March 2004
LM5025
Active Clamp Voltage Mode PWM Controller
General Description
Features
n Internal Start-up Bias Regulator
n 3A Compound Main Gate Driver
The LM5025 PWM controller contains all of the features
necessary to implement power converters utilizing the Active
Clamp / Reset technique. The device can be configured to
control either a P-Channel clamp switch or an N-Channel
clamp switch. With the active clamp technique, higher effi-
ciencies and greater power densities can be realized com-
pared to conventional catch winding or RDC clamp / reset
techniques. Two control outputs are provided, the main
power switch control (OUT_A) and the active clamp switch
control (OUT_B). The active clamp output can be configured
for either a guaranteed overlap time (for P-Channel switch
applications) or a guaranteed deadtime (for N_Channel ap-
plications). The two internal compound gate drivers parallel
both MOS and Bipolar devices, providing superior gate drive
characteristics. This controller is designed for high-speed
operation including an oscillator frequency range up to 1MHz
and total PWM and current sense propagation delays less
than 100ns. The LM5025 includes a high-voltage start-up
regulator that operates over a wide input range of 13V to
90V. Additional features include: Line Under Voltage Lockout
(UVLO), softstart, oscillator UP/DOWN sync capability, pre-
cision reference and thermal shutdown.
n Programmable Line Under-Voltage Lockout (UVLO) with
Adjustable Hysteresis
n Voltage Mode Control with Feed-Forward
n Adjustable Dual Mode Over-Current Protection
n Programmable Overlap or Deadtime between the Main
and Active Clamp Outputs
n Volt x Second Clamp
n Programmable Soft-start
n Leading Edge Blanking
n Single Resistor Programmable Oscillator
n Oscillator UP / DOWN Sync Capability
n Precision 5V Reference
n Thermal Shutdown
Packages
n TSSOP-16
n LLP-16 (5x5 mm) Thermally Enhanced
Typical Application Circuit
20086901
Simplified Active Clamp Forward Power Converter
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