LM340 Series Three Terminal Positive Regulators

LM340 Series Three Terminal Positive Regulators

National Semiconductor Application Note 103 George Cleveland August 1980

INTRODUCTION The LM340-XX are three terminal 1 0A positive voltage regulators with preset output voltages of 5 0V or 15V The LM340 regulators are complete 3-terminal regulators requiring no external components for normal operation However by adding a few parts one may improve the transient response provide for a variable output voltage or increase the output current Included on the chip are all of the functional blocks required of a high stability voltage regulator these appear in Figure 1

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FIGURE 2 Simplified Volt Reference Figure 2 illustrates a simplified reference using the predictable temperature voltage and current relationship of emitter-base junctions Assuming JQ1 l JQ2 ICQ2 n IBQ2 e IBQ3 Area (emitter Q1) e Area (emitter Q2) and VBEQ1 e VBEQ3 then kT R2 R2 a VBEQ3 ln VREF j q R1 R3 (1-1)

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FIGURE 1 Functional Block of the LM340 The error amplifier is internally compensated the voltage reference is especially designed for low noise and high predictability and as the pass element is included the regulator contains fixed current limiting and thermal protection The LM340 is available in either metal can TO-3 or plastic TO-220 package 1 CIRCUIT DESIGN Voltage Reference Usually IC voltage regulators use temperature-compensated zeners as references Such zeners exhibit BV l 6 0V which sets the minimum supply voltage somewhat above 6 0V Additionally they tend to be noisy thus a large bypass capacitor is required

(1-2)

Simplified LM340 In Figure 3 the voltage reference includes R1 R3 and Q1 Q5 Q3 also acts as an error amplifier and Q6 as a buffer between Q3 and the current source If the output drops this drop is fed back through R4 R5 Q4 Q5 to the base of Q3 Q7 then conducts more current re-establishing the output given by VOUT e VREF R4 a R5 R4

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Complete Circuit of the LM340 (Figure 4) Here (JQ2 JQ3) l (JQ4 JQ5) and a positive TC DVBE appears across R6 This is amplified by 17 (R6 R6 e 17) and is temperature compensated by the VBE of Q6 Q7 Q8 to develop the reference voltage R17 is changed to get the various fixed output voltages Short Circuit Protection A) VIN VOUT k 6 0V There is no current through D2 and the maximum output current will be given by IOUT MAX e VBEQ14 j 2 2A (Tj e 25 C) R16 (1-4)

B) VIN VOUT l 6 0V To keep Q16 operating within its maximum power rating the output current limit must decrease as VIN VOUT increases Here D2 conducts and the drop across R16 is less than VBE to turn on Q14 In this case IOUT maximum is IOUT MAX e

(VIN b VOUT) b VZD2 b VBEQ14 R14 R13 e 0 077 37 2 b (VIN b VOUT) (A) at Tj e 25 C
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 R16  V
1

BEQ14 b

(1-5)

FIGURE 3 LM340 Simplified

Series pass element Starting up resistor

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FIGURE 4 Complete Circuit of the LM340

Thermal Shut Down In Figure 4 the VBE of Q13 is clamped to 0 4V When the die temperature reaches approximately a 175 C the VBE to turn on Q13 is 0 4V When Q13 turns on it removes all base drive from Q15 which turns off the regulator thus preventing a further increase in die temperature Power Dissipation The maximum power dissipation of the LM340 is given by PD MAX e (VIN MAX b VOUT) IOUT MAX a V IN MAX IQ (W) (1-6) The maximum junction temperature (assuming that there is no thermal protection) is given by TjM e 36 b 13 IOUT MAX b (VIN b VOUT ) a 25 C 0 0855 (1-7)

load impedance of 0 to 85X Using the following definitions and the notation shown on Figure 5 ZOUT and IOUT are QCC V e Quiescent current change per volt of input output (pin 1 to pin 2) voltage change of the LM340 Lr V e Line regulation per volt the change in the LM340 output voltage per volt of input output voltage change at a given IOUT Lr V DVOUT DIOUT e (QCC V) DVOUT a R1 DVOUT ZOUT e DIOUT DVOUT ZOUT e (Lr V) DVOUT (QCC V)DVOUT a R1 ZOUT e 1 (2-1) (2-2) (2-3)

Example VIN MAX e 23V IOUT MAX e 1 0A LM340T-15 Equation (1-7) yields TjM e 200 C So the Tj max of 150 C specified in the data sheet should be the limiting temperature From (1-6) PD j 8 1W The thermal resistance of the heat sink can be estimated from TjMAX b TA b (i j-c a ic-s) ( C W) is-a e (1-8) PD The thermal resistance ij-c (junction to case) of the TO-220 package is 6 C W and assuming a ic-s (case to heat sink) of 0 4 equation (1-8) yields is-a e 8 4 C W 2 CURRENT SOURCE The circuit shown on Figure 5 provides a constant output current (equal to VOUT R1 or 200 mA) for a variable

(2-4) (Lr V) R1 The LM340-5 0 data sheet lists maximum quiescent current change of 1 0 mA for a 7 0V to 25V change in input voltage and a line regulation (interpolated for IOUT e 200 mA) of 35 mV maximum for a 7 0V to 25V change in input voltage (QCC V) a 1 0 mA e 55 mA V (2-5) 15V 35 mV j 2 mV V (2-6) Lr V e 18V The worst case change in the 200 mA output current for a 1 0V change in output or input voltage using equation 2-1 is DIOUT 2 mV e 55 mA a e 135 mA (2-7) 1 0V 25X and the output impedance for a 0 to 85X change in ZL using equation 2-4 is QCC V e ZOUT e 1 55 mA a 2 mV 25X
e 7 4 kX

(2-8)

Typical measured values of ZOUT varied from 10 12 3 kX or 81 100 mA V change input or output (approximately 0 05% V) 3 HIGH CURRENT REGULATOR WITH SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT LIMIT The 15V regulator circuit of Figure 6 includes an external boost transistor to increase output current capability to 5 0A Unlike the normal boosting methods it maintains the LM340s ability to provide short circuit current limiting and thermal shut-down without use of additional active components The extension of these safety features to the external pass transistor Q1 is based on a current sharing scheme

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Required if regulator is located far from power supply filter

FIGURE 5 Current Source

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Solid tantalum Note 1 Current sharing between the LM340 and Q1 allows the extension of short circuit current limit safe operating area protection and (assuming Q1s heat sink has four or more times the capacity of the LM340 head sink) thermal shutdown protection Note 2 ISHORT CIRCUIT is approximately 5 5 amp Note 3 IOUT MAX at VOUT e 15V is approximately 9 5 amp

FIGURE 6 15V 5 0A Regulator with Short Circuit Current Limit using R1 R2 and D1 Assuming the base-to-emitter voltage of Q1 and the voltage drop across D1 are equal the voltage drops across R1 and R2 are equal The currents through R1 and R2 will then be inversely proportional to their resistances For the example shown on Figure 6 resistor R1 will have four times the current flow of R2 For reasonable values of Q1 beta the current through R1 is approximately equal to the collector current of Q1 and the current through R2 is equal to the current flowing through the LM340 Therefore under overload or short circuit conditions the protection circuitry of the LM340 will limit its own output current and because of the R1 R2 current sharing scheme the output current of Q1 as well Thermal overload protection also extends Q1 when its heat sink has four or more times the capacity of the LM340 heat sink This follows from the fact that both devices have approximately the same input output voltage and share the load current in a ratio of four to one The circuit shown on Figure 6 normally operates at up to 5 0A of output current This means up to 1 0A of current flows through the LM340 and up to 4 0A flows through Q1 For short term overload conditions the curve of Figure 7 shows the maximum instantaneous output current versus temperature for the boosted regulator This curve reflects the approximately 2 0A current limit of the LM340 causing an 8 0A current limit in the pass transistor or 10A total Under continuous short circuit conditions the LM340 will heat up and limit to a steady total state short circuit current of 4 0A to 6 0A as shown in Figure 8 This curve was taken using a Wakefield 680-75 heat sink (approximately 7 5 C W) at a 25 C ambient temperature

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FIGURE 7 Maximum Instantaneous Current vs Junction Temperature 4

FIGURE 8 Continuous Short Circuit Current vs Input Voltage For optimum current sharing over temperature between the LM340 and Q1 the diode D1 should be physically located close to the pass transistor on the heat sink in such a manner as to keep it at the same temperature as that of Q1 If the LM340 and Q1 are mounted on the same heat sink the LM340 should be electrically isolated from the heat sink since its case (pin 3) is at ground potential and the case of Q1 (its collector) is at the output potential of the regulator Capacitors C1 and C2 are required to prevent oscillations and improve the output impedance respectively Resistor R3 provides a path to unload excessive base charge from the base of Q1 when the regulator goes suddenly from full load to no load The single point ground system shown on Figure 6 allows the sense pins (2 and 3) of the LM340 to monitor the voltage directly at the load rather than at some point along a (possibly) resistive ground return line carrying up to 5 0A of load current Figure 9 shows the typical variation of load regulation versus load current for the boosted regulator The insertion of the external pass transistor increases the input output differential voltage from 2 0V to

approximately 4 5V For an output current less than 5 0A the R2 R1 ratio can be set lower than 4 1 Therefore a less expensive PNP transistor may be used

Example IOVERLOAD e 5 0A ILED e 40 mA (light intensity of 16 mcd) VIN b 2 65 VLED e 1 75 R5 j ILED (4-1)

5 ADJUSTABLE OUTPUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR INTERMEDIATE OUTPUT VOLTAGES The addition of two resistors to an LM340 circuit allows a non-standard output voltage while maintaining the limiting features built into IC The example shown in Figure 11 provides a 10V output using an LM340K-5 0 by raising the reference (pin number 3) of the regulator by 5 0V

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FIGURE 9 Load Regulation 4 5 0V 5 0A VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR TTL The high current 5 0V regulator for TTL shown in Figure 10 uses a relatively inexpensive NPN pass transistor with a lower power PNP device to replace the single higher cost power PNP shown in Figure 6 This circuit provides a 5 0V output at up to 5 0A of load current with a typical load regulation of 1 8% from no load to full load The peak instantaneous output current observed was 10 4A at a 25 C junction temperature (pulsed load with a 1 0 ms ON and a 200 ms OFF period) and 8 4A for a continuous short circuit The typical line regulation is 0 02% of input voltage change (IOUT e 0) One can easily add an overload indicator using the Nationals new NSL5027 LED This is shown with dotted lines in Figure 10 With this configuration R2 is not only a current sharing resistor but also an overload sensor R5 will determine the current through the LED the diode D2 has been added to match the drop across D1 Once the load current exceeds 5 0A (1 0A through the LM340 assuming perfect current sharing and VD1 e V D2) Q3 turns ON and the overload indicator lights up

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FIGURE 11 10V Regulator The 5 0V pedestal results from the sum of regulator quiescent current IQ and a current equal to VREG R1 flowing through potenteniometer R2 to ground R2 is made adjustable to compensate for differences in IQ and VREG output The circuit is practical because the change in IQ due to line voltage and load current changes is quite small The line regulation for the boosted regulator is the sum of the LM340 line regulation its effects on the current through

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Solid tantalum

FIGURE 10 5 0V 5 0A Regulator for TTL (with short circuit thermal shutdown protection and overload indicator)

R2 and the effects of DIQ in response to input voltage changes The change in output voltage is (Lr V) DVIN R2 DVOUT e (Lr V) DVIN a R1
a (QCC V) DVIN R2

Z340 e LM340 output impedance QCC A e Quiescent current change per amp of load current change DVOUT e (Z340) DIL a (Z340 ) DIL R2 R1 a (QCC A) DIL R2

(5-1)

giving a total line regulation of DVOUT e (Lr V) DVIN

(5-7)

1a

R2 R1

and the total output impedance is

a (QCC V) R2

(5-2) ZOUT e

The LM340-5 0 data sheet lists DVOUT k 50 mV and DIQ k 1 0 mA for DVIN e 18V at IOUT e 500 mA This is 50 mV Lr V e 18V QCC V e 3 mV V (5-3)

DVOUT e Z 340 DIL

a (QCC A) R2

1

R2 R1

J
(5-8)

The LM340-5 0 data sheet gives a maximum load regulation Lr e 50 mV and DIQ e 1 0 mA for a 1 0A load change Z340 e 50 mV e 0 05X 1 0A 1 mA e 100 mA A 1 0A (5-9)

1 0 mA e 55 mA V 18V

(5-4)

The worst case at line regulation for the circuit of Figure 11 calculated by equation 5-2 IOUT e 500 mA and R2 e 310X is DVOUT e 3 mV V 1 0V

QCC A e

(5-10)

1a

310X 300X

J
(5-5) (5-6)

This gives a worst case dc output impedance (ac output impedance being a function of C2) for the 10V regulator using equation 5-8 of ZOUT e 0 05X

a (55 mA V) 310X

DVOUT e 6 mV V a 17 mV V e 23 mV V 1 0V

1

310X 300X

J
(5-11)

a (100 mA A) 310X

This represents a worst case line regulation value of 0 23% V The load regulation is the sum of the LM340 voltage regulation its effect on the current through R2 and the effect of DIQ in response to changes in load current Using the following definitions and the notation shown on Figure 11 DVOUT is ZOUT e Regulator output impedance the change in output voltage per amp of load current change

ZOUT e 0 10X a 0 031X e 0 13X or a worst case change of approximately 1 5% for a 1 0A load change Typical measured values are about one-third of the worst case value 6 VARIABLE OUTPUT REGULATOR In Figure 12 the ground terminal of the regulator is lifted by an amount equal to the voltage applied to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier LM101A The output

Required if the regulator is located far from the power supply filter Solid tantalum
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FIGURE 12 Variable Output Regulator

voltage of the regulator is therefore raised to a level set by the value of the resistive divider R1 R2 R3 and limited by the input voltage With the resistor values shown in Figure 12 the output voltage is variable from 7 0V to 23V and the maximum output current (pulsed load) varies from 1 2A to 2 0A (Tj e 25 C) as shown in Figure 13

If the LM324 is used instead of the LM101A R3 can be omitted since its common mode voltage range includes the ground and then the output will be adjustable from 5 to a certain upper value defined by the parameters of the system The circuit exhibits the short-circuit protection and thermal shutdown properties of the LM340 over the full output range The load regulation can be predicted as R1 a R2 a R3 DV340 (6-1) R1 where DV340 is the load regulation of the device given in the data sheet To insure that the regulator will start up under full load a reverse biased small signal germanium diode 1N91 can be added between pins 2 and 3 DVOUT e 7 VARIABLE OUTPUT REGULATOR 0 5V 29V When a negative supply is available an approach equivalent to that outlined in section 6 may be used to lower the minimum output voltage of the regulator below the nominal voltage that of the LM340 regulator device In Figure 14 the voltage VG at the ground pin of the regulator is determined by the drop across R1 and the gain of the amplifier The current I may be determined by the following relation V340 R2 R5 b R3 R4 V b a IN Ie a R3) R1 R4 (R2 R1 or if R2 a R3 e R4 a R5 e R V340 R2 1 a (VINb b V340) Ie R1 R4 R1 (7-1)

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FIGURE 13 Maximum Output Current Since the LM101A is operated with a single supply (the negative supply pin is grounded) The common mode voltage VB must be at least at a 2 0 VBE a VSAT above ground R3 has been added to insure this when R2 e 0 Furthermore the bias current IB of the operational amplifier should be negligible compared to the current flowing through the resistive divider Example VIN e 25V VOUT MIN e 5 a VB (R2 e 0) VB e R3 (I b IB) e 2 0V R1 e 2 5 R3 VOUT MAX e VIN b dropout volt (R2 e R2MAX) R2MAX e 3 3 R1 So setting R3 the values of R1 and R2 can be determined

(7-2)

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FIGURE 14 Variable Output Voltage 0 5Vb30V

considering that the output is given by VOUT e VG a V340 and VG e R1 I b VINb

(7-3) (7-4)

Figure 15 illustrates the load regulation as a function of the output voltage

8 DUAL POWER SUPPLY The plus and minus regulators shown in Figure 16 will exhibit line and load regulations consistent with their specifications as individual regulators In fact operation will be entirely normal until the problem of common loads occurs A 30X load from the a 15V output to the b15V output (representing a 0 5A starting load for the LM340K-15 if the LM320K-15 is already started) would allow start up of the LM340 in most cases To insure LM340 startup over the full temperature range into a worst case 1 0A current sink load the germanium power diode D1 has been added to the circuit Since the forward voltage drop of the germanium diode D1 is less than that of the silicon substrate diode of the LM340 the external diode will take any fault current and allow the LM340 to start up even into a negative voltage load D1 and silicon diode D2 also protect the regulator outputs from inadvertant shorts between outputs and to ground For shorts between outputs the voltage difference between either input and the opposite regulator output should not exceed the maximum rating of the device The example shown in Figure 16 is a symmetrical g 15V supply for linear circuits The same principle applies to nonsymmetrical supplies such as a a 5 0V and b12V regulator for applications such as registers 9 TRACKING DUAL REGULATORS In Figure 17 a fraction of the negative output voltage lifts the ground pins of the negative LM320K-15 voltage regulator and the LM340K-15 through a voltage follower and an inverter respectively The dual operational amplifier LM1558 is used for this application and since its supply voltage may go as high as g 22V the regulator outputs may be set between 5 0V and 20V Because of the tighter output tolerance and the better drift of the LM320 the positive regulator is made to track the negative The best tracking action is achieved by matching the gain of both operational amplifiers that is the resistors R2 and R3 must be matched as closely as possible

combining 7-2 7-3 7-4 an expression for the output voltage is R2 (7-5) R4 Notice that the output voltage is inversely proportional to R4 so the output voltage may be adjusted very accurately for low values A minimum output of 0 5V has been set This implies that R2 R3 R3 e01 e09 e9 (7-6) R4 R4 R2 An absolute zero output voltage will require R4 e % or R2 e 0 neither being practical in this circuit The maximum output voltage as shown in Figure 14 is 30V if the high voltage operational amplifier LM143 is used If only low values of VOUT are sought then an LM101 may be used R1 can be computed from VOUT e V340 VINb R1 e IQ340 (7-7)

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FIGURE 15 Typical Load Regulation for a 0 5Vb30V Regulator (DIOUT e 1 0A)

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FIGURE 16 Dual Power Supply

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FIGURE 17 Tracking Dual Supply g 5 0V b g 18V

Germanium diode Solid tantalum

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FIGURE 18 Tracking Dual Supply g 15V Indeed with R2 and R3 matched to better than 1% the LM340 tracks the LM320 within 4050 mV over the entire output range The typical load regulation at VOUT e g 15V for the positive regulator is 40 mV from a 0 to 1 0A pulsed load and 80 mV for the negative Assuming Q1 and Q2 to be perfectly matched the tracking action remains unchanged over the full operating temperature range With R1 and R2 matched to 1% the positive regulator tracks the negative within 100 mV (less than 1%) The capacitor C4 has been added to improve stability Typical load regulations for the positive and negative sides from a 0 to 1 0A pulsed load (tON e 1 0 ms tOFF e 200 ms) are 10 mV and 45 mV respectively 10 HIGH INPUT VOLTAGE The input voltage of the LM340 must be kept within the limits specified in the data sheet If the device is operated 9

Figure 18 illustrates g 15V tracking regulator where again the positive regulator tracks the negative Under steady state conditions VA is at a virtual ground and VB at a VBE above ground Q2 then conducts the quiescent current of the LM340 If bVOUT becomes more negative the collector base junction of Q1 is forward biased thus lowering VB and raising the collector voltage of Q2 As a result a VOUT rises and the voltage VA again reaches ground potential

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Heat sink Q1 and LM340

FIGURE 19 High Input Voltage

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Heat sink Q1 and LM340

FIGURE 20 High Input Voltage

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FIGURE 21 High Voltage Regulator above the absolute maximum input voltage rating two failure modes may occur With the output shorted to ground the series pass transistor Q16 (see Figure 4 ) will go to avalanche breakdown or even with the output not grounded the transistor Q1 may fail since it is operated with a collector-emitter voltage approximately 4 0V below the input If the only available supply runs at a voltage higher than the maximum specified one of the simplest ways to protect the regulator is to connect a zener diode in series with the input of the device to level shift the input voltage The drawback to this approach is obvious The zener must dissipate (VSUPPLY b VIN MAX LM340) (IOUTMAX) which may be several watts Another way to overcome the over voltage problem is illustrated in Figure 19 where an inexpensive NPNzener-resistor combination may be considered as an equivalent to the power zener The typical load regulation of this circuit is 40 mV from 0 to 1 0A pulsed load (Tj e 25 C) and the line regulation is 2 0 mV for 1 0V variation in the input voltage (IOUT e 0) A similar alternate approach is shown in Figure 20 10 With an optional output capacitor the measured noise of the circuit was 700 mVp-p 11 HIGH VOLTAGE REGULATOR In previous sections the principle of lifting the ground terminal of the LM340 using a resistor divider or an operational amplifier has been illustrated One can also raise the output voltage by using a zener diode connected to the ground pin as illustrated in the Figure 21 to obtain an output level increased by the breakdown voltage of the zener Since the input voltage of the regulator has been allowed to go as high as 80V a level shifting transistor-zener (D2) resistor combination has been added to keep the voltage across the LM340 under permissible values The disadvantage of the system is the increased output noise and output voltage drift due to the added diodes Indeed it can be seen that from no load to full load conditions the DlZ will be approximately the current through R1 ( j 35 mA) and therefore the degraded regulation caused by D1 will be VZ (at 35 mA a lQ) b VZ (at lQ)

The measured load regulation was 60 mV for DlOUT of 5 0 mA to 1 0A (pulsed load) and the line regulation is 0 01%V of input voltage change (lOUT e 500 mA) and the typical output noise 2 0 mVp-p (C2 e 0 1 mF) The value of R1 is calculated as R1 j b VIN b (VZ1 a VZ2) I full load

(11-1)

to maintain Q1 in saturation during the ON condition of the switch When the logic input is low (0 4V specified maximum for TTL logic) Q2 is held off as is Q1 and the switch is in the OFF condition The observed turn-on time was 7 0 ms for resistive loads from 15X to infinity and the turn-off time varied from approximately 3 0 ms for a 15X load to 3 0 ms for a no-load condition Turn-off time is controlled primarily by the time constant of RLOAD and C1 13 VARIABLE HIGH VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH OVERVOLTAGE SHUTDOWN A high voltage variable-output regulator may be constructed using the LM340 after the idea illustrated in section 7 and drawn in Figure 23 The principal inconvenience is that the voltage across the regulator must be limited to maximum

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Figure 22 shows a practical method of shutting down the LM340 under the control of a TTL or DTL logic gate The pass transistor Q1 operates either as a saturated transistor or as an open switch With the logic input high (2 4V specified minimum for TTL logic) transistor Q2 turns on and pulls 50 mA down through R2 This provides sufficient base drive

Required if the regulator is located far from the power supply filter Head sink Q1 and the LM340
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FIGURE 22 Electronic Shutdown Circuit

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FIGURE 23 Variable High Voltage Regulator with Shortcircuit and Overvoltage Protection

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rating of the device the higher the applied input voltage the higher must be lifted the ground pin of the LM340 Therefore the range of the variable output is limited by the supply voltage limit of the operational amplifier and the maximum voltage allowed across the regulator An estimation of this range is given by VOUT MAX b VOUT MIN e VSUPPLY MAX340 b VNOMINAL340 b 2 0V (13-1) Examples LM340-15 VOUTMAX b VOUTMIN e 35 b 15 b 2 e 18V Figure 23 illustrates the above considerations Even though the LM340 is by itself short circuit protected when the output drops also VA drops and the voltage difference across the device increases If it exceeds 35V the pass transistor internal to the regulator will breakdown as explained in section 11 To remedy this an over-voltage shutdown is includ-

ed in the circuit When the output drops the comparator switches low pulls down the base Q2 thus opening the switch Q1 and shutting down the LM340 Once the short circuit has been removed the LM311 must be activated through the strobe to switch high and close Q1 which will start the regulator again The additional voltages required to operate the comparator may be taken from the 62V since the LM311 has a certain ripple rejection and the reference voltage (pin 3) may have a superimposed small ac signal The typical load regulation can be computed from equation 6-1 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 AN-42 IC Provides on Card Regulation for Logic Circuits 2 Carl T Nelson Power distribution and regulation can be simple cheap and rugged EDN February 20 1973

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