Sunday, December 14, 2025

High-Power Testing Made Easy

Struggling to test high-power designs without noise or limits? This power supply removes common bench barriers and opens the door to stronger, cleaner power testing.

Rohde & Schwarz presents multi-purpose R&S NGT3600 high-precision dual-channel power supply at productronica
Rohde & Schwarz presents multi-purpose R&S NGT3600 high-precision dual-channel power supply at productronica

Many engineers today struggle with testing high-power electronics using bench supplies that can’t deliver enough current, clean output, or flexible configurations. This becomes a bottleneck for teams building EV systems, satellite hardware, base-station electronics, renewable-energy converters, or any design that needs stable, high-power DC. The R&S NGT3600 series from Rohde & Schwarz is built to solve these pain points by giving engineers a single instrument that can supply high power, scale easily, and still provide precise measurements.

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At its core, the series provides up to 1800 W per channel, and engineers can combine channels to reach 480 V or 300 A across six channels. This directly tackles the common issue of having to stack multiple supplies or compromise on voltage/current levels when testing high-power prototypes, power converters, motors, semiconductors, or communication systems.

The supplies also address noise-sensitive applications. Many teams working with RF systems, sensors, or precision converters struggle with ripple and unstable output from conventional supplies. The NGT3600 series offers very low ripple and noise, along with 1 mV voltage and 100 µA current resolution, helping engineers run accurate efficiency tests, thermal checks, or load-dependent behavior analysis without measurement uncertainty.

For designers who need both power and flexibility, the NGT3622 offers two fully independent 1800 W outputs in one compact unit. Channels can be connected in series or parallel, solving the problem of limited bench space while giving users the freedom to double voltage or current when required.

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These capabilities make the series useful across many sectors. Power-electronics engineers can test DC/DC converters or evaluate system efficiency under load. Communication-system designers can power high-current base stations or satellite hardware. Renewable-energy engineers can validate MPPT algorithms for solar inverters. Automotive teams can simulate 48-V power nets or supply ECUs, sensors, and communication units during testing. Aerospace and defense engineers can run power-network simulations and hardware-in-loop setups that require stable, high-performance DC output.

Nidhi Agarwal
Nidhi Agarwal
Nidhi Agarwal is a Senior Technology Journalist at EFY with a deep interest in embedded systems, development boards and IoT cloud solutions.

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