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A linear regulator acts as an electronically variable resistor. The excess power is dissipated as heat. A switching regulator switches the input voltage on and off, then smooths the pulses back into DC (with out any variations). To change the output voltage, the switch's on to off period is changed. Because the switching transistors are either hard on or hard off, they dissipate very little power so switch mode power supplies are very efficient over a wide range of input voltage.
Frank
Dear chuckey i got what you said, But i need some more info about linear can you teach why its linear? why because linearity means a difference between successive elements will be constant, or something like a straight line, based on what its called as linear?
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Dear chuckey i got what you said, But i need some more info about linear can you teach why its linear? why because linearity means a difference between successive elements will be constant, or something like a straight line, based on what its called as linear?
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