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    Simple DC adapter power supply comes about because a reader had just this problem, and didn't know what he could do. This idea will work best with DC adapters having 12V DC or more lower voltages will work, but the dynamic range will not be as good as it could be. The supply here will not be suitable for low level circuits (such as phono preamps), as these really do need lots of headroom, and hum might be a problem.

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    Simple DC adapter power supply comes about because a reader had just this problem, and didn't know what he could do. This idea will work best with DC adapters having 12V DC or more lower voltages will work, but the dynamic range will not be as good as it could be. The supply here will not be suitable for low level circuits (such as phono preamps), as these really do need lots of headroom, and hum might be a problem.

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    Simple DC Adapter Power Supply PDF

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    Simple DC adapter power supply comes about because a reader had just this problem, and didn't know what he could do. This idea will work best with DC adapters having 12V DC or more lower voltages will work, but the dynamic range will not be as good as it could be. The supply here will not be suitable for low level circuits (such as phono preamps), as these really do need lots of headroom, and hum might be a problem.

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    SimpleDCAdapterPowerSupply

    Introduction
    Youneedapowersupplyforaproject,butonlyhaveaDCadapteravailable,soyoucan'tuse
    myACpoweradaptertrick.Thislittleprojectcameaboutbecauseareaderhadjustthis
    problem,anddidn'tknowwhathecoulddo.
    ThisideawillworkbestwithDCadaptershaving12VDCormorelowervoltageswillwork,
    butthedynamicrangewillnotbeasgoodasitcouldbe.Forexampleusinga12VDCsupply
    youwillget+/6V,allowingamaximumsignallevelofabout2.8V(allowingforlossesintheop
    amps).Whilethisisstillmorethanenoughformostapplications,itisgenerallybettertohaveas
    muchheadroomaspossible.
    Thesupplyherewillnotbesuitableforlowlevelcircuits(suchasphonopreamps),asthese
    reallydoneedlotsofheadroom,andhummightbeaproblem,sincethestandardpluginpower
    supplyisnotregulated.Forhighlevelapplications,suchasthesurrounddecoderoracrossover
    filter,thiscircuitwillallowyoutouseasupplyyoualreadyhave,savingafewRupee,dollars,
    pfennigs,shekels(etc).Theaddedcapacitanceshouldkeephumlevelslow,butyoucanincrease
    the1000uFcapsifyouwanttoensurelowerripple.
    Therearetwoversions,oneisultrasimple,andisfinewherethereisnoloadimbalancewhich
    isthemajorityofopampcircuits.Wherethereisadifferentcurrentfrom+veandvesupplies,
    youwillneedtousethesecondcircuit,whichallowsupto30mAcurrentimbalancebetweenthe
    supplies.
    Description
    Circuitsdon'tcomemuchsimplerthanthis.TheinputDCisgivenavoltagedividertoestablish
    a"virtualearth",andthisisusedasthe0Vreferencefortheunittobepowered.Initssimplest
    form,itusesapairofresistorsandtwoadditionalfiltercapstomakesurethatthehumiswithin
    thecapabilityofopampstoreject.Thisalsoprovidesapairofproperlydecoupledsupplyrails
    topowerthecircuit.Asmentionedabove,youcanincreasethe1000uFcapstogetlesshum,but
    itisnotlikelytocauseaproblemopampshaveveryhighpowersupplyrejection,soevenquite
    highhumlevelsonthesupplywillnotbeaudibleattheoutput.

    Figure1SimplestFormoftheCircuit

    Therewillbeinstanceswherethecurrentsfromeachsupplywillbeunequal.Wherethisisthe
    case,theresistordividerisnotsufficient,andthe+veandvevoltageswillbeunequal.Byusing
    acheapopamp(suchasauA741),aDCimbalancebetweensuppliesofuptoabout15mAwill
    notcauseaproblem.However,wecandobetterwithadualopamp(whichwillcostthesameor
    lessanyway),andincreasethecapabilityforuptoabout30mAofdifferencebetweenthetwo
    supplies.

    Figure2DualOpampBufferedSupply

    The10Ohmresistors(whichcanactuallybealmostanyvaluethatishandyfrom10to100
    Ohms)allowtheopampstosharetheloadproperly.Withoutthese,onehalfoftheamp(that
    withthehighergain)willdoallthework,andthecircuitwillnotworknearlyaswell.Opamp
    noiseorothersoniccharacteristicsareofnoconsequence,sincetheirinfluenceiscompletely
    swampedbythecapacitance,sothecircuitlookslikearegularDCsupplytothefollowing
    circuitry.

    Verysimple,butworksverywell.Ihaveusedthistechniquemanytimesindifferentdesigns,
    anditisextremelyeffective.Ifoundthatthecircuitwillkeepthesupplybalancedwithasmuch
    as40mAofunbalancedload(I.e.withupto40mAfrom+veorvetoground),however,thisis
    pushingtheopamprighttoitslimits.

    Notethatthereisnoreversepolarityprotection,sincethediodevoltagedrop
    willreducethelimitedvoltageevenfurther.Ifyoursupplyishighenoughin
    voltage(orthediodedropisnotaproblemforyou),usea1N4004inseries
    withthepositivesupplylead.
    Also,ifaLEDpowerindicatoristobeused,makesurethatit(anditsseries
    resistor)gobetweensupplyrails,andnottotheartificialearth.Thisis
    important!

    Iqbal uddin Khan


    92-321-9207460
    Iqbalsound@yahoo.com
    http://asia.groups.yahoo.com/group/Engineers_Electronics_Pakistan/

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