DVM - Design Verification Module

ConductedSusceptibility() Test Objective

The purpose of the ConductedSusceptibility() test is to determine the converter's ability to reject a small-signal perturbation at the input. To measure this susceptibility, DVM automatically connects a special susceptibility probe between the input source and each managed DVM load. The input is configured as a DC Input Susceptibility Source, and the output is configured as a Resistive Load.

Both a POP and an AC analysis are used in the ConductedSusceptibility() test.

The POP simulation finds the large-signal steady-state operating point of the converter at the particular input and output voltage.
The AC simulation perturbs the circuit in a small-signal manner around the large-signal steady-state operating point; measures the minimum and maximum magnitudes and the frequencies where these occur and measures the phase of the input rejection($V_{OUT}$/$V_{IN}$).

The POP and AC analysis directives are taken from the POP tab and the AC tab of the Full Power Assist DVM control symbol. The AC tab is shown below.

The test report includes source, load, and susceptibility graphs as well as the following scalar values which are defined in the Measured Scalar Values section below:

Efficiency
Power(LOAD1)
Power(SRC1)
min_reject1_gain
max_reject1_gain
min_reject1_gain_freq

max_reject1_gain_freq
min_reject1_phase
max_reject1_phase
min_reject1_phase_freq
max_reject1_phase_freq
sw_freq

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Susceptibility Probe
Testplan Syntax
Source and Load Subcircuit Configuration
Measured Scalar Values
Measured Specification Values
Testplan Example
Test Report

Susceptibility Probe

The susceptibility probe includes an AC probe and two voltage-controlled sources to galvanically isolate the input and output from ground.

Testplan Syntax

The ConductedSusceptibility() function has the following syntax with the argument described in the table below:

ConductedSusceptibility(REF)

Argument	Range	Description
REF	n/a	The actual reference designator of the DVM source or the generic syntax of INPUT:n where n is an integer indicating a position in the list of managed DVM sources.

Source and Load Subcircuit Configuration

The ConductedSusceptibility() test objective sets the source and load subcircuits to the following:

Source	Load
DC Input Susceptibility Source	Resistive Load

Loads other than the output under test are set to the Resistive Load. All other sources are set to the DC Input Source.

Measured Scalar Values

The ConductedSusceptibility() test objective measures the following scalar values:

Scalar Name	Description
Efficiency	The overall efficiency of the converter taken from the POP simulation
Power(LOAD{load_name)	The power of each input source taken from the POP simulation
Power(SRC{load_name})	The power of each output load taken from the POP simulation
min_reject1_gain	The minimum value for the gain during the AC analysis
max_reject1_gain	The maximum value for the gain during the AC analysis
min_reject1_gain_freq	The frequency where the gain is at its minimum value
max_reject1_gain_freq	The frequency where the gain is at its maximum value
min_reject1_phase	The minimum value for the phase during the AC analysis
max_reject1_phase	The maximum value for the phase during the AC analysis
min_reject1_phase_freq	The frequency where the phase is at its minimum value
max_reject1_phase_freq	The frequency where the phase is at its maximum value
sw_freq	A number which represents the converter switching frequency

Measured Specification Values

In the following table, {load_name} is the name assigned to each load. The default value is LOAD. DVM forces each load name to be unique so that the scalar and specification values for each load are unique.

Specification Name	PASS/FAIL Criteria
Min_V{load_name}	The minimum value of the output voltage during the simulation time is greater that the minimum specification value.
Max_V{load_name}	The maximum value of the output during the simulation time is less than the maximum specification value.

Testplan Example

The ConductedSusceptibility() test objective is used in several built-in testplans. The managed source and load designators INPUT:1 and OUTPUT:1 are defined in the Full Power Assist DVM control symbol. The tests configures the source to use the Nominal symbolic value from the Input tab and configures the load to the Light symbolic value from the Output tab.

*?@ Analysis	Objective	Source	Load	Label
Ac	ConductedSusceptibility(INPUT:1)	SOURCE(INPUT:1, Nominal)	LOAD(OUTPUT:1, Light)	Ac Analysis\|Conducted Susceptibility\|Vin Nominal\|Light Load

Test Report

You can view the complete test report in a new browser window here: ConductedSusceptibility() Test Report. Below is an interactive link to the same test report.