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Voltage Regulators in Basic Electronics

Voltage regulators are circuits that maintain a constant output voltage despite variations in the AC source voltage or changes in the load resistance. A series regulator uses a variable resistance in series with the load to regulate the voltage by varying the resistance. A shunt regulator uses a variable resistance in parallel with the load to regulate the voltage by keeping the load resistance constant.

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Voltage Regulators in Basic Electronics

Voltage regulators are circuits that maintain a constant output voltage despite variations in the AC source voltage or changes in the load resistance. A series regulator uses a variable resistance in series with the load to regulate the voltage by varying the resistance. A shunt regulator uses a variable resistance in parallel with the load to regulate the voltage by keeping the load resistance constant.

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MIDTERM - ECE00 Basic Electronics (NEETS)

Engr. Jayde Paolo Castro Mirandilla

VOLTAGE REGULATORS are circuits designed to maintain the output of power supplies at a constant amplitude despite
variations of the ac source voltage or changes of the resistance of the load.

This is done by creating a voltage divider of a resistive element in the regulator and the resistance of the load.
Regulation is achieved by varying the resistance of the resistive element in the regulator.

A SERIES REGULATOR uses a variable resistance in series with the load. Regulation is achieved by varying this resistance
either to increase or to decrease the voltage drop across the resistive element of the regulator. Characteristically, the
resistance of the variable resistance moves in the same direction as the load. When the resistance of the load increases,
the variable resistance of the regulator increases; when load resistance decreases, the variable resistance of the
regulator decreases.

SHUNT REGULATORS use a variable resistance placed in parallel with the load. Regulation is achieved by keeping the
resistance of the load constant. Characteristically the resistance of the shunt moves in the opposite direction of the
resistance of the load.

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