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Regulated Power Supply Block Diagram

A regulated power supply provides a constant DC voltage output regardless of fluctuations in the AC input voltage or variations in the load. It uses a voltage regulating device, such as a transistor regulator, to maintain the output voltage. The regulating device receives input from an ordinary power supply consisting of a transformer, rectifier, and filter to produce a DC voltage, and regulates this voltage to reduce ripple and maintain consistency even if the input or load changes. Additional voltages can be obtained through a potential divider connected across the output.

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Regulated Power Supply Block Diagram

A regulated power supply provides a constant DC voltage output regardless of fluctuations in the AC input voltage or variations in the load. It uses a voltage regulating device, such as a transistor regulator, to maintain the output voltage. The regulating device receives input from an ordinary power supply consisting of a transformer, rectifier, and filter to produce a DC voltage, and regulates this voltage to reduce ripple and maintain consistency even if the input or load changes. Additional voltages can be obtained through a potential divider connected across the output.

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REGULATED POWER SUPPLY

Regulated power supply is an electronic circuit that is designed to provide a constant dc


voltage of predetermined value across load terminals irrespective of ac mains fluctuations
or load variations.

Regulated Power Supply – Block Diagram

A regulated power supply essentially consists of an ordinary power supply and a voltage
regulating device, as illustrated in the figure. The output from an ordinary power supply is
fed to the voltage regulating device that provides the final output. The output voltage
remains constant irrespective of variations in the ac input voltage or variations in output
(or load) current.

Figure given below shows the complete circuit of a regulated power supply with a
transistor series regulator as a regulating device. The ac voltage, typically 230 V rms is
connected to a transformer which transforms that ac voltage to the level for the desired
dc output. A bridge rectifier then provides a full-wave rectified voltage that is initially
filtered by a ∏ (or C-L-C) filter to produce a dc voltage. The resulting dc voltage usually
has some ripple or ac voltage variation. A regulating circuit use this dc input to provide a
dc voltage that not only has much less ripple voltage but also remains constant even if
the input dc voltage varies somewhat or the load connected to the output dc voltage
changes. The regulated dc supply is available across a voltage divider.
Regulated Power Supply – Diagram

Often more than one dc voltage is required for the operation of electronic circuits. A single
power supply can provide as many as voltages as are required by using a voltage (or
potential) divider, as illustrated in the figure. As illustrated in the figure, a potential divider
is a single tapped resistor connected across the output terminals of the supply. The
tapped resistor may consist of two or three resistors connected in series across the
supply. In fact, bleeder resistor may also be employed as a potential divider.

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