Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Soft start / inrush current limiter circuit

I've been searching for a working soft start current circuit, my voice cards frequently lock up/start self oscillating on startup and I want to try this to see if it helps.

I found a working example on stack exchange, see KarlKarlsom's answer here: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/294061/p-channel-mosfet-inrush-current-limiting

It is simulated here:

https://www.circuitlab.com/editor/#?id=n2hgzw3r66hb

Circuit cellar has a very similar design with explanation here:

https://circuitcellar.com/cc-blog/issue-304-eq-answers/

I created a version for -12V as well, with the help and misguidance of Claude Opus 4.6. Here is the result:


 Output from 2s square wave, red and blue are the outputs:


 

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