Generally everyone talks about just adding a heat sink to a voltage regulator or power transistor, and of course that makes sense. But I'm curious, would adding an additional voltage regulator also limit the heat produced by either regulator?
Imagine you have a 12v power supply run through a 6v regulator, and then through a 3v regulator. It seems to me that should divide up the excess heat between the two regulators. Maybe it wouldn't be as efficient as a heat sink, but it seems sensible this could eliminate the need for a heat sink in some circuits by keeping each component cooler in the first place.
Imagine you have a 12v power supply run through a 6v regulator, and then through a 3v regulator. It seems to me that should divide up the excess heat between the two regulators. Maybe it wouldn't be as efficient as a heat sink, but it seems sensible this could eliminate the need for a heat sink in some circuits by keeping each component cooler in the first place.