T. Zimmermann Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Hi, I want to model a constant power source, which has a p and a n ELN terminal and tdf input port to control the constant power. I connected a TDF voltage sink parallel to a TDF current source but this constellation does not work. So my question is, how can I model a constant power source? Kind regards Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maehne Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hello Thomas, The voltage drop across an ideal current source is not defined unless there is some load attached to it, e.g., a reasonably sized resistor. The voltage sink primitive you used is also ideal, i.e., its internal resistance is infinite so that it does not fix the voltage across the current source. By the way, for voltage sources, it is similar. They only fix the voltage drop across them, but the current through them is fixed by the attached load. Best regards, Torsten Maehne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Zimmermann Posted November 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 Hello Thomas, The voltage drop across an ideal current source is not defined unless there is some load attached to it, e.g., a reasonably sized resistor. The voltage sink primitive you used is also ideal, i.e., its internal resistance is infinite so that it does not fix the voltage across the current source. By the way, for voltage sources, it is similar. They only fix the voltage drop across them, but the current through them is fixed by the attached load. Best regards, Torsten Maehne Torsten, thank you for the well explanation. I could solve it by modeling a real source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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