ECE 136: ELECTRONICS DESIGN

EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSTRUCTED
DESIGN OF REGULATED DC SPLIT-TYPE
POWER SUPPLY

Presented by:
JAMAICA MAE T. RUBIO
BS ECE IV

Presented to:
ENGR. WILSON R. DULDULAO

April 2018
I. OBJECTIVES
 To construct a regulated split power supply.
 To construct a regulated power supply with an output voltage of ±12V and output current
of 500mA.

II. BASIC CONCEPT

Electronic power supplies are defined as circuits which transform electrical input power--
either ac or dc—into output power--either ac or dc. This definition thus excludes power supplies
based on rotating machine principles and distinguishes power supplies from the more general
category of electrical power sources which derive electrical power from other energy forms (e.
g., batteries, solar cells, fuel cells).
Virtually every piece of electronic equipment, e.g., computers and their peripherals,
calculators, TV and Hifi equipments, and instruments, is powered from a DC power source, be it
a battery or a DC power supply. Most of this equipment requires not only DC voltage but voltage
that is also well filtered and regulated.
These DC supplies provide accurate and cheaper in nature than DC source from a battery.
Such supplies provide constant voltage regardless of load variations which they are designed.
In designing a regulated power supply, the power supply unit itself must be operating
with the least possible power, that is, it must not add considerable amount of power nor
competing to the devices to be supplied.

III. BLOCK DIAGRAM

TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER FILTER REGULATOR LOAD

The transformer that is used in power supply is step-down transformer, which steps down
the input AC voltage. The rectifier corrects the signal by removing the negative side of the signal
and allows the positive half cycle to pass through and inverts the negative half cycle to positive
half cycle. The filter then filters out any AC component present and provides DC as the output.
Subsequently, a regulator maintains a constant output voltage irrespective of changes in load
current, input voltage or temperature. Finally, a load is applied for testing and/or actual use of the
power supply.

IV. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM (WITHOUT VALUES)

Schematic Diagram without values.

V. COMPUTATIONS

2
A

3
1

Given:
β=182
V o =12V
V BE ' s =0.7 V
I Lmax =500 mA
 Transformer

V SEC = 1.25V o
V SEC = 1.25 (12)
V SEC = 15 V
I SEC = 1.25 I Lmax
I SEC = 1.25 (500 mA)
I SEC = 625 mA

Use 15 V – 0V – 15V ; 750 mA Transformer

Load Resistor
V
R L= O P L=V o I L
I Lmax max

12 V
R L= P L=(12V )(500 mA )
500 mA
R L=24 Ω P L=6 watts
Use 24Ω ; 6 watts Load Resistor

Filter Capacitor

1
C=
2√ 3 f k r RL
f = 120 Hz
k r <3 % (Assume 0.02 %)
1 1
C= =
2 √ 3 f k r R L 2 √ 3 ( 120 Hz )( .02 ) ( 24 Ω )
C = 5011.72 µF
 Use 4700 µF ; 25 V Electrolytic Capacitor

V ideal +V worst
V iactual =
2
I Lmax
V ideal =√ 2V sec −
4 fC
500 mA
V ideal =( √ 2 ) (15 V ) −
4 ( 120 Hz )( 4700 µF )
V ideal =20.99 V

I Lmax
V worst =0.8 V ideal−
4 fC
500 mA
V worst =( 0.8 ) ( 20.99V ) −
4 ( 120 Hz ) ( 4700 µF )
V worst =16.749V

V ideal +V worst
V iactual =
2
20.99 V +16.749V
V iactual=
2
V iactual=18.87 V

KVL @ Loop 1
Assume: V R =V R =6 V 3 2

V R −V BE−V z=0
3

V z=V R −V BE 3

¿ 6 V −0.7 V
¿ 5.3 V

1
Use 5.7Q V; Watt Zener Diode
2

IL
I R =I R = max

2 3
182+1
 500mA
¿
183

¿ 2.73 mA

Pz
I zrated =
Vz
1
W
2
I zrated =
5.6 V
I zrated =89.29 mA

I zmin =0.2 I zrated

I zmin =0.2 ( 89.29 mA )
I zmin =17.86 mA

I zmax =0.8 I zrated

I zmax =0.8 ( 89.29 mA )
I zmax =71.43 mA

I zmin < I z< I zmax

Assume: I z =29 mA

KVL @ Loop 2

V R −V CE −V BE +V BE =0
2 2 1 2

V CE =V R
2 2

V CE =5.7 V
2

KVL @ Loop 3
V R =V i −V CE −V z
1 actual 2

¿ 18.87 V −5.7 V −5.7 V

¿ 7.47 V

KCL @ Node A
I R =I Z + I C
1 2

IC ≈ IZ
2

I Z =29 mA
I Lmax
IB =1
β
500 mA
IB =1
182
I B =2.75 mA
1

I R =I Z + I C
1 2

I R =29 mA +2.75 mA
1

I R =31.75 mA
1

Resistors
VR
R 2= 2

IR 2

5.7V
¿
2.73 mA

¿ 2087.91 Ω

1
Use 2 kΩ; watt Resistor for R2
4

VR
R 3= 3

IR 3

6.3V
¿
2.73 mA

¿ 2307.69 Ω

1
Use 2.4 kΩ; watt Resistor for R3
4

VR
R 1= 1

IR 1
 7.47V
¿
31.75mA

¿ 235.28 Ω

1
Use 240Ω; watt Resistor for R1
4

VI. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM WITH VALUES

Schematic Diagram with values.

VII. FOIL PATTERN

Actual size shown (2” x 2”)
VIII. PARTS PLACEMENT LAYOUT

Actual size shown (2” x 2”)

IX. CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY

1. Compute for the values needed for the circuit.

2. Get the closest market value of the computed values.

3. Make a PCB foil pattern with a 2” x 2” size board.

4. Prepare the PCB. Clean the board with soap and water. Let it dry. Polish it using an
abrasive paper. Clean the board again with water. Avoid fingerprints on the board.
Prepare the printed sticker design. Carefully paste the sticker on the PCB. Etch the PCB
using ferric chloride under the sun. Shake the container until the desired pattern remains.

5. Wash the PCB using soap & water. Mark the portion to be drilled using a sharp tip tool
line nails then proceed on drilling the PCB.

7. Solder the components on the PCB then cut the excess wires to avoid unwanted or
shorted connections.

X. TESTING PROCEDURES

1. Borrow the instruments to be used; oscilloscope digital and analog tester. Record the data
of the output voltage measured using analog and digital multitester.

2. Check the power supply using the oscilloscope. Turn on all the instruments. Set it in dc
mode and adjust it to 5v/div. The oscilloscope should display the same output voltage
displayed by the tester. Record also the output voltage with and without a load resistor.

3. For the ripple factor, adjust the volts/div knob until it shows a triangular wave. Read the
peak to peak voltage of the wave. Then divide it by √3 to get the ripple factor.

4. In checking the load current, connect the load resistor. Connect the tester in series with
the load resistor. Read and record the data.
XI. PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

Vo DC
Vo DC
Vo DC

(Digital) (Analog) (Oscilloscope)

Polarity Vi unreg
No Full
No Full No Full
Load Load
Load Load Load Load
+
-

Voltage Regulation Voltage Regulation Voltage Regulation

Polarity
(Digital) (Analog) (Oscilloscope)
+
-

Polarity V ripple % kr Current

+
-

Based on the results that has been measured and computed during the testing process, we

can see from the table above that the power supply has an unregulated input voltage of 21V in

both positive and negative part. It can also be seen that it does not produce the same output

voltage in no load condition (NL) and this is due to component tolerances, the same goes to the

ripple voltage and output current which was both measured at full load condition. At full load

condition, the circuit was able to produce an equal output voltage, which is 13.5V. With these

data, the %ripple (kr) and voltage regulation can now be computed using the following equations:
 V ripple
% kr=¿
VoDC (FL)

VoDC ( NL) −VoDC (FL)

Voltage regulation=¿ x 100
V oDC (FL)

XII. CONCLUSION

After testing the split type power supply that I have constructed, it is therefore concluded
that:

1. It can produce an output voltage of +______V and -_______V and thus meeting the
required output voltage.
2. It can produce an output current of ______mA in the positive part and _______mA in
the negative part and I can say that it is good since it is near the ideal maximum
current output which is 500 mA.

XIII. RECOMMENDATION

The construction of the split type power supply proved to be a success; however, I
intensely recommend the following for better results:

1. If possible, avoid too long wiring connections to reduce resistance.

2. Do not use very thin copper traces when designing the foil pattern of your circuit; it
only allows small current to pass and may affect the performance of your project.