Electronic Load Circuit. An electronic load usually consists of a bank of power transistors power mosfets or igbts mounted on a suitably sized heat sink and cooled with fans. An electronic circuit governs the amount of current that the power devices can draw from the power supply on test.
The term is used more broadly in electronics for a device connected to a signal. In this project we will design an build an electronic dc load which is capable of constant current constant power and constant resistance. The term may also refer to the power consumed by a circuit.
The idea of a dc current sink circuit combined with a full wave regulator is sort of ok in acting as a linear load but ac loads often have to be able to simulate reactive loads which would eliminate that idea.
The term is used more broadly in electronics for a device connected to a signal. An electronic load is essentially a load resistor you can connect to a source and the resistance is set by an input voltage. An electronic load usually consists of a bank of power transistors power mosfets or igbts mounted on a suitably sized heat sink and cooled with fans. A circuit like this can only simulate a resistive load if that is what you want.
