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High Efficiency Secondary Side Synchronous Buck PWM Controller

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UCC2583 ACTIVE Switch mode Secondary side Post Regulator with -40°C to 85°C This product is a replacement device for -40 to 85 degrees C. Designs can achieve better performance.
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Topology Buck Control mode Voltage Switching frequency (max) (kHz) 1000 Features Error amplifier, Soft start, Synchronization pin Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 85 Rating Catalog
Topology Buck Control mode Voltage Switching frequency (max) (kHz) 1000 Features Error amplifier, Soft start, Synchronization pin Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 85 Rating Catalog
HTSSOP (PWP) 20 41.6 mm² 6.5 x 6.4
  • On-Chip Predictive Gate Drive™ for High-Efficiency Synchronous Buck Operation
  • Dual ±3-A TrueDrive™ Outputs
  • 1-MHz High Frequency Operation with 70-ns Delay from SYNCIN to G1 Output
  • Leading Edge Modulation
  • Overcurrent Protection using a Parallel Average Current Mode Control Loop
  • 3 Modes to Support 2.7-V to 35-V Bias Operation
  • Reverse Current Protection for Output Stage
  • User Programmable Shutdown
  • ±1.0% Initial Tolerance Bandgap Reference
  • High Bandwidth Error Amplifiers
  • Thermally Enhanced HTSSOP 20-Pin PowerPAD™ Package
  • APPLICATIONS
    • Secondary-Side Post Regulation (SSPR) for Multiple Output Power Supplies
    • Cascaded Buck Converters
    • Post Processing Converters for Bus Converter and DC Transformer Architectures

Predictive Gate Drive, TrueDrive, and PowerPAD are a trademarks of Texas Instruments Incorporated.

  • On-Chip Predictive Gate Drive™ for High-Efficiency Synchronous Buck Operation
  • Dual ±3-A TrueDrive™ Outputs
  • 1-MHz High Frequency Operation with 70-ns Delay from SYNCIN to G1 Output
  • Leading Edge Modulation
  • Overcurrent Protection using a Parallel Average Current Mode Control Loop
  • 3 Modes to Support 2.7-V to 35-V Bias Operation
  • Reverse Current Protection for Output Stage
  • User Programmable Shutdown
  • ±1.0% Initial Tolerance Bandgap Reference
  • High Bandwidth Error Amplifiers
  • Thermally Enhanced HTSSOP 20-Pin PowerPAD™ Package
  • APPLICATIONS
    • Secondary-Side Post Regulation (SSPR) for Multiple Output Power Supplies
    • Cascaded Buck Converters
    • Post Processing Converters for Bus Converter and DC Transformer Architectures

Predictive Gate Drive, TrueDrive, and PowerPAD are a trademarks of Texas Instruments Incorporated.

The UCC2540 is a secondary-side synchronous buck PWM controller for high current and low output voltage applications. It can be used either as the local secondary-side controller for isolated dc-dc converters using two-stage cascaded topologies or as a secondary-side post regulator (SSPR) for multiple output power supplies.

The UCC2540 runs with the synchronization signal from either the primary side or the high duty cycle quasi-dc output of bus converters or dc transformers. For higher efficiency, it also incorporates the Predictive Gate Drive™ technology that virtually eliminates body diode conduction losses in synchronous rectifiers.

The UCC2540 is available in the extended temperature range of –40°C to 105°C and is offered in thermally enhanced PowerPAD™ 20-pin HTSSOP (PWP) package. This space saving package with standard 20-pin TSSOP footprint has a drastically lower thermal resistance of 1.4°C/W øJC to accommodate the dual high-current drivers on board.

The UCC2540 is a secondary-side synchronous buck PWM controller for high current and low output voltage applications. It can be used either as the local secondary-side controller for isolated dc-dc converters using two-stage cascaded topologies or as a secondary-side post regulator (SSPR) for multiple output power supplies.

The UCC2540 runs with the synchronization signal from either the primary side or the high duty cycle quasi-dc output of bus converters or dc transformers. For higher efficiency, it also incorporates the Predictive Gate Drive™ technology that virtually eliminates body diode conduction losses in synchronous rectifiers.

The UCC2540 is available in the extended temperature range of –40°C to 105°C and is offered in thermally enhanced PowerPAD™ 20-pin HTSSOP (PWP) package. This space saving package with standard 20-pin TSSOP footprint has a drastically lower thermal resistance of 1.4°C/W øJC to accommodate the dual high-current drivers on board.

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* Data sheet High-Efficiency Secondary Side Synchronous PWM Controller datasheet (Rev. C) 10 Oct 2008
User guide UCC2540 SECONDARY SIDE POST REGULATOR EVALUATION MODULE WITH THE UCC38083 10 Jun 2004

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