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- From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew)
- Subject: Re: Power supply regulation
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.012504.10438@uhura.neoucom.edu>
- Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
- References: <RBS.92Aug24121208@mink.uk.ac.ed.aisb>
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- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:25:04 GMT
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- Using 3-terminal regulators for high voltage regulating circuits by
- referencing the "ground" leg to something other than zero volts is
- tricky. The problem is making sure that none of the voltages
- appearing between the leads of the 3-terminal regulator at
- power-up or power-down exceed the manufacturers' recommended
- ratings.
-
- 3-terminal regulators a la 78xx series get very angry if the load
- side voltage exceeds the input side voltage by much (relative to
- the ground pin). The first line of defense is to put a reverse
- biased rectifier diode across the input and output. This prevents
- blowing the regulator at power-down if you have a lot of
- capacitance on the output side. It is a good idea to use a
- protection diode even if you aren't lifting the ground terminal.
-
- If you are trying to regulate a 60 volt supply, the outboard
- components to protect the 3-terminal regulator are going to begin
- to become complex. It would probably be just as easy to use
- discrete components for the pass elements.
-
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