Regarding LDO and Switching Regulator

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sgr

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If the input voltage is 10V and Output voltage is 5V and Output current is 1Amp. and Lets consider 100% Efficiency. Then what is the Input current in case of LDO and what is the input current in case of switching regulator ?
 

Ya’akov

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MrAl

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If the input voltage is 10V and Output voltage is 5V and Output current is 1Amp. and Lets consider 100% Efficiency. Then what is the Input current in case of LDO and what is the input current in case of switching regulator ?
Hi,

I think what you mean is not 100 percent efficiency but rather there are no coincidental losses. That makes the calculations simpler yet still get a decent understanding of how things work.

For example, if i have a circuit that has 2 amps output and 20 volts input, that doesnt mean the input gets 40 watts because there is usually some extra current needed for biasing and things like that, and also possibly some leakage currents. If we ignore those things, then we have what we often call the 'ideal' case, and then we might consider the input power to be 40 watts, at least for the time being. If we dont ignore those things then with an output of 2 amps and input of 20 volts the input current may actually be higher than 2 amps, like 2.2 amps, if there is no power converter as part of the circuit.

An LDO regulator is still a linear regulator so there will be extra losses in addition to the ideal case we calculate.

Think about these things.

BTW, is this homework or are you just studying this on your own?
 
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