To Avoid Excessive Power Dissipation in a Regulator's Series Pass

question 13

Multiple Choice

To avoid excessive power dissipation in a regulator's series pass transistor under shorted-load conditions,a designer can add

• A) short-circuit protection.
• B) crow-bar protection.
• C) foldback current limiting.
• D) low-power transistors.

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