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Infigure1wehaveanexampleofabipolarpowersupplyusingtwo9volt
batteries.Theyshareacommongroundandtheoutputcanbeanycombination YouTubeVideos
ofpolaritiesorvoltages.ForexampletheATXpowersuppliesusedinmostPCs ElectronicsBio
todayhavemultiplevoltageoutputs,butshareonecommon.IntheATXsupply
wehaveplusandminus5volts,plusandminus12,andthreevolts. Science
BesidestheiruseinhomePCs,bipolarsuppliesareusedinmanyOPAMP Religion
circuitsandhighpoweraudioamplifiers.
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Infigure2wehaveconstructedabipolarpowersupplyusinga12.6volt
VoltageComparator
transformer.D2chargesupC3onthepositivehalfcycle,whileD3chargesup
C4duringthenegativehalfcycle.Inbothcasestheoutputvoltagewouldbe ACRectification
17.8volts.(12.6*1.414.)Thepolaritieswouldbeoppositeinregardstoground.
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Thesamerulesforhalfwaverectificationforbothpolaritiesstillholdstrue.
BecausecapacitorsC3andC4wouldhavetolarge(atleast3300uF),R1limits
theinrushofcurrentwhenpowerisapplied.Thevaluesisusually110ohmsat
5watts.

Figure3

Figure3illustratesabipolarsupplyusingadiodebridgeandthetransformer
centertapascommon.Thesamerulesapplyasbeforewiththevoltageathalf
whilethecurrentisdoubled.Thisisfullwaverectificationandcanusesmaller
capacitorsthanthoseinfigure7forthesameload.
Ifweusea25.5volt3amptransformereachoutputvoltagewillbe25.2/2*
1.414or17.8volts.

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Figure4illustratesaregulatedbipolarpowersupplyforusewithOPAMP
circuits.
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