Circuit limits dV/dt and capacitor inrush at regulator turn-on

Focus:

Limit inrush currents into adjustable voltage regulators by controlling the dv/dt of the output voltage.

What you’ll learn:

• How to limit a linear regulator's maximum turn-on current by limiting output dv/dt

Notes:

An EDN Design Idea

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Author & Publication:

W. Stephen Woodward, Chapel Hill, NC; Edited by Charles H Small and Fran Granville, EDN, Oct 11 2007

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