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Old 10th November 2006, 09:06 PM   (permalink)
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Good idea, I'll add those 100nF capacitors, because I'm aware that the large electrolytics have a high inductance and theie resonant frequency is often way under 1MHz. I didn't include them becase the datasheet says they aren't required if it's under a certain distance from the filter.

I'm just using a plain electrolytic for the ADJ bypass capacitor. I didn't want to use a tantulum because I've heard they can be unreliable. I might add a 100nF capacitor in parallel if adding one on the filter doesn't help.
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Old 13th January 2007, 09:22 AM   (permalink)
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That's it? Did you get the supply stabilized or did it get shoved to the back burner? Good luck, I hope you worked it out.
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Old 13th January 2007, 07:35 PM   (permalink)
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It got shoved to the back burner I'm afraid, my oscilloscope popped its clogs and I've been meaning to get around to having a go at repairing it.
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Old 14th January 2007, 08:43 AM   (permalink)
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I'll be rooting for you..lol Keep us posted
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Old 11th February 2007, 01:11 AM   (permalink)
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Here's the plans for a power supply I'm intending to build. By my claculations it should provide me with +-15.7V@1.5A. The mains transformer I'm using is a 15V-0-15V torroid rated to 2.67A which is slightly over-rated which is perfect as the regulators might not current limit untill 2.2A.

Anyway, I just thought I'd ask you lot if you can think of any improvements before I etch the PCB and build this.
This is probably late and might have been mentioned already, but oh well

Briefly if you are on 115V:
the mains normal operating point is 100-130V
the transformer is probably 15%
the mains peak voltage is RMSx1.414 or 141-184V
The safe transformer current is rating/1.8 or 1.48A
The regulators need 3V to operate - so you need 18 volts at the valley of the filtered waveform, or preferably an 18V transformer
The diodes need to be rated for 2A or better
and the caps should have a 4.5A RMS rating...

That is what is supposed to be done. For a complete discussion see the end of this catalog and cut corners as you like:
http://www.belfuse.com/Data/DBObject/signalcatalog.pdf

I prefer offline switchers myself but most people do not have the resources that I do.

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Old 11th February 2007, 04:37 PM   (permalink)
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Briefly if you are on 115V:
230V.

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the mains normal operating point is 100-130V
220V to 250V.

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the transformer is probably 15%
I don't know what the regulation is but it's certainly better than that, it's an 80VA toroidal transformer and these give pretty good regulation, about twice as good as an E-core transformer so let's say 7.5%. Anyway isn't the voltage of a transformer specified at the full load?

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the mains peak voltage is RMSx1.414 or 141-184V
About 311V to 354V but what difference it makes is beyond me, I normally use the output voltage to calculate ripple.

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The safe transformer current is rating/1.8 or 1.48A
It's rated for 2.67A, but I disagree, I want to be able to draw at least 1.5A so the transformer needs to be rated for at least 1.5 \times sqrt{2} = 2.21A.

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The regulators need 3V to operate - so you need 18 volts at the valley of the filtered waveform, or preferably an 18V transformer
You're mistaken, providing it's not too hot or not too cold the LM217 has a dropout voltage of 2.25V@1.5A so minimum DC voltage needs to be 17.25V,therefore a 15V transformer will do, let's calculate the ripple assuming a 4700µF capacitor.

V_{RIPPLE} = \frac{I_{LOAD}}{2FC}= \frac{1.5A}{2 \times 50 \times 4700 \times 10^{-6}} = 3.2V

The peak voltage is 15 \times \sqrt{2}= 21.2V

The minimum voltage in-between the ripple is 21.2 - 3.2 - 0.7 = 17.3V


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The diodes need to be rated for 2A or better
They only conduct for half the cycle so they only need to be rated for 1.11A, either way I've used a 3A 400V bridge from an old PC power supply so it doesn't matter.

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and the caps should have a 4.5A RMS rating...
Why?

Sure, the peak current might be 4.5A but the RMS current is probably nearer to I/√2.

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That is what is supposed to be done. For a complete discussion see the end of this catalog and cut corners as you like:
http://www.belfuse.com/Data/DBObject/signalcatalog.pdf
I dissagree with some of the formulae and figures.

For a start the formula for the capacitor is incorrect if you use a linear regulator, it says "2000µF/amp for 3V p-p ripple", this assumes a resistive load rather than a constant current load. A 2000µF capacitor will give 4.167V of ripple @60Hz when given a 1A constant current load. The formula used in my calculation above if pretty accurate for constant current loads, try simulating it in a SPICE simulator.

The claim that rectifiers can't handle surges and need to be rated to the full output current is rubbish, a 1N4001 rectifier can withstand a non repetitive peak surge of 30A and the WOO5 can take 50A for a 8.3ms half sine wave (this is just a ballpark figure I didn't use 1N4001s or a WOO5 in my design). I might see the point if this was a huge power supply but not in my little power supply where the internal impedance of the transformer will limit the surge current to a safe level.

The only corner I have cut is undersizing the filter capacitors slightly so I might see some ripple on the output if the mains voltage is a little too low, the regulator is too hot/cold, the capacitors are in the lowest tolerance band, or the voltage is whacked up to 15.7V (15V is the design maximum but due to component tolerances it can go 0.7V higher). I know I should've used 6800µF capacitors but I didn't have any handy, for a start as the transformer is slightly over-sized the output voltage will be higher than expected at full load, 1A is good enough for most applications and I'm not doing this professionally, besides there's nothing stopping me piggy backing a couple of 2200µF capacitors on there.

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I prefer offline switchers myself but most people do not have the resources that I do.
I prefer switchers too, but they can be too noisy and troublesome to build.
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Old 11th February 2007, 05:07 PM   (permalink)
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The minimum voltage in-between the ripple is 21.2 - 3.2 - 0.7 = 17.3V
In your DC voltage and ripple calculations, you need to keep in mind that a diode bridge drops about 1.5V.


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A 2000µF capacitor will give 4.167V of ripple @60Hz when given a 1A constant current load. The formula used in my calculation above if pretty accurate for constant current loads, try simulating it in a SPICE simulator.
I ran the simulation, and got 3.06V p-p ripple. Your equation fails to account for the fact that the cap is only discharging for about 6.4ms. For the remaining ~2ms, it's charging.
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Old 11th February 2007, 05:30 PM   (permalink)
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In your DC voltage and ripple calculations, you need to keep in mind that a diode bridge drops about 1.5V.
That's true when measured from +15V to -15V but when measured from +-15V to 0V it's half that value, 0.75V.


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I ran the simulation, and got 3.06V p-p ripple. Your equation fails to account for the fact that the cap is only discharging for about 6.4ms. For the remaining ~2ms, it's charging.
You sure you used a constant current load?

I'll have another go I suppose but if what you're saying is correct then I haven't undersized my filter capacitors so I haven't cut any after all.
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Old 11th February 2007, 05:49 PM   (permalink)
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That's true when measured from +15V to -15V but when measured from +-15V to 0V it's half that value, 0.75V.
I'm saying that your peak DC voltage will be about 19.7V. There are always 2 diodes in series with the transformer between GND and the rectified output.



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You sure you used a constant current load?

I'll have another go I suppose but if what you're saying is correct then I haven't undersized my filter capacitors so I haven't cut any after all.
Yep, I used a constant current load. Furthermore, a with resistive load and 3V ripple, the current only changes about 15% for a 20V supply, so the load could be approximated by a constant current without too much error.
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Old 11th February 2007, 06:44 PM   (permalink)
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I'm saying that your peak DC voltage will be about 19.7V. There are always 2 diodes in series with the transformer between GND and the rectified output.
I still disagree.

Let's look at it like a single rail 30V supply first (load connected from +V to -V).

V_{OUT+/-} = 30 \sqrt{2}-1.5=40.93V

Now let's look at it like it's a +/-15V supply (load connected from +V to 0V)

If V_{OUT+/-}=40.93V Then V_{OUT+} = \frac{V_{OUT+/-}}{2} = 20.46V = 15 \sqrt{2}-0.75=20.46V

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Yep, I used a constant current load.
Which is how a linear regulator should behave, providing its load is resistive the current will be the same regardless of the input voltage because the load current it always the same.

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Furthermore, a with resistive load and 3V ripple, the current only changes about 15% for a 20V supply, so the load could be approximated by a constant current without too much error.
I agree, I've just simulated it and you're right.
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Old 11th February 2007, 06:51 PM   (permalink)
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Sorry. I missed the part where you said you have a center-tapped (15-0-15) transformer. You're absolutely right.
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Old 15th February 2007, 04:58 PM   (permalink)
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Sorry, I am forced to short change this a bit...
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It's rated for 2.67A, but I disagree, I want to be able to draw at least 1.5A so the transformer needs to be rated for at least 1.5 \times sqrt{2} = 2.21A.


You're mistaken, providing it's not too hot or not too cold the LM217 has a dropout voltage of 2.25V@1.5A so minimum DC voltage needs to be 17.25V,therefore a 15V transformer will do, let's calculate the ripple assuming a 4700µF capacitor.

V_{RIPPLE} = \frac{I_{LOAD}}{2FC}= \frac{1.5A}{2 \times 50 \times 4700 \times 10^{-6}} = 3.2V

The peak voltage is 15 \times \sqrt{2}= 21.2V

The minimum voltage in-between the ripple is 21.2 - 3.2 - 0.7 = 17.3V
As long as your valley voltage stays above the drop out sure...
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They only conduct for half the cycle so they only need to be rated for 1.11A, either way I've used a 3A 400V bridge from an old PC power supply so it doesn't matter.

Why?

Sure, the peak current might be 4.5A but the RMS current is probably nearer to I/√2.

I dissagree with some of the formulae and figures.

For a start the formula for the capacitor is incorrect if you use a linear regulator, it says "2000µF/amp for 3V p-p ripple", this assumes a resistive load rather than a constant current load. A 2000µF capacitor will give 4.167V of ripple @60Hz when given a 1A constant current load. The formula used in my calculation above if pretty accurate for constant current loads, try simulating it in a SPICE simulator.

The claim that rectifiers can't handle surges and need to be rated to the full output current is rubbish, a 1N4001 rectifier can withstand a non repetitive peak surge of 30A and the WOO5 can take 50A for a 8.3ms half sine wave (this is just a ballpark figure I didn't use 1N4001s or a WOO5 in my design). I might see the point if this was a huge power supply but not in my little power supply where the internal impedance of the transformer will limit the surge current to a safe level.
I agree on the diode rating, but that as you pointed out about some of the transformer mfgs equations, is based on a resistive load. Given that your transformer only represents 1hm: impedance you could have some high instantaneous currents. But the 3A bridge will probably not be a problem. The thing is a cap is not a resistive load and there is only one ohm between it and an ideal AC source.
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The only corner I have cut is undersizing the filter capacitors slightly so I might see some ripple on the output if the mains voltage is a little too low, the regulator is too hot/cold, the capacitors are in the lowest tolerance band, or the voltage is whacked up to 15.7V (15V is the design maximum but due to component tolerances it can go 0.7V higher). I know I should've used 6800µF capacitors but I didn't have any handy, for a start as the transformer is slightly over-sized the output voltage will be higher than expected at full load, 1A is good enough for most applications and I'm not doing this professionally, besides there's nothing stopping me piggy backing a couple of 2200µF capacitors on there.

I prefer switchers too, but they can be too noisy and troublesome to build.
Then have at it. Personally, I think I would use the transformer and a couple simple buck regulators and if that wasn't clean enough got to the LM317s, but I would not like throwing out 40W at the low end. Make sure they are properly heatsunk.

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Old 27th March 2007, 07:28 PM   (permalink)
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This looks like a great project!

Before I begin I will need to learn more about Zener Diodes and Op-amps though.

Hero, Unless I missed them or you still dont have your camera, can you please post some snaps of your PCB.

Thanks,
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http://www.electro-tech-online.com/s...162#post226162
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FWIW, transient load recovery can be improved by using something better than that aweful 741 opamp and you can do away with the bias current error correction resistor (5k1) as well by using a FET input type.
A fast op-amp would not help things as far as transient response is concerned, the LM337 takes care of that.

This was discussed at the end of the first page of replies to this topic.
http://www.electro-tech-online.com/e...er-supply.html
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Old 31st December 2007, 12:42 PM   (permalink)
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Happy new year!

What do you think about my Tracking Bipolar Lab Power Supply?
This can be adjusted between +- 1.25-12V 1.5A, it has an OPA regulator so no need to worry about exceeding +-15V input voltage.
And it's centered around GND, so it can supply +-12V at output if needed. I've simulated it's 0,01V accurate with high stability.
The circuit includes all protection diodes and bypass caps.
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