Voltage Regulation

As stated above, in an unregulated power supply, output voltage changes whenever input
supply voltage or load resistance changes. It is never constant. The change in voltage from
no-load to fullload condition is called voltage regulation. The aim of a voltage regulator
circuit is to reduce these variations to zero or, at least, to the minimum possible value.
The percentage regulation or, simply, regulation of a power supply is given by

In an ideal or perfectly regulated dc power supply, the percentage voltage regulation is zero.
This voltage regulation is also called load regulation.