SNVSAC2A March 2015 – June 2020 LM317A
PRODUCTION DATA.
Sometimes it is necessary to use a power transistor for high current gain. In this case, the LM317A provides constant current at the collector of the LM195 in this common emitter application (see Figure 27). The 1.25-V reference between VOUT and ADJ is maintained across the 2.4-Ω resistor, providing about 500-mA constant bias current into the collector of the LM195.