Need for Voltage Regulators — Study Resources & PYQs
Need and importance of voltage regulation in electronic power supplies.
- Estimated study time: 45 minutes
Study resources
- Voltage regulator (Wikipedia) (Article) — Explains why an unregulated DC supply's output varies with load and input-line changes, and how a voltage regulator holds the output steady, including series and shunt regulator topologies.
- Basic Electronics - Prof. M.B. Patil, IIT Bombay (NPTEL), curated by Class Central (Video) — NPTEL video course whose early weeks work through diode circuits and diode rectifiers in detail, followed by the physics and amplifier circuits of the bipolar junction transistor.
- Voltage Regulators: Linear, Shunt, and Zener Diode (Article) — Explains why voltage regulators are needed to keep supply voltage within safe limits for connected equipment.
- Regulated vs. Unregulated Power Supplies Explained (Article) — Explains why voltage regulators are necessary to maintain stable output voltage despite input or load variation.
Taught in these subjects
- Fundamentals of Electronics Engineering — BECT22 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Electronic Circuits-II — ECT1402 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu