Applied Kilovolts supplies power without ripple
lines and quality control without causing interference, known as
ripples, its manufacturer claims.
Ripples can disrupt and distort the results of analysis equipment, such as mass spectrometers and x-ray machines, which are increasingly used in the monitoring of fill levels in food packaging lines, as well as in medical diagnostics.
Applied Kilovolts' LS range of high voltage power supply modules provides an unprecedentedly low level of ripple, at below one part per million (ppm), the company claims.
Kevin Wheelhouse, managing director of Applied Kilovolts' said:
"This level of ripple is so low that the challenge is even to measure it. It tests the limits of conventional voltage measurement techniques."
Models in the LS range provide power outputs of up to one Watt, and are intended for equipment where an extremely low ripple and highly stable power supply are essential for achieving high resolution outputs.
The LS range extends from less than 1kV to 50kV, and follows on from the Low Stress development created through Applied Kilovolts' HP range.
Throughout the range, temperature coefficients are less than 10 ppm per degrees Celsius and drift is as low as 25 ppm (0.0025 per cent).
The power supply modules are also suitable for electron microscopes, photomultiplier tubes, microchannel plates, nuclear instruments and other applications that require a precision high voltage supply, the manufacturer claims.
Applied Kilovolts, based in the UK, supplies power supply modules to customers in the UK, Europe and USA.
