Switch Mode Pre-Regulator

The botheration was that a voltage regulator had to bead the 18 volt capital ability accumulation voltage to 8 volts at 500ma to ability the CD player, crumbling 5 watts of ability and causing a lot of calefaction central the bunched unit. This ambit acts as an interference-free pre-regulator to abundantly abate the ability loss..

The achievement voltage of this ambit is artless by ability band fluctuations. Amount voltage aberration is alone abased on the on-resistance of Q2 and the amount of C2 (re: ripple). The achievement voltage can be set so that the ripple lulls are aloof aloft the drop-out voltage of the beeline regulator at best amount for best activity conservation. The college amount you aces for C2, the added activity you can save and the added abiding the pre-regulator’s achievement voltage.

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Datasheet semiconductor component. (PDF Format)

1. 2SK2314
2. 2N3904
3. IN4004
4. IN4744
5. IN4148
6. IN5231