MAX17497A/MAX17497B
AC-DC and DC-DC Peak Current-Mode Converters
with Integrated Step-Down Regulator
Pin Description (continued)
PIN
NAME
FUNCTION
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SSF
Soft-Start Pin for Flyback/Boost Converter. Connect a capacitor from SSF to SGND to set the
soft-start time interval.
9
OUTB
Feedback for Step-Down Regulator. Connects OUTB to the positive terminal of the step-down
regulator output capacitor.
10
PGNDB Power Ground for Step-Down Regulator
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LXB
External Inductor Connection for Step-Down Regulator. Connect to one end of the output inductor.
Connect the other end of output inductor to output capacitor.
Internal Step-Down Regulator Input. Connect INB to either VOUTF, the output of flyback/boost
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INB
converter, or directly to the DC input source, as needed in the application. Bypass INB to PGNDB
with a 2.2FF minimum ceramic capacitor.
13
RESETN
Open-Drain Output. RESETN goes high when both the outputs are within 5% of their regulation point.
RESETN goes low when either of the outputs falls below 92% of their regulation value.
14
PGNDF
Power Ground for Flyback/Boost Converter
15
LXF
External Transformer/Inductor Connection for Flyback/Boost Converter
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IN
Internal Linear Regulator Input. Connect IN to the input-voltage source. Bypass IN to PGNDF with
ceramic capacitor of at least 1FF.
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EP
Exposed Pad. Internally connected to SGND. Connect EP to a large copper plane at SGND potential
to provide adequate thermal dissipation. Connect EP (SGND) to PGNDF at a single point.
Detailed Description
The MAX17497A is optimized for implementing a noniso-
lated offline flyback converter with output power of up to
30W and a 3.3V, 600mA power rail using the on-board
synchronous step-down regulator. The output voltage of
the flyback converter serves as the input supply voltage
to the on-board 3.3V integrated synchronous step-down
regulator. The outputs of the flyback converter and step-
down regulator are regulated with independent feedback
loops, thus providing two accurately controlled voltages
for the system. If needed, more semi-regulated outputs
can be generated using additional secondary windings
on the flyback converter transformer. The MAX17497B is
optimized for implementing a nonisolated flyback/boost
converter up to 15W and a 3.3V, 600mA synchronous
step-down regulator in low-voltage DC-DC applications
down to 4.5V DC. See the Figure 1 for more information.
Input Voltage Range
The MAX17497A has different rising and falling UVLO
thresholds on the IN pin than those of the MAX17497B.
The thresholds for the MAX17497A are optimized for
implementing power-supply startup schemes typically
used for offline AC-DC power supplies. The MAX17497A
is therefore well suited for operation from the recti-
fied DC bus in AC-DC power-supply applications typi-
cally encountered in electric metering and other low-
power industrial power-supply applications. As such,
the MAX17497A has no limitation on the maximum
input voltage as long as the external components are
rated suitably and the maximum operating voltages of
the MAX17497A are respected. The MAX17497A can
successfully be used in universal input rectified (85V to
265V AC) bus applications, rectified 3-phase DC bus
applications, and telecom (36V to 72V DC) applications.
Maxim Integrated
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