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Transformerless Power Supply Design Center

Transformerless Power Supplies convert AC wall outlet voltage into low voltage DC. As the name implies, the generated DC voltage is not isolated from the AC mains. This is useful in applications which prefer to avoid the cost, size, and weight of a transformer.

Online resources for the design of transformerless power supplies tend to be sparse or incomplete. This page attempts to remedy this by providing a comprehensive design guide, along with supporting simulation files and a design tool.

Transformerless Power Supply Design Guide

The Transformerless Power Supply Design Guide provides the theory and equations which govern the operation of transformerless power supplies.

Transformerless Power Supply Design Guide

Transformerless Power Supply Design Tool

The Transformerless Power Supply Design Tool is a Microsoft Excel file that helps size transformerless power supply components to meet output current requirements, power dissipation, etc.

Tool for sizing resistive transformerless power supplies

Tool for sizing capacitive transformerless power supplies

Transformerless Power Supply Design Simulation Files

These simulation files run in LTSpice, and can be used to verify results provided by the Design Tool.

Simulation file for Resistive Full Wave supplies

Simulation file for Resistive Half Wave supplies with post-zener rectification

Simulation file for Resistive Half Wave supplies with pre-zener rectification

Simulation file for Capacitive Full Wave supplies

Simulation file for Capacitive Half Wave supplies