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AC Power Control Circuits
Circuits designed by David Johnson, P.E.

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Last Updated on: Thursday, January 01, 2009 06:56 AM

AC Line Powered LED Strings
This shows 4 different ways to string white LEDs that are powered by a 120vac or 240vac power line. The circuit was designed by Ken Schultz.

CHARGE COUPLED BI-DIRECTIONAL POWER MOSFET RELAY
The circuit uses an inexpensive C-MOS inverter package and a few small capacitors to drive two power MOS transistors from a 12v to 15v supply. Since the coupling capacitor values used to drive the FETs are small, the leakage current from the power line into the control circuit is a tiny 4uA. Only about 1.5mA of DC is needed to turn on and off 400 watts of AC or DC power to a load. Published in Electronic Design, Nov. 8, 1990.

SOLID STATE RELAY REQUIRES ONLY 50uA DRIVE CURRENT
This circuit demands a control current that is 100 times smaller than that needed by a typical optically isolated solid state relays. It is ideal for battery-powered systems. Using a combination of a high current TRIAC and a very sensitive low current SCR, the circuit can control about 600 watts of power to load while providing full isolation and transient protection.

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