{{fa>pencil?32}} In order to get a constant (lower) voltage from a higher voltage input or a source with a broader spread of the voltage (e.g. a battery) often linear regulators are used. One example could be to get $5 ~\rm V$ from the car battery voltage (between $11 ~\rm V...14 ~\rm V$) for a microcontroller in a control unit e.g. the brake control unit. Linear regulator here means that a transistor as a variable resistor is used to drop the unwanted voltage. Below, two types of such linear regulators are shown - The first simulation shows a simple series regulator with a FET. "Series" here marks the fact that the transistor is in series to the load resistor $R_\rm L$. The Zener diode $D$ has a current limiting series resistors $R_\rm D$ ahead. By the voltage divider of $R_\rm D$ and $D$, a relatively constant voltage will be created. - The second simulation shows a more sophisticated circuit. Here, there is feedback from the output of the transistor back to the transistor controlling voltage. This feedback is given by $R1$, $R2$, and the operational amplifier. Tasks * In both simulations there are two sliders on the right-hand side: \\ - //Input Voltage//, which changes the ingoing voltage between $5~\rm V...20~\rm V$ \\ - //Load Resistance//, which changes the load on the output between $10~\Omega...1~\rm k\Omega$ \\ Play with these sliders and look for the differences! What are these? * The lower simulation with the operational amplifier is also called "**L**ow **D**rop**O**out" (**LDO**). The dropout is the minimum voltage difference on the transistor. How can the terminology low dropoff can be explained? * To which primitive OpAmp circuit does the LDO circuit ($R_1$, $R_2$ and OpAmp) look similar to? \\ How can the controlling of the transistor input voltage $U_{\rm GS}$ be explained? * Given a load resistor of $R_\rm L=1~\rm k\Omega$, an input voltage $U_\rm I=20~\rm V$, and an output voltage $U_\rm O=5~\rm V$, what is the dissipated power on the load and on the transistor? * One LDO is the [[https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tps746.pdf|TPS746]]. \\ - What is the Pin $\rm FB$ for? \\ - How does the [[https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm340.pdf|LM7805]] differ regarding the set-up in a circuit? {{url>https://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html?running=false&ctz=CQAgjCAMB0l3BWcMBMcUHYMGZIA4UA2ATmIxAWwpABYqEBTAWjDAChtC8Rs1xiUPBILADwUEADUA+gHE2AJ3A0a-ESvApukZPA6qAXgwB2DBUwzQiEmPDikHjp6QkpoXQsLzY8WEJet2ABNlVS1uMA1RQUEjU3MAwjYAc1CQcLTcVR1INgAlNLAtEDwdIu0JGh0+HKhoBDYAd0LirM1tJp5OdtowQh7czm4vHoQMfvLxHRkAGU6aPtHiydylEcmRzEEyvVTNjEERtpzOyNVonj4L3IAzS7KxXjLiqvB6usgUNgAPEDJwTzgSIA7hhVR5H5AiIYJBgXDgDCg8DcAAikOI-RQUTh6Ro5DBIDRvwQhAgomGiPSkAgBIhxIIVOGYhQrFoyJAcwA9mzCNlemBqjloBBqmyqABJYwABwArgAXAA6AGdJJyADZygCGyQYbG55F5lVYgrqZPS-h4IAA8vLZYqVeqtTrlbMOEiAGIi6h8FggSV2l2O7W6nx-ECeiQC3Q6X0zTmaoLKvIMJUASyVWuMAGNdUA noborder}} {{url>https://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html?running=false&ctz=CQAgjCAMB0l3BWcMBMcUHYMGZIA4UA2ATmIxAWwpABYqEBTAWjDAChtC8Rs1xiUPBILADwUEADUA+gHE2Ac1phCIFHm40VPSDQmQ2AJ2Wr1m7ShqQJYeHCMm1Vx2HU27BgO6PL1lJadrLzUAtG5-PV8oNm8wGj0wDFVRESTo4ziEtMzwN2tbOw49AC8GADsGQyYUaEImbggYD1IW1rbSCRquQmE8bDwsGmIwfrVa8DYAE3B4tQ0ZrNMQUoqqrvrFBbmG2dw9ILYAJS3Xbjx8vIlnPiCoaAQYk7c93O5g7E5XlzyOLgo3U4UbIAiQyAAyjy0yTcvS+BmMsMBsMwgny8E2yIwglhLwOAEMQgkxLx8mJiOAkCwkAU7GMEKwscRICMMAgmcQPnTWOcRpQaPTID1kIVYmJEqYAuLogAzHh8FJyi6afL3O6QFBsAAeFDwkVcFGIeqQCW4EO1CEIVDQ2POakgxqcIEOWtoBDtgiGgjQDrADRdNEIEAVNAwDWIDoCzu1NFtKNoTLUrNo4HC-rZakIHrSRAjeij4Di4AwQaIRb0JpAABEXRzwIGC-lCOXHfnayhPqw-NhyZE9NWAPbIEBNq6du13RpqIdUACSZQADgBXAAuAB0AM6SfsAG2XeIUDDYg5Gw-2ylsQ5gQanJ6oAHkV0u15ud3uDxvwRwGtYAGKT0zWCwIBzk+H6vvuh6jGASB-u4wqARAYL9nikwbocDDrgAluue5lAAxoeQA noborder}}