UC3842A /3843A LINEARINTEGRATED CIRCUIT
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CURRENT MODE PWM CONTROL
CIRCUITS
DESCRIPTION
The Contek UC3842A/3843A provide the necessary functions
to implement off-line or DC to DC fixed frequency current
mode , controlled switching circuits with a minimal external
part count
FEATURES
*Low external part count.
*Low start up current ( Typical 0.12mA )
*Automatic feed forward compensation
*Pulse-by-Pulse current limiting
*Under-voltage lockout with hysteresis
*Double pulse Suppression
*High current totem pole output to drive MOSFET directly
*Internally trimmed band gap reference
*500kHz operation
DIP-8
SOP-8
BLOCK DIAGRAM
7
5
7
6
5
4
3
1
2
8
Internal
Bias
5V REF S/R
U.V.L.O
R
S
PWM
LATCH
Vref
Good
Logic
ERROR
AMPLIFIER
1/2Vref
1/3Vref
1V
OSCILLATOR
Vref
VFB
COMP
CURRENT SENSE
RT/CT
Vcc
GND
OUTPUT
Vcc
GND
CURRENT
SENSE
COMPARATOR
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS(Ta=25 C)
PARAMETER SYMBOL VALUE UNIT
Supply Voltage(Low Impedance Source) VCC 30 V
Supply Voltage(Icc<30mA) Vcc Self Limiting V
Output Current ( Peak ) Io +-1 A
Output Energy(capacity Load) 5 mJ
Analog Inputs(pin 2,3) VI(ANA) -0.3 ~ +6.3 V
Error Amplifier Output Sink Current ISINK(EA) 10 mA
Power Dissipation PD DIP-8 at Tamb<=25 C 1.0 W
SOP-8 at Tamb<=25 C 0.5 W
Lead Temperature( Soldering 10 Sec ) Tlead 300 C
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PARAMETRER SYMBOL VALUE UNIT
Storage Temperature Tstg -65 ~ +150 C
Note 1: Ta>25 C, PDderated with 8mW/ C.
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS(0 C <=Ta<=70 C,VCC=15V,RT=10kW,CT=3.3nF,unless otherwise
specified)
PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
Reference Section
Output Voltage VREF Tj=25 C,Io=1mA 4.9 5 5.1 V
Line Regulation DVREF 12<=VIN<=25V 6 20 mV
Load Regulation DVREF 1<=Io=20mA 6 25 mV
Temperature Stability (Note 2) 0.2 0.4 mV/ C
Total Output Variation Line, Load, Temp(note 2) 4.82 5.18 V
Output Noise Voltage Vosc 10Hz<=f<=10kHz,Tj=25 C (note 2) 50 uV
Long Term Stability Ta=25 C,1000Hrs(note 2) 525mV
Output Short Circuit ISC -30 -100 -180 mA
Oscillator Section
Initial Accuracy f Tj=25 C 47 52 57 kHz
Voltage Stability Df/DVcc 12<=Vcc<=25V 0.2 1 %
Temperature Stability Tmin<=TA<=Tmax(note 2) 5 %
Amplitude Vosc Vpin 4 peak to peak 1.7 V
Error Amplifier Section
Input Voltage VI(EA) Vpin 1=2.5V 2.42 2.50 2.58 V
Input Bias Current IBIAS -0.3 -2 mA
AVOL 2 <=Vo<=4V 60 90 dB
Unity Gain Bandwidth Tj=25 C (note 2) 0.7 1 MHz
PSRR I2<=Vcc<=25V 60 70 dB
Output Sink Current Isink Vpin 2=2.7V,Vpin 1=1.1V 2 6 mA
Output Source Current Isource Vpin 2=2.3V,Vpin 1=5V -0.5 -0.8 mA
Vout High VOH Vpin 2=2.3V, RL=15kWto GND 56 V
Vout Low VOL Vpin 2=2.7V,Vpin 1=1.1V 0.7 1.1 V
Current Sense section
Gain GV(note 3,4) 2.85 3 3.15 V/V
Maximum Input signal VI(MAX) Vpin 1=5V( note 3) 0.9 1 1.1 V
PSRR 12<=Vcc<=25V 70 dB
Input Bias Current IBIAS -2 -10 mA
Delay to Output Vpin 3=0 to 2V 150 300 ns
Output Section
Output Low Level VOL Isink=20mA 0.1 0.4 V
Isink=200mA 1.5 2.2 V
Output High Level VOH Isource=20mA 13 13.5 V
Isource=200mA 12 13.5 V
Rise Time tRTj=25 C,CL=1nF(note 2) 50 150 ns
Fall Time tFTj=25 C,CL=1nF(note 2) 50 150 ns
Under-Voltage Lockout Output Section
Start Threshold VTH(ST) Contek 3842A 14.5 16 17.5 V
Contek 3843A 7.8 8.4 9 V
Min. Operating Voltage VOPR(min) After Turn On
Contek 3842A
8.5 10 11.5
Contek 3843A 7 7.6 8.2 V
PWM Section
Maximum Duty Cycle D(MAX) 95 97 100 %
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PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
Minimum Duty Cycle D(MIN) 0%
Total Standby Current
Start-up Current IST 0.12 0.3 mA
Operating Supply Current ICC(opr) Vpin 2=Vpin 3=0V 11 17 mA
Vcc Zener Voltage Vz Icc=25mA 34 V
note 2:These parameters, although guaranteed ,are not 100% tested in production.
note 3:Parameters measured at trip point of latch with Vpin 2=0.
note 4:Gain defined as:
DVpin 1
DVpin 3
A= ; 0<=Vpin3<=0.8V
note 5:Adjust Vcc above the start threshold before setting at 15V.
OPEN-LOOP LABORATORY TEST FIXTURE
1
2
8
7
3 6
4 5
A
Vref
Vcc
1kW
/1W
0.1 mF
CT
RT
100kW
5kW
4.7kW4.7kW
0.1 mF
Error Amp
Adjust
Isense
Adjust
OUTPUT
High peak current associated with capacity loads necessitate careful grounding techniques. Timing and bypass
capacitors should be connected close to pin 5 in single point GND. The transistor and 5kWpotentio-meter are used to
sample the oscillator waveform and apply an adjustable Ramp to Pin 3.
UNDER-VOLTAGE LOCKOUT
7
Vcc
Von=16V
Voff=10V
ON/OFF Command
to rest of IC
Von Voff
<1mA
>15mA
Icc
Vcc
During Under-Voltage Lockout, the output driver is biased to a high impedance state. Pin 6 should be shunt to
GND with a bleeder resistor to prevent activating the power switch with output leakage currents.
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ERROR AMPLIFIER CONFIGURATION
2
1
0.5mA
2.5V
Zf
Zi
Error amplifier can source or sink up to 0.5mA
CURRENT SENSE CIRCUIT
5
3
1
2R
R1V
CRs
R
Is
Error
Amplifier
Current Sense
Comparator
Peak current (Is) determined by the formula:
Ismax=10V/Rs.
A small RC filter be required to suppress switch transients.
SLOPE COMPENSATION
8
4
3
IsenseR1 R2
Rsense
C
RT
CT
0.1 mF
A fraction of the oscillator ramp can be resistively summed with the current sense signal to provide slope
compensation for converts requiring duty cycles over 50%.Note that capacitor C, forms a filter with R2 to suppress the
leading edge switch spikes.
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OSCILLATOR SECTION
5
4
8
RT
CT
Large RT
Small CT
Small RT
Large CT
V4
V4
INTERNAL
CLOCK
INTERNAL
CLOCK
Dead time VS C T(RT>5kW) Timing Resistance Vs Frequency
1
10
100
1 10 100
0.1
td (ms)
CT (nF)
100
1
10
6
10
5
10
4
10
3
1010 2
RT (k W)
Frequency (Hz)
CT=1nF
CT=2.2nF
CT=4.7nF
CT=10nF
CT=22nF
CT=47nF
CT=100nF
SHUTDOWN TECHNIQUES
8
3
330W
500W
1kW1
Shutdown To current
Sense resistor
Shutdown
Shutdown Contek UC3842A can be accomplished
by two methods; either raise pin 3 above 1V or pull
Pin 1 below a voltage two diode drops above
ground. Either method caused the output of PWM
comparator to be high(refer to block diagram).The
PWM latch is reset dominant so that the output will
remain low until the next clock cycle after the
shutdown condition at pins 1 and/or 3 is removed .
In one example, an externally latched shut down
may be accomplished by adding an SCR which be
reset by cycling Vcc below the lower UVLO
threshold. At this point the reference turns off
allowing the SCR to reset.
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TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
0.01 0.1 1
0
1
2
3
4
Saturation Voltage (V)
Output Current
(Sourse or Sink Current) (A)
Vcc=15V
Ta=+25 C
Ta=-55 C
7
10
3
10 6
10
5
10
4
10102
10
0
20
40
60
100
80
Frequency (Hz)
Voltage Gain (dB)
-180
-135
-90
-45
0
PHASE (Degree)
Output Saturation Characteristics Error Amplifier Open-Loop Frequency Response
-50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150
4.96
4.97
4.98
4.99
5.00
5.01
5.02
Vref (V)
Temperature ( C)
Vcc=15V
Io=1mA
-50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150
250
300
350
400
450
500
550
Istart (mA)
Temperature ( C)
Vcc=9V
-50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Icc (mA)
Temperature ( C)
Vcc=15V
Io=1mA
Vref TemperatureDrift IstartTemperatureDrift
Icc TemperatureDrift
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