The UC1842A/3A/4A/5A family of control ICs is a pin for pin compati
ble improved version of the UC3842/3/4/5 family. Providing the nec
essary features to control current mode switched mode power
supplies, this family has the following improved features. Start up cur
rent is guaranteed to be less than 0.5mA. Oscillator discharge is
trimmed to 8.3mA. During under voltage lockout, the output stage
can sink at least 10mA at less than 1.2V for V
The difference between members of this family are shown in the table
below.
Storage Temperature Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . -65°C to +150°C
Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 Seconds) . . . . . . . . . . 300°C
Note 1. All voltages are with respect to Ground, Pin 5. Currents
are positive into, negative out of the specified terminal. Consult
Packaging Section of Databook for thermal limitations and con
siderations of packages. Pin numbers refer to DIL package only.
Note 2: Ensured by design, but not 100% production tested.
Note 3: Parameter measured at trip point of latch with V
VPIN
∆
1
;0
V
Note 4: Gain defined as:
Note 5: Adjust V
CC
above the start threshold before setting at 15V.
A
=
VPIN
∆
3
PIN 3
PIN2
0.8V.
= 0.
Note 6: Output frequency equals oscillator frequency for the UC1842A and UC1843A. Output frequency is one half oscillator frequency for the UC1844A and UC1845A.
Note 7: “Temperature stability, sometimes referred to as average temperature coefficient, is described by the equation:
Temp Stability
VREF maxVREF min
=
TJ maxTJ min
−
()()
−
() ()
.V
REF
(max) and V
REF
(min) are the maximum & minimum reference volt-
age measured over the appropriate temperature range. Note that the extremes in voltage do not necessarily occur at the extremes
in temperature.”
Note 8: This parameter is measured with R
The total current flowing into the R
T/Cpin will be approximately 300
T
= 10k to V
REF
.This contributes approximately 300 A of current to the measurement.
A higher than the measured value.
Error Amp Configuration
Error Amp can Source and Sink up to 0.5mA, and Sink up to 2mA.
A small RC filter may be required to suppress switch transients.
S) is Determined By The Formula
SMAX ′
I
1.0V
RS
Error Amplifier Open-Loop Frequency ResponseOutput Saturation Characteristics
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APPLICATIONS DATA (cont.)
Oscillator Section
Oscillator Frequency vs Timing ResistanceMaximum Duty Cycle vs Timing Resistor
UC1842A/3A/4A/5A
UC2842A/3A/4A/5A
Open-Loop Laboratory Test Fixture
High peak currents associated with capacitive loads necessi
tate careful grounding techniques. Timing and bypass capaci
tors should be connected close to pin 5 in a single point
Slope Compensation
-
ground. The transistor and 5k potentiometer are used to sam
-
ple the oscillator waveform and apply an adjustable ramp to
pin 3.
A fraction of the oscillator ramp can be resistively
summed with the current sense signal to provide slope
compensation for converters requiring duty cycles over
50%.
Note that capacitor, C, forms a filter with R2 to suppress
the leading edge switch spikes.