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November_1999
Re: New Monitor: Power Supply Design


From: Rodger Boots ( )
Date: Sat Nov 13 1999 - 20:40:31 CST


This will give you + and - 34 volts (more or less) so the capacitors will
probably be 50 volt.

(But you probably already knew that!)

James Nelson wrote:

> The power supply will consist of the following:
>
> 48V center tapped transformer
> Bridge Rectifier package
> 2 Electrolytic capactiors rated at 6800 uF.
> Some 0.47 uF caps for higher freq noise.
>
> That's it Dead simple, and should be good & reliable.
>
> As far as regulation goes, there will be none. It should be unnecessary due
> to the superior low frequency noise rejection characteristics of the LM3886.
>
> I did find a good source for the 48V center tapped transformers.
>
> James


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