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Subelement 4

Power Supplies

Section 4-02

filter circuits, bleeder resistor function

Filter chokes are rated according to:

  • reactance at 1000 Hz
  • power loss
  • breakdown voltage
  • Correct Answer
    inductance and current-handling capacity
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Which of the following circuits gives the best regulation, under similar load conditions?

  • A half-wave bridge rectifier with a capacitor input filter
  • A half-wave rectifier with a choke input filter
  • Correct Answer
    A full-wave rectifier with a choke input filter
  • A full-wave rectifier with a capacitor input filter
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The advantage of the capacitor input filter over the choke input filter is:

  • better filtering action or smaller ripple voltage
  • improved voltage regulation
  • lower peak rectifier currents
  • Correct Answer
    a higher terminal voltage output
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With a normal load, the choke input filter will give the:

  • Correct Answer
    best regulated output
  • greatest percentage of ripple
  • greatest ripple frequency
  • highest output voltage
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There are two types of filters in general use in a power supply. They are called:

  • choke output and capacitor output
  • Correct Answer
    choke input and capacitor input
  • choke input and capacitor output
  • choke output and capacitor input
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The main function of the bleeder resistor in a power supply is to provide a discharge path for the capacitor in the power supply. But it may also be used for a secondary function, which is to:

  • Correct Answer
    improve voltage regulation
  • provide a ground return for the transformer
  • inhibit the flow of current through the supply
  • act as a secondary smoothing device in conjunction with the filter
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In a power supply, series chokes will:

  • Correct Answer
    readily pass the DC but will impede the flow of the AC component
  • readily pass the DC and the AC component
  • impede the passage of DC but will pass the AC component
  • impede both DC and AC
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When using a choke input filter, a minimum current should be drawn all the time when the device is switched on. This can be accomplished by:

  • utilizing a full-wave bridge rectifier circuit
  • placing an ammeter in the output circuit
  • increasing the value of the output capacitor
  • Correct Answer
    adjusting the bleeder resistance
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In the design of a power supply, the designer must be careful of resonance effects because the ripple voltage could build up to a high value. The components that must be carefully selected are:

  • the bleeder resistor and the first choke
  • first capacitor and second capacitor
  • Correct Answer
    first choke and first capacitor
  • first choke and second capacitor
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Excessive rectifier peak current and abnormally high peak inverse voltages can be caused in a power supply by the filter forming a:

  • short circuit across the bleeder
  • parallel resonant circuit with the first choke and second capacitor
  • Correct Answer
    series resonant circuit with the first choke and first capacitor
  • tuned inductance in the filter choke
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In a properly designed choke input filter power supply, the filter capacitor will be about nine-tenths of the AC RMS noload voltage across the voltage; yet it is advisable to use capacitors rated at the peak transformer voltage. Why is this large safety margin suggested?

  • Resonance can be set up in the filter producing high voltages
  • Under heavy load, high currents and voltages are produced
  • Correct Answer
    Under no-load conditions and a burnedout bleeder, voltages could reach the peak transformer voltage
  • Under no-load conditions, the current could reach a high level
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