Ambient Temperature.6 Automatic (Auto) Parallel Operation 6 Automatic (Auto) Series Operation.7 Automatic (Auto) Tracking Operation 8 Carryover Time.8 Complementary Tracking .8 Compliance Voltage .8 Constant Current Power Supply 8 Constant Voltage Power Supply.9 Constant Voltage/Constant Current (CV/CC) Power Supply9 Constant Voltage/Current Limiting (CV/CL) Power Supply 10 Crowbar Circuit 11 Current Foldback 11 Drift.11 Efficiency11 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)11 Inrush Current.11 Load Effect (Load Regulation).12 Load Effect Transient Recovery Time 12 Off-Line Power Supply.12 Output Impedance of a Power Supply .12 PARD (Ripple and Noise) 13 Programming Speed14 Remote Programming (Remote Control).14 Remote Sensing (Remote Error Sensing) 15 Resolution .15 Source Effect (Line Regulation).15 Stability (see Drift) .16 Temperature Coefficient.16 Warm Up Time .16 Principles of Operation17 Constant Voltage Power Supply17 Regulating Techniques18 Series Regulation 18 Typical Series Regulated Power Supply19 Pros and Cons of Series Regulated Supplies .19 The Series Regulated Supply - An Operational Amplifier 20 Series Regulator with Preregulator 23 Switching Regulation 25 Basic Switching Supply 26