Regulator-current-source


Posted on Jan 2, 2013

The circuit powers the load via the regulator`s input instead of its output. Because the regulator`s output sees constant dummy load R1, it tries to consume a constant amount of current, no matter what the voltage across the actual load really is. Hence, the regulator`s input serves as a constant-current source for the actual load.


Regulator-current-source
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Power the circuit with any one of the commonly available ± 15 or ±12 V supplies. The voltage dropped across the regulator and dummy load decreased the total compliance voltage of the~circuit. You set the load"s current with Rl. The current equals 1.25 A/"J x Rl.




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