A voltage regulator is a system designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage. It may use a simple feed-forward design or may include negative...

A voltage regulator module (VRM), sometimes called processor power module (PPM), is a buck converter that provides microprocessor and chipset the appropriate...

low-dropout regulator (LDO regulator) is a DC linear voltage regulator that can operate even when the supply voltage is very close to the output voltage. The...

A voltage-regulator tube (VR tube) is an electronic component used as a shunt regulator to hold a voltage constant at a pre-determined level. Physically...

regulator is a voltage regulator used to maintain a steady voltage. The resistance of the regulator varies in accordance with both the input voltage and...

voltage reference or regulator, an input voltage, Uin (with + on the top), is regulated down to a stable output voltage Uout. The breakdown voltage of...

capacitors, chokes and resistors, possibly followed by a voltage regulator to produce a steady voltage. More complex circuitry that performs the opposite function...

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...

voltage regulator. A non-ideal DC voltage waveform can be viewed as a composite of a constant DC component (offset) with an alternating (AC) voltage—the...

voltage across it. A current source is the dual of a voltage source. The term current sink is sometimes used for sources fed from a negative voltage supply...

three-terminal adjustable precise shunt voltage regulator. With the use of an external voltage divider, a TL431 can regulate voltages ranging from 2.495 to 36 V,...

voltage), a pressure regulator, such as a diving regulator, which maintains its output at a fixed pressure lower than its input, and a fuel regulator...

have a die-integrated power managing module which regulates on-demand voltage supply to the CPU circuitry allowing it to keep balance between performance...

source, its output voltage will also vary with changing input voltage. To circumvent this, some power supplies use a linear voltage regulator to maintain the...

Battery regulator Pressure regulator Diving regulator Voltage regulator Regulator (sewer), a control device used in a combined sewer system Regulator (timepiece)...

Electromechanical relays are used to stabilize the voltage output of generators. See Voltage regulator#Electromechanical regulators. c. 1936 Car radios used electromechanical...

between the regulator output and the load. At high currents, even a small resistance results in substantial voltage drop between the regulator and the load...

eliminator circuit (BEC) is an electronic voltage regulator used to power a subsystem at a different voltage without the need for a supplemental battery...

voltages although transistorized power supplies were available. While it was possible to derive a lower voltage from a higher with a linear regulator...

a diode in a transverse magnetic field. In the mid-20th century, voltage-regulator tubes were commonly used. Cathode sputtering is taken advantage of...

recommended. The maximum voltage for 3rd party Uno boards varies between board manufactures because various voltage regulators are used, each having a...

series is a family of low voltage regulator diode. The diode is made in axial-lead DO-35 glass package. Regulating voltages varies from 2.4V to 75V with...

output voltage can be closely controlled without dissipating energy as heat in a linear regulator. The development of high-power and high-voltage transistors...

different voltages or to simulate abnormal line voltages. The type with automatic voltage adjustment can be used as automatic voltage regulator, to maintain...

such as a UPS, a voltage regulator or a surge protector with built-in overvoltage protection (which typically consists of a voltage-sensing circuit and...

solar panel can produce a range of charging voltages depending upon sunlight intensity, so a voltage regulator must be included in the charging circuit so...

for a majority of operations, but this can be improved by using a voltage regulator. A low line regulation is always preferred. In practice, a well regulated...

Some forms of DC (such as that produced by a voltage regulator) have almost no variations in voltage, but may still have variations in output power...

July 2012. Shirriff, Ken (April 2022). "Reverse-engineering the LM185 voltage reference chip and its bandgap reference". "LM199". Texas Instruments....

converters, and other measurement and control systems. Voltage references vary widely in performance; a regulator for a computer power supply may only hold its...