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LT1737
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TYPICAL APPLICATIO S
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R3 and D2. (Diode D2 prevents reverse emitter/base
breakdown in Q1 when MOSFET M1 is in the “ON” state.)
The raw flyback voltage at the drain of MOSFET M1 minus
the V
BE
of Q1 is converted to a current by R2 and then back
to a voltage at R3. Or, stated mathematically:
VV V
R
R
FB FLBK BE
=
()
⎛
⎝
⎜
⎞
⎠
⎟
–
3
2
Resistor R13 provides an initial pre-load to the supply
output to improve light load regulation. Resistor divider
R8/R9 sets the undervoltage lockout threshold at nomi-
nally 10.4V for turn-on, with turn-off about 600mV lower.
Overall power supply efficiency and output regulation
versus input voltage and load current may be seen in
Figures 13 and 14.
5V
IN
APPLICATION
The LT1737 is a bipolar technology IC specified to operate
down to a minimum input supply voltage of 4.5V. Although
its GATE pin drives “low” nearly to ground, its “high”
capability is limited by a headroom requirement of roughly
2V
BE
s. Thus when operating at a worst case 4.5V supply,
the GATE output will only drive up to a nominal 3V or so.
Fortunately, MOSFETs are now available with specified
performance at this level of gate voltage.
The circuit shown in Figure 15 provides an isolated 5V
output from an input between 4.5V and 5.5V. Two Si9804
low gate voltage MOSFETs are paralleled to handle the
primary-side current—up to 12A peak. This circuit pro-
vides more output power than the previous examples. It
PGND
I
SENSE
GATE
V
C
FB
R1
0.02Ω
M1
SI9804
10 4
9
T1
COILTRONICS
VP5-0083
V
IN
3
V
CC
UVLO3V
OUT
SGND
1737 F15
R
CMPC
R
OCMP
MINENAB
LT1737
R6
51k
5%
R5
51k
5%
C5
47pF
50V
NPO
6
8
7
3
910 15
16
2
14 13 12 4 5 11 1
ENDLYSFSTOSCAP t
ON
C3
1nF
25V
X7R
R7
2.2k
5%
R8
10Ω
5%
D4
1N5240
D3
MBR0520
R4
75k
5%
C1A-B, C2A-B: SANYO POSCAP (10TPB220M)
D1: MOTOROLA 35V, 8A SCHOTTKY DIODE
D2: SIGNAL DIODE
D3: MOTOROLA 20V, 0.5A SCHOTTKY DIODE
D4: 10V, 500mW ZENER DIODE
M1, M2: SILICONIX/VISHAY 25V, 0.023Ω N-CH MOSFET
R1: 5 × 0.10Ω, 1W (IRC LR2512)
T1: COILTRONICS TRANSFORMER
R3
3.01k
1%
C8
1µF
25V
Z5U
C4
0.1µF
25V
Z5U
C9
1nF
25V
X7R
R11
51Ω
5%
11
2
12
1
M2
SI9804
C6
4.7nF
50V
X7R
C7
2.2nF
50V
X7R
•••
•
5
8
•
6
7
•
D1
MBRD835L
C2A
220µF
10V
+
C2B
220µF
10V
+
R10
270Ω
5%
V
OUT
5V
3A
R9
15Ω
5%
D2
BAS16
Q1
2N3906
R2
11.0k
1%
C1A
220µF
10V
+
C1B
220µF
10V
+
Figure 15. 4.5V-5.5V to Isolated 5V Converter