In electronics, a linear regulator is a voltage regulator used to maintain a steady voltage. The resistance of the regulator varies in accordance with...
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voltage (for linear series regulators and buck switching regulators), or to draw input current for longer periods (boost-type switching regulators); if the...
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results in the theory is that the solution is provided by the linear–quadratic regulator (LQR), a feedback controller whose equations are given below....
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A low-dropout regulator (LDO regulator) is a type of a DC linear voltage regulator circuit that can operate even when the supply voltage is very close...
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Switched-mode power supply (redirect from Switched-mode regulator)
was designed with a switched-mode power supply. A linear power supply (non-SMPS) uses a linear regulator to provide the desired output voltage by dissipating...
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Power supply (redirect from Linear power supply)
a linear voltage regulator to maintain the output voltage at a steady value, independent of fluctuations in input voltage and load impedance. Linear regulators...
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used. JST connector Voltage regulator Basic Concepts of Linear Regulator and Switching Mode Power Supplies - http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/application-note/AN140fa...
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Zener diode (section Voltage regulator)
diode can be applied in a voltage regulator circuit to regulate the voltage applied to a load, such as in a linear regulator. Backward diode E series of preferred...
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Buck converter (redirect from Buck regulator)
provide much greater power efficiency as DC-to-DC converters than linear regulators, which are simpler circuits that dissipate power as heat, but do not...
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LM317 (category Linear integrated circuits)
The LM317 is an adjustable positive linear voltage regulator. It was designed by Bob Dobkin in 1976 while he worked at National Semiconductor. The LM337...
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can be closely controlled without dissipating energy as heat in a linear regulator. The development of high-power and high-voltage transistors at economical...
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While it was possible to derive a lower voltage from a higher with a linear regulator or even a resistor, these methods dissipated the excess as heat; energy-efficient...
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Single Channel LDO - Linear Regulator (LDO) - Description & parametrics". ti.com. "Thermal Considerations for Linear Regulators". November 28, 2006. Archived...
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Potentiometer (redirect from Linear taper)
housing it rotates in. Another type is the linear slider potentiometer, which has a wiper which slides along a linear element instead of rotating. Contamination...
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78xx (category Linear integrated circuits)
L78xx, LM78xx, MC78xx...) is a family of self-contained fixed linear voltage regulator integrated circuits. The 78xx family is commonly used in electronic...
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A voltage-regulator tube (VR tube) is an electronic component used as a shunt regulator to hold a voltage constant at a predetermined level. Physically...
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voltage. For hyperabrupt junction profile capacitance change is more non-linear, but hyperabrupt varicaps have larger capacitance variation and can work...
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designed to efficiently perform computer graphics operations, including linear algebra. They are highly parallel, and CPUs usually perform better on tasks...
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TL431 (category Linear integrated circuits)
power MOS transistors are used in high efficiency, very low dropout linear regulators. The TL431 is the de facto industry standard error amplifier circuit...
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components Semiconductor devices Voltage regulators Linear regulator Low-dropout regulator Switching regulator Buck Boost Buck–boost Split-pi Ćuk SEPIC...
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current limiting in linear power supplies is to keep the output transistor within its safe power dissipation limit. A linear regulator dissipates the difference...
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MOSFET (redirect from Linear mode (MOSFET))
velocity saturation dominates, the saturation drain current is more nearly linear than quadratic in VGS. At even shorter lengths, carriers transport with...
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requiring a more stable voltage, linear voltage regulator circuitry was added. Losses in the transformer and the linear regulator were considerable; efficiency...
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Field-effect transistor (redirect from Linear region (FET))
sometimes considered to be part of the ohmic or linear region, even where drain current is not approximately linear with drain voltage. Even though the conductive...
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the current-control view is sometimes used because it is approximately linear. That is, the collector current is approximately β F {\displaystyle \beta...
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transistors can be used in high-current circuits such as the LM1084 voltage regulator. Other high-current applications could include those involving computer...
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components Semiconductor devices Voltage regulators Linear regulator Low-dropout regulator Switching regulator Buck Boost Buck–boost Split-pi Ćuk SEPIC...
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in a variety of design methodologies that cause the CPU to behave less linearly and more in parallel. When referring to parallelism in CPUs, two terms...
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components Semiconductor devices Voltage regulators Linear regulator Low-dropout regulator Switching regulator Buck Boost Buck–boost Split-pi Ćuk SEPIC...
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components Semiconductor devices Voltage regulators Linear regulator Low-dropout regulator Switching regulator Buck Boost Buck–boost Split-pi Ćuk SEPIC...
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