UC3845 is a high-performance fixed-frequency current-mode controller designed for offline and DC-to-DC converter applications, providing designers with a cost-effective solution that requires minimal external components. These integrated circuits have fine-tunable oscillators, precise duty cycle control, temperature compensation references, and high-gain error amplifiers. The current sampling comparator and high current totem pole output are ideal devices for driving power MOSFETs.The UC3842 and UC3844 have UVLO thresholds of 16V (on) and 10V (off). The UC3843 and UC3845 are 8.5V(on) and 7.9V (off).
Also included are protective features consisting of input and reference undervoltage lockouts each with hysteresis, cycle−by−cycle current limiting, a latch for single pulse metering, and a flip−flop which blanks the output of every other oscillator cycle, allowing output dead times to be programmed for 50% to 70%.
These devices are available in an 8−pin dual−in−line plastic package as well as the 14−pin plastic surface mount (SOIC−14). The SOIC−14 package has separate power and ground pins for the totem pole output stage. The UCX844 has UVLO thresholds of 16 V (on) and 10 V (off), ideally suited for off−line converters. The UCX845 is tailored for lower voltage applications having UVLO thresholds of 8.5 V (on) and 7.6 V (off).
In total, UC3845 is specially designed for low voltage applications.