A8739
Ultra-Small Mobile Adjustable Xenon Photoflash
Capacitor Charger with IGBT Driver
Features and Benefits
Description
▪ Primary-side output voltage sensing; no resistor divider required
▪ Adjustable switch peak current limit up to 1.5 A with
single-wire programming through the CHARGE pin
▪ Option to fine-tune target voltage
TheAllegro®A8739 is a Xenon photoflash charger IC designed
to provide an ultra-small solution with flexibility to adjust
both charging current limit and output voltage target. By using
primary-side voltage sensing, the need for a secondary-side
resistive voltage divider is eliminated. This has the additional
benefit of reducing leakage currents on the secondary side of
the transformer. Target output voltage is primarily determined
by the transformer turns ratio, but it can be further adjusted (in
steps of –5Veach) using an external resistor.This enables better
output accuracy, as well as greater flexibility in the selection of
transformers.
▪ Ultra-small 2 × 2 DFN/MLP-8 package
▪ Integrated IGBT driver with internal gate resistors
▪ Low quiescent current draw (0.5 μA max. in shutdown mode)
▪ 1V logic (VHI(min)) compatibility
▪ Zero-voltage switching for lower loss
▪ >75% efficiency
▪ Charge complete indication
▪ Integrated 50 V DMOS switch
To extend battery life, the A8739 features very low supply
current draw (0.5 μA max in shutdown mode and 10 μA in
standby mode). The switch current limit can be programmed
from 0.45 to 1.5 A in 16 steps with single wire interface,
through the CHARGE pin.
Package: 8-pin DFN/MLP (suffix EE)
The IGBT driver also has internal gate resistors for minimum
external component count. The charge and trigger voltage
logic thresholds are set at 1 VHI(min) to support applications
implementing low-voltage control logic.
The A8739 is available in an 8-contact 2 mm × 2 mm
DFN/MLP package with a 0.60 maximum overall package
height, andanexposedpadforenhancedthermalperformance.
It is lead (Pb) free with 100% matte tin leadframe plating.
2 mm×2 mm, 0.60 mm height
Not to scale
Typical Applications
Battery Input
2.3 to 5.5 V
Battery Input
2.0 to 5.5 V
+
+
C1
C1
RBAT
RBAT
COUT
COUT
100F
315 V
100F
VBAT
VBAT
315 V
VOUT Detect
VOUT Detect
SW
SW
VIN_VDRV
2.3 to 5.5 V
VIN_VDRV
C2
Control
Block
Control
Block
I
SW sense
C2
ISW sense
VPULLUP
VPULLUP
100 kΩ
100 kΩ
CHARGE
CHARGE
DONE
DONE
DONE
DONE
V
V
IN_VDRV
IN_VDRV
IGBT Driver
IGBT Driver
TRIG
TRIG
IGBT Gate
GATE
IGBT Gate
GATE
GND
GND
(A)
(B)
Figure 1. Typical applications: (A) with single battery supply and (B) with separate bias supply
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