PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
The SG3524 is a fixed frequency pulse-with-
modulation voltage regulator control circuit. The
regulator operates at a frequency that is pro-
grammed by one t iming res istor (RT) and one t im-
ing capacitor (CT). RT established a constant
charging current for CT. This results in a linear
voltage ramp at CT, which is fed to the compara-
tor providing linear control of the output pulse
width by the error amplifier. the SG3524 contains,
an on-board 5V regulator that serves as a refer-
ence as well as powering the SG3524’s internal
control circ uitry and is also useful in supplying ex-
ternal support functions. This reference voltage is
lowered externally by a resistor divider to provide
a reference within the common mode range the
error amplifier or an external reference may be
used. The power supply output is sensed by a
second resistor divider network to generale a
feedback signal to error amplifier. The amplifier
output voltage is t hen compared to the linear volt-
age ramp at CT. The resulting modulated pulse
out of the high-gain comparator is then steered to
the appropr iate output pas s trans istors (QA or QB)
by the pulse-steering flip-flop, which is synchro-
nously toggled by the oscillator output. The oscil-
lator out put pulse also serves as a blanking pulse
to assure both output are never on simultane-
ously during the transition times. The wi dth of the
blanking pulse is controlled by the value of CT.
The outputs may be applied in a push-pull con-
figuration in which their frequency is half that of
the base oscillator, or paralleled for single-ended
applications in which the frequency is equal to
that of the oscillator. The output of the error am-
plifier shares a common input to the comparator
with the current limiting at shutdown circuitry and
can be overr idden by signals from either of these
inputs. T his common point is also available ex ter-
nally and may be employed to control t he gain of,
or to compensate, the error amplifier, or to pro-
vide additional control to the r egulator.
RECOMMENDE D O PERAT ING CONDIT IONS
Supply voltage VIN 8 to 40V
Reference Output Current 0 to 20mA
Current trough CT Terminal - 0.03 to -2mA
Timing Resistor, RT1.8 to 100KΩ
Timing Capacitor, CT0.001 to 0.1µF
TYPICAL APPLIC ATIONS DATA
OSCILLATOR
The oscillator controls the frequency of the
SG3524 and is programmed by RT and CT ac-
cording to the approxim ate formula:
f = 1.18
RT CT
where:
RT is in KΩ
CT is in µF
f is in KHz
Pratical values of CT fall between 0.001 and
0.1µF. Pratical values of RT fall between 1.8 and
100KΩ. This results in a f requency r ange typically
from 120Hz to to 500KH z.
BLANKING
The output pulse of oscillator is used as a blank-
ing pulse at the output. This pulse width is con-
trolled by the value of CT.I f small values of CT are
required for frequency control, the oscillator out-
put pulse width may still be incr eased by applying
a shunt capacitance of up to 100pF from pin 3 to
ground. If still greater dead-time is required, it
should be accomplished by limiting the maximum
duty cycle by clamping the out put of the error am-
plifier. This can eas ily be done with the circuit be-
low:
SYNCRONOUS OPE RATION
When an external clock is desired, a clock pulse
of approximately 3V can be applied directly to the
oscillator output terminal. The impedance to
ground at this point is approximately 2KΩ. In this
configuration RT CT must be selected for a clock
period slightly greater than that the external clock.
If two more SG2524 r egulators are to be operated
synchronously, all oscillator output terminals
should be tied together, all CT terminals con-
nected to a single timing capacitor, and timing re-
sistor connected to a single RT terminal. The
other RT t erminals can b e left open or shorted to
VREF. Minimum lead lengths should be used be-
tween the CT terminals.
Figure 6.
SG3524
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