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Team 5. Power Supply
Team 5. Power Supply
Team 5. Power Supply
04 05
How to test
the output
Activities
voltage of
Power Supply
AGENDA
01 02
Regulated Unregulated
Power Suppy Power Supply
• Schematic • Schematic
• Pictorial • Pictorial
• Block Diagram • Block Diagram
REGULATED
POWER SUPPLY
LINEAR REGULATED SUPPLY IS A "BRUTE FORCE"(UNREGULATED)
FOLLOWED BY A TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT OPERATING IN ITS "ACTIVE" OR "LINEAR" MODE.
A typical linear regulator is designed to output a fixed voltage for a wide range of input
voltages, and it simply drops any excess input voltage to allow a maximum output voltage to
the load. This excess voltage drop results in significant power dissipation in the form of heat. If
the input voltage gets too low, the transistor circuit will lose regulation, meaning that it will fail to
keep the voltage steady. It can only drop excess voltage, not make up for a deficiency in
voltage from the brute force section of the circuit.
UNREGULATED
POWER SUPPLY
MOST RUDIMENTARY TYPE, CONSISTING OF A
TRANSFORMER, RECTIFIER AND LOW-PASS FILTER
These power supplies typically exhibit a lot of ripple voltage (i.e. rapidly-varying
instability) and other AC “noise” superimposed on the DC power. If the input voltage
varies, the output voltage will vary by a proportional amount. The advantage of an
unregulated supply is that it’s cheap, simple, and efficient.
TYPES OF POWER SUPPLY
Switch Mode Power
Variable AC Power Supply DC Power Supply Supply (SMPS)
Variable AC Power Supply
The different AC voltages are generated by
using a transformer. The transformer may
have multiple windings or taps, in which
case the instrument uses switches to select
the different voltage levels. Alternatively, a
variable transformer (adjustable
autotransformer) can be used to
continuously vary the voltages. Some
variable AC supplies are included meters to
monitor the voltage, current, and/or power.
DC Power Supply
230 V Filter
Supply
main
V = 5 A * 20 Ω = 100 V
Answer: The voltage across the circuit is 100 volts.
HOW TO CHECK THE POWER SUPPLY ON A PC
DESKTOP COMPUTER
USING PAPER CLIP
1. Shut down and unplug your
computer.
If you haven't already done so, you
will need to turn off your computer and
completely remove it from power. Use
the switch on your desktop PC to flip the
power switch to the Off position, and
remove the AC power cord.
2. Open your computer case
and unplug all cables from the
power supply.
Disconnect the power
supply cables from all of the
components inside the case.
Follow each cable from the
power supply to the component
to make sure that everything is
completely unplugged.
3. Make a paper clip tester.
You can use a paper clip to help
test your power supply and trick it into
thinking that it has been switched on.
To do this, straighten a paperclip, and
then bend it into a “U” shape.
• This paperclip will act as the pins
that are inserted into the power
supply that gives it the “Power ON”
signal.
4. Find the 20/24 Pin
connector that normally
attaches to your
computer’s
motherboard.
It is typically the
largest connector for the
power supply.
5. Find the green pin and black pin
(make-specific). You will be inserting the
ends of the paperclip into the green pin
(there should be only one) and a
neighboring black pin.
I = 24 V / 6 Ω = 4 A
Answer: The current flowing through the circuit is 4 amperes.