Overshoot Analysis

DESIGN PHASE:       analysis
SUB ELEMENT NAME:   overshoot analysis
VARIABLE NAME:      [HEATOS]
DATE:               REVISION LETTER:    REVISION DATE: 
APPLICABILITY:      regulator circuits

ACTIVITY:  Analyze turn-on (delay and rise time) and overshoot
characteristics on turn-on of regulator. Also, turn-off. Manual 
or Spice analysis.

OUTPUT:  Plots of turn-on and turn-off characteristics.

ALGORITHM:

[HEATOS] =          engineering hours for overshoot analysis
0.0*[PARTS COUNT]+  set up time
0.0*                time per plot
[OUTPUT COUNT]      number of plots

DISCUSSION:

Overshoot and other anomalies can also occur at turn-off, especially 
if the control circuits lose control.

Author: Jerrold Foutz, foutz@smpstech.com

Original: Foutz, J., Power Supply Circuit Development Estimating Aid - An Expert System Application, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference Record, New Orleans, February 1-5, 1988. Revised 22 February 2001