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Capacitive power supply

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A capacitive power supply is a type of power supply that uses the capacitive reactance of a capacitor to reduce the mains voltage to a lower voltage. There are two important limitations: First, the high features requested from the capacitor allow them to be used only in low energy applications. The second is that due to the absence of electrical insulation, the circuit must be encapsulated and isolated to avoid direct contact with the users.[1]
Basic diagram and sample design

Contents
1 Structure 2 Example 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Structure
A capacitive power supply comprises a Capacitor C1 , that with its reactance limits the current flowing through the rectifier bridge D1 . To protect against voltage spikes during switching operations, there is a Resistor R1 connected in series with it. An electrolytic capacitor C2 it's used to smooth the DC voltage and the peak current (in the range of amps) in switching operations. Below you can see, a voltage regulator, which is formed by the current limiting resistor R3 and the linear regulator IC1. If the voltage stability is not too important you can use a Zener diode as a regulator.

Example
By changing the value of the example in the diagram by a capacitor with a value of 330 nF, we can provide a current of 20 mA, this way you can power up to 48 white LEDs (eg 3.1 V/20mA/20000mcd) - that is provided connected in series. The image, however, shows the open lamp LED 48 diodes party. The 1.2 UF capacitor has a reactance of 2.6 Kohm which limits the current to 90 mA. LEDs are connected in parallel with the electrolytic filter capacitor 10F. The four branches with 12 LEDs consume about 20 mA each. The diodes limit the voltage to about 40V per branch. Since, normally, the circuit is connected directly to the network without galvanic isolation, we need a switch in any type of protection circuit used for this kind of LED light.

lamp has 48 LED - 3W/230V

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See also
Backup power supply Linear power supply Power supply Railway electrification system

References
1. ^ Low cost PSUcapacitor instead of the transformer (http://www.elektronik-kompendium.de/public/schaerer /cpowsup.htm)

External links
Microchip-00954a (http://histo.cat/1/Microchip-00954a.pdf) Description of the capacitor Wima MKP Metallized page (http://Www.wima.de/DE/metallizedpulse.htm) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capacitive_power_supply&oldid=555442964" Categories: Power supplies This page was last modified on 17 May 2013 at 00:29. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

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