Laboratory 03 - Report

Ankit Zalawadiya1 , Arjun N2

Department of Electronic System Design, Indian Institute of Science
1 ankit@dese.iisc.ernet.in 2 arjun@dese.iisc.ernet.in

August 30, 2015

Circuit Design:

We designed following circuit in lab, with the component values shown in the diagram. The circuit
was designed for 10V output regulation. The values shown in the circuit have been calculated in
MATLAB.
Design Criteria:
Vrms =230V
Tolerance=10%
Vo(reg) =10V
Io(max) =0.5A
Inductor Current Ripple=10% of IL

Figure 1: Circuit Diagram of Switched Mode Voltage Regulator.

Load Regulation:-

In our case, the load regulation comes out to be around 0.1% for VN L = 10.0V and VF L = 9.9V.
%LoadRegulation =

VN L VF L
10.0 9.99
100% =
100% = 0.1%
V FL
10.0

(1)

Serial
No
1
2
3
4
5

Output Current
Io (A)
0.3008
0.2775
0.2000
0.1387
0.0818

Output Voltage
Vo (V)
7.52
9.99
10.0
9.99
9.99

Load Resistance
RL ()
25
36
50
72
122

Table 1: Load Regulation.

Figure 2: Load Regulation.

Waveforms:-

Following sections show waveforms as seen on CRO screen with RL as 50.

3.1

Inductor Current(IL ):

Here the maximum current value is 0.3A and the minimum current value is 0.1A. The waveform is
of Voltage across a 1 resistor, in series with the inductor. So itll be same as the current waveform
in inductor.

Figure 3: Inductor Current(IL ) Waveform.

3.2

Capacitor Voltage(VC ):

Here the maximum voltage across the capacitor is 11V and minimum voltage is 9V. So there is a
voltage swing of 4V. It can be reduced by choosing a high value of capacitor C in the circuit.

Figure 4: Capacitor Voltage(VC ) Waveform.

3.3

Diode Voltage(VD ):

The voltage across the diode can be observed to be of switching form. It is due to the Q1 transistor
in the circuit. The maximum voltage across diode is almost Vin and minimum voltage is nearly 0V.

Figure 5: Diode Voltage(VD )

Switching Frequency:-

The switching frequency as measured at the output of a741 OP-Amp IC is 1.8kHz at Io(max) and
2.0kHz at Io(min) .

Conclusion: Load Regulation is 0.1%.

The circuit provides good Voltage Regulation even beyond the rated load.
Output voltage has ripple of 4V. It can be reduced by using high value filter capacitor at the
output.
*End of Report*