Circuits & Schematics - 18

Linear regulator ICs are commonly used in variable power supplies. Common types such as the 317 can be adjusted as low as 1.25 V in single-supply applications. At low output voltages power losses in these regulators can be a problem. For example, ...

A typical SCR (silicon-controlled rectifier) requires a trigger current, which causes the SCR structure to latch on. Once the device latches, the current through the SCR is solely a function of external component values. The SCR has no inherent ...

Adding a manual reset to a design usually involves designing in a new part with a manual-reset input. But, by adding a couple of low-value resistors, a standard three-pin-reset supervisor can work in most applications. The circuit in Figure 1 ...

You can build a self-oscillating H bridge by replacing the pullup collector resistors of a classical BJT (bipolar-junction-transistor) astable multivibrator with PNP BJTs (Figure 1). Because this circuit oscillates at supply voltages as low as 0.6 ...

The standard way of using an RTD (resistance-temperature-detector) sensor is to include it in a bridge followed by a differential amplifier. The problem is that two nonlinearities one from the sensor and another from the bridge affect the transfer ...

In power supplies or battery chargers, you often need information about the current flowing in the high-side rail. Figure 1 shows a common circuit for obtaining this information. Figure 1. This method for measuring high-side supply current requires ...

Requirements for portable, short-range telemetry systems frequently include low power consumption, small size, and low cost. The circuit in Figure 1 meets these criteria and uses only three off-the-shelf ICs and a few passive components. Although ...

A design idea with a 555 analog timer that can generate an arbitrary triangle/sawtooth with its waveshape and frequency controlled by pots. If you could assemble the list of all the oscillators that have been designed around the 555 analog timer, ...

Hysteretic voltage regulators offer the potential advantages of simplicity, fast response, 100%-duty-cycle operation, high efficiency at light loading, and low cost. They need no loop-compensation components to add delays; thus, response time to a ...

A resistive DAC in a resistive-feedback loop of an op amp lets you create an analog-digital-analog divider. The resistance, R WA , between the W and A terminals of the Analog Devices AD5293 (Figure 1) decreases linearly with increasing the ...