The component used in this circuit is uncommon today, as the circuit was obtained from Motorola's Linear Databook of 1990. The circuit consists of a 5 V x 500 mA switched regulator.
This circuit was found in the March 1980 issue of Radio Electronics magazine. It is based on the...
The transistor used is a high current Darlington, but an equivalent discrete configuration can be...
The transistors of this circuit, despite the representation are power FETs, and equivalents can be...