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Ideal for Multiple Output and/or High
Voltage Output Voltage Converters
Up to 500 kHz Operation
High Voltage, High Current Floating
Driver for Buck Converter Stage
UC3827-1 Current Fed Controller has
Push-Pull Drivers with Overlapping
Conduction Periods
UC3827-2 Voltage Fed Controller has
Push-Pull Drivers with Nonoverlapping
Conduction Periods
Average Current Mode, Peak Current
Mode or Voltage Mode with Input
Voltage Feedforward Control for Buck
Power Stage
Wide Bandwidth, Low Offset,
Differential Current Sense Amplifier
Precise Short Circuit Current Control
DESCRIPTION
The UC3827 family of controller devices provides an
integrated control solution for cascaded buck and
push-pull converters. These converters are known as
current fed or voltage fed push-pull converters and
are ideally suited for multiple output and/or high
voltage output applications. In both current fed and
voltage fed modes, the push-pull switches are driven
at 50% nominal duty cycles and at one half the
switching frequency of the buck stage. In the current
fed mode, the two switches are driven with a speci-
fied over-lap period to prevent ringing and voltage
stress on the devices. In the voltage fed mode, the
two switches are driven with a specified gap time
between the switches to prevent shorting the trans-
former across the energy storage capacitor and to
prohibit excessive currents flowing through the de-
vices.
RD
Q
S
20
DELAY
23
GND
11
VCC
REF
15
RT
17
CT
18
SYNC
19
CSA
SS
9
CSA+
8
4
CSAO
7
CEA
13
VEA
16
VEA+
14
22
24
3
2
1
RAMP
5
CEA+
12
CEAO
6
VEAO
10
PULL
PGND
PUSH
SRC
BUCK
V+
DELAY
DELAY
T
Q
Q
REF
&
UVLO
SS
INHBT
UV
OSC
5MAX
21
Current Sense
Amplifier
ILIM Comparator
+3 V
Current Error
PWM Comparator
0.7 V
+
Flying
Driver
Drivers
OSC
UVLO
Voltage Error
Amplifier
UC1827-1, UC1827-2
UC2827-1, UC2827-2
UC3827-1, UC3827-2
SLUS365A–APRIL 1999–REVISED AUGUST 2005
BUCK CURRENT/VOLTAGE FED PUSH-PULL
PWM CONTROLLERS
The converter's output voltage is regulated by pulse
width modulation of the buck switch. The UC3827
contains complete protection and PWM control func-
tions for the buck converter. Easy control of the
floating switch is accomplished by the floating drive
circuitry. The gate drive waveform is level shifted to
support an input voltage up to 72 V
DC
.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
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