SLASES7A July 2019 – December 2019 DAC43401 , DAC53401
PRODUCTION DATA.
A power-supply margining circuit is used to test and trim the output of a power converter. This circuit is used to test a system by margining the power supplies, for adaptive voltage scaling, or to program a desired value at the output. Adjustable power supplies, such as LDOs and DC/DC converters provide a feedback or adjust input that is used to set the desired output. A precision voltage-output DAC is the best choice for controlling the power-supply output linearly. Figure 67 shows a control circuit for a switch-mode power supply (SMPS) using DACx3401. Typical applications of power-supply margining are communications equipment, enterprise servers, test and measurement, and general-purpose power-supply modules.