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02/07/10 21:35
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#172963 - You're right ...
Responding to: ???'s previous message
You don't want to introduce objectionable noise as you likely would by using a switcher.

Since you don't have line regulation issues, the source being a battery, and since current is small, you might want to consider a "rail splitter" such as the one from TI that I ran across while unpacking just a few days ago. It's still lying on one of the worksurfaces in my lab. IIRC, it allows you to produce a reasonably low-impedance ground potential between the rails of a single DC supply and, set the offset between the two rails. that will give you +12 and 0 volts converted to +7 and -5. Since all you want is 5V0, 3V3, and that negative supply, perhaps it's practical to use a different approach, with op-amp's and thereby minimize the power dissipation. Keep in mind that most linear regulators, quiet as they are, regulate by generating heat. That heat can work against you, so if, for example you can use 6 volts rather than 5, you can see the advantage. If not, well, there are ways of wasting potential, starting with, perhaps, routing the input supply through a darlington. The heat lost there won't exceed the heat lost otherwise, unless you opt for a noisy-but-efficient switcher.

Kai's suggestion of a "simple switcher" will do the trick, certainly.

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List of 30 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
voltage regulator design            01/01/70 00:00      
   Implement an "Inverting Buck-Boost"...            01/01/70 00:00      
      ultra low noise            01/01/70 00:00      
         You're right ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   reghardless of the urban legends and ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   You need a rail splitter            01/01/70 00:00      
      no, he does not            01/01/70 00:00      
         When the Engine starts            01/01/70 00:00      
            Engine?            01/01/70 00:00      
               Ummm...            01/01/70 00:00      
         That's not a given ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         I stand by what I said            01/01/70 00:00      
            Which one?            01/01/70 00:00      
               Rail splitter            01/01/70 00:00      
                  It isn't as simple as it looks.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     it is ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Did you even read the original spec's?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           reverse engineering            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Let me try ..            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Reply            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Reply            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Like this            01/01/70 00:00      
                     This should work well            01/01/70 00:00      
                     The problem with the TLE2426 is...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        quite true, that's why the op-amp is better            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Link....            01/01/70 00:00      
                              probably still too weak ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 ...and instable...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        True, opamp alternative            01/01/70 00:00      
                           There are several            01/01/70 00:00      

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