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Hi
I have a 18V/18A DC power supply. I want to use this power supply to generate a 1Ampere CURRENT SQUARE WAVE. The load that I am driving is of 200Ohms approximately.
I used a transistor with its base given a square pulse from the function generator. The load is connected on the collector. Emitter is grounded. Transistor is repeatedly going in CUT-OFF and SATURATION. But in this way the maximum current that I am getting is (18V/200ohms) which is quite less.
Now I am not getting how to increase this current using the SAME DC power supply. Problem which I am facing is that potential across load will be (200x1=200V) so how to handle this with 18V DC power supply.
Should I use transformer?
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely
Richeek
I have a 18V/18A DC power supply. I want to use this power supply to generate a 1Ampere CURRENT SQUARE WAVE. The load that I am driving is of 200Ohms approximately.
I used a transistor with its base given a square pulse from the function generator. The load is connected on the collector. Emitter is grounded. Transistor is repeatedly going in CUT-OFF and SATURATION. But in this way the maximum current that I am getting is (18V/200ohms) which is quite less.
Now I am not getting how to increase this current using the SAME DC power supply. Problem which I am facing is that potential across load will be (200x1=200V) so how to handle this with 18V DC power supply.
Should I use transformer?
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely
Richeek