LT3022 voltage regulator outputting wrong voltage

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johnny411

Joined Mar 3, 2020
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here is my circuit. it simulated 100% fine.

6.5v222.PNG

it is fed 8.4v and should output 6.5v. instead its outputting 0.2v. when i first soldered it in, i had the two voltage set resistors flipped. could this have fried it?

any other reasons for this behavior? thanks.
 

AlbertHall

Joined Jun 4, 2014
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The circuit looks OK.
With the resistors swapped I would expect an output of 200mV (no frying).
Check the values of R11 and R12 and make sure that R12 is connected (with it disconnected I would again expect 200mV output).
 

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johnny411

Joined Mar 3, 2020
41
thank you. its working now (the solution was simple - the resistors where right the first time but the power supply was not), 0402 resistors are hard to deal with.

however, the negative voltage (sercond "regulator") is outputting -6.164v. this is the supply for a differential op amp circuit. it simulates at -6.5v, any reason why the actual value is so much lower? i figure for op amps the +- supply should be as close as possible to matching. thanks

-6.5vvv.PNG
 

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johnny411

Joined Mar 3, 2020
41
my bad - the schematic is wrong. the actual value is 237R. so it should be -6.472V. my bad for mislabled schematic, the part number is for 237 so thats whats installed. 0.1% resistors.
 

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johnny411

Joined Mar 3, 2020
41
nothing but whats shown in the above schematic - im soldering on and debugging as i go. i thought that the output filtering would meet the minimum current draw, am i wrong?
 

AlbertHall

Joined Jun 4, 2014
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C15(?) and C35 need to be low ESR and connected by short leads to the chip otherwise it will reduce the regulated voltage. Is this constructed on a PCB?
 

n1ist

Joined Mar 8, 2009
189
On the negative regulator's output, the tantalums (C35, C36) are backwards. Since it is a negative rail, the positive of the caps goes to ground. I'd toss those and put new ones in.
/mike
 
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