UC3842T UC3843T
UC3844T UC3845T
HIGH PERFORMANCE CURRENT MODE PWM CONTROLLER
TRIMMED OSCILLATOR FOR PRECISE FRE-
QUENCY CONTROL
OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY GUARANTEED
AT 250kHz
CURRENT MODE OPERATION TO 500kHz
AUTOMATIC FEED FORWARD COMPENSA-
TION
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Minidip
SO8
LATCHING PWM FOR CYCLE-BY-CYCLE
CURRENT LIMITING
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INTERNALLY TRIMMED REFERENCE WITH
UNDERVOLTAGE LOCKOUT
HIGH CURRENT TOTEM POLE OUTPUT
UNDERVOLTAGE LOCKOUT WITH HYSTER-
ESIS
comparatorwhichalsoprovidescurrentlimitcontrol,
and a totem pole output stage designed to source
orsinkhighpeakcurrent.Theoutputstage,suitable
for driving N-Channel MOSFETs, is low in the off-
state.
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LOW START-UPAND OPERATINGCURRENT
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Differencesbetween members of this family are the
under-voltagelockoutthresholdsandmaximum duty
cycle ranges. The UC3842T and UC3844T have
UVLO thresholds of 16V (on) and 10V (off), ideally
suited to off-line applications The corresponding
thresholdsfor the UC3843T and UC3845Tare 8.5 V
and 7.9V. The UC3842Tand UC3843Tcanoperate
to dutycycles approaching100%.A rangeof zeroto
<50 %isobtainedbytheUC3844TandUC3845Tby
theadditionofan internaltoggleflipflopwhichblanks
theoutputoff everyotherclock cycle.
DESCRIPTION
The UC384XT family of control ICs provides the
necessary features to implement off-line or DC to
DC fixed frequency current mode controlschemes
witha minimalexternalpartscount.Internallyimple-
mentedcircuits includea trimmed oscillator for pre-
cise DUTY CYCLE CONTROL under voltagelock-
outfeaturingstart-upcurrentlessthan0.5mA,a pre-
cision reference trimmed for accuracy at the error
ampinput,logicto insurelatchedoperation,a PWM
BLOCK DIAGRAM (toggle flip flop used only in UC3844T and UC3845T)
7
Vi
UVLO
34V
8
6
5V
REF
VREF
5V 50mA
5
S/R
GROUND
INTERNAL
BIAS
2.50V
VREF GOOD
LOGIC
OUTPUT
4
RT/CT
OSC
ERROR AMP.
T
2R
+
-
S
2
1
3
VFB
R
PWM
LATCH
R
1V
COMP
CURRENT
SENSE
CURRENT
SENSE
COMPARATOR
D95IN331
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September 2001