vcc which is 15 volts in this case and measure the signal on the output. The expected PSRR is -30 dB min. I thought of using a transformer to couple the ac onto the positive power supply and adjust the positive voltage to get +15 V, 55 mA at the VCC input of the IC. But I am confounded by the specifications of audio transformers to accomplish this. I know I want a 1:1 but not 600 ohm impedance. I understand I should not put decoupling capacitors on the power supply inputs of the device and that I probably want a "swamping capacitor" on the voltage terminals. But what I don't know is what type of transformer and what parameters I should be looking for.
Note: I don't want to wind my own transformer - there are plenty on the market.
Any suggestions welcomed. I can't measure the IC yet as it hasn't been produced yet. It is an old design of an obsolete part and the design engineers are long gone.
Thanks