A novel approach of deriving the loop gain of a spacecraft switched shunt power system is presented. The system hardware elements contain both the analog and the digital components. Transfer functions of the analog circuits are easily identified employing the conventional approach. Gain function of the digital block is however conceived following a quite unconventional route. The digital gain is shown to include the effects of comparator thresholds, digital clock, shift register, sinusoidal amplitude, and ac frequency. The dependence of the digital gain on voltage thresholds, clocking period, and the integrational property of threshold comparator is expected. The dependence on sinusoidal amplitude contradicts the traditional concept of small signal analysis. The overall loop gain in the analytic form yields a computational result that matches the actual measurement very well. This fact proves, to some extent, the validity of the digital gain function and the basis of its derivation.


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    Title :

    Loop gain of spacecraft switched shunt power system


    Additional title:

    Schleifenverstärkung in Schaltnetzteilen von Raumfahrzeugen


    Contributors:
    Wu, K. (author)


    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 5 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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