Regulated power supply circuit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5296800
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07828203

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The invention relates to a regulated DC power supply circuit comprising a full wave rectification stage for rectifying an AC input and a regulating stage for regulating an output voltage from the rectification stage. The regulating stage has a primary voltage regulating circuit and a secondary voltage regulating circuit. The primary voltage regulating circuit includes a series pass element, such as a MOSFET device, connected to operate continuously in source-follower mode. A primary voltage reference element, such as a zener diode, provides a gate reference for the series pass element. The secondary voltage regulating circuit is cascaded to the primary voltage regulating circuit in a voltage sharing configuration. The power supply circuit is therefore capable of handling input voltages over 1 kV, which exceed the maximum voltage rating of the MOSFET device. The invention extends to a DC voltage regulator, which includes the regulating stage without the rectification stage.

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  • CIRCUIT BREAKER INDUSTRIES LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bjorkman, Ivan N Johannesburg, ZA 1 9
Nusse, Klaus J R Randburg, ZA 2 18

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