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E7D08
What type of circuit is shown in Figure E7-2?
Pick an answer to check it.
Answer: C. Linear voltage regulator
The circuit uses a Zener reference and a series pass transistor that conducts continuously. That makes it a linear voltage regulator, not a switching one.
Tip: Zener plus pass transistor = linear regulator.