<div dir="auto">Hi Jean-Pierre <div dir="auto">It might be a load issue. Most buck regulators need a minimum load of about 5% to 10% of their max rating. </div><div dir="auto">It could be that you're not loading it appropriately and it's struggling to establish on startup.</div><div dir="auto">Not a solution, but if you give it an appropriate resistive load, it might give you an insight in to the problem.</div><div dir="auto">Best wishes </div><div dir="auto">Gerry</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 16 Feb 2024, 16:50 Jean-Pierre Desrochers, <<a href="mailto:jpdesroc@oricom.ca">jpdesroc@oricom.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="FR-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_6699767645608166082WordSection1"><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">I’m using this type of stepup voltage regulator to generate +15vdc and +30vdc<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">From an incoming single +9vdc power adapter.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">These BUCK’S converters generate very good regulated voltage outputs but I noticed<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">that on power up they ‘need’ to rise up to around +48vdc<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">Before settling down to their trimmed voltages.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">Well these 2 voltages will supply a DSP module @ +15vdc (not more !!!)<br>and a dual opamp TL072 that has a maximum allowed supply voltage of +/- 18vdc (36vdc overall).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">I tried putting a 16v zener diode in parallel with the trimmed +15vdc<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">But the BUCK goes wild (input current rise up to around 2.5 amp and stays there !!)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">I also tried to put an RC circuit at the input (33ohms + 100uf) of one of these BUCKs<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">But again the modules rise its input current to ‘try’ stabilize the regulation..<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">Even with 100ohms resistors and 16v zeners.. the BUCKs won’t start<br>and finalise their outputs (inrush current installs).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">So.. I’m stuck with this problem..<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText">Any possible solutions ???<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6699767645608166082MsoPlainText"><span><img width="1302" height="1286" style="width:13.5625in;height:13.3958in" id="m_6699767645608166082Image_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA60CD.A2F81360"></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div>________________________________________________________<br>
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