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From: jim@mnetor.UUCP (Jim Stewart)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,misc.wanted,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Need Info on Switching Supply Design
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Date: 13 Feb 89 16:05:23 GMT
References: <870@inuxm.UUCP> <1989Feb8.225741.27473@utzoo.uucp>
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In article <1989Feb8.225741.27473@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>He's aware, I hope, that switching supplies generally regulate poorly at
>low loads, so they are not good choices for research and service work
>where power demands vary a lot.

The typical solution is to have either a passive or active load
to draw the minimum required current.

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