A regulated power supply is a circuit which supplies a stable voltage to a circuit or a device that must be operated within certain power supply limits. The output from the regulated power supply may be alternating or unidirectional, but is nearly always DC (direct current).
A
regulated power supply is one that controls the output voltage or current to a
specific value; the controlled value is held nearly constant despite variations
in either load current or the voltage supplied by the power supply’s energy
source. Regulated power supply is preferred in order to prevent the damage of
the components. As mentioned above, most of the ICs need standard DC voltage of
fixed magnitude for their proper functioning. The majority of the ICs have a
required voltage range varying between -18V and +18V.
