LT1158
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
from a true short. This is done by using the current limit to
control cold filament current in conjunction with the self-
protection circuit of Figure 9. The reduced cold filament
current also extends the life of the filament.
A good guideline is to choose RSENSE to set ISC at approxi-
mately twice the steady state “on” current of the lamp(s).
tSHUTDOWN is then made long enough to guarantee that the
lamp filaments heat and drop out of current limit before the
enable capacitor discharges to the enable low threshold.
For a short circuit, the enable capacitor will continue to
discharge below the threshold, shutting down the top
MOSFET. The LT1158 will then go into the automatic
restart mode described in Self-Protection with Automatic
Restart above.
The time constant for an incandescent filament is tens of
milliseconds, which means that tSHUTDOWN will have to be
longer than in most other applications. This places in-
creased SOA demands on the MOSFET during a short
circuit, requiring that a larger than normal device be used.
A protected high current lamp driver application is shown
in Figure 18.
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
100k
×
VP0300
INSERT FOR
ZERO POWER
SHUTDOWN
100k
+
CMOS
2N2222
ON/OFF
1N4148
1
BOOST DR
16
BOOST
2 V+
0.01µF
3
BIAS
15
T GATE DR
14
T GATE FB
10µF
4 ENABLE
5
FAULT
13
T SOURCE
LT1158 SENSE+ 12
6 INPUT
SENSE– 11
7
GND
V+ 10
Q1, Q2: IRLZ44 (LOGIC-LEVEL)
IRFZ44 (STANDARD)
L1: HURRICANE LAB
HL-KK122T/BB
8
B GATE FB
9
B GATE DR
24k
1000pF
RS: VISHAY/DALE TYPE LVR-3
VISHAY/ULTRONIX RCS01, SM1
ISOTEK CORP. ISA-PLAN SMR
CONSTANT OFF TIME CURRENT MODE CONTROL LOOP
( ) FREQUENCY = 1
tOFF
1
–
VOUT
VIN
WHERE tOFF ≈ 10µs
5V TO 10V INPUT (USE LOGIC-LEVEL Q1, Q2)
8V TO 20V INPUT (USE STANDARD Q1, Q2
AND CONNECT BOOST DIODE TO PIN 1)
Q1 + 500µF
LOW ESR
0.1µF 680k
100Ω
100Ω
Q2
SHORT-CIRCUIT
L1
22µH
RS CURRENT = 8A
0.015Ω
+3.3V/6A
+
–
OUTPUT
1000µF
LOW ESR
510Ω 1N4148
1
8
0.05µF 1k 2
7
LT1431
3
6
4
5
1.62k
1%
4.99k
1%
200pF
LT1158 F10
Figure 10. High Efficiency 3.3V Step-Down Switching Regulator (Requires No Heatsinks)
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