REVERSE POWER DISSIPATION AND CURRENT
NOTE 3Ie”rwhe” Vp IS the line tol, ”e.oltage .cro~the rect!flers. For
DE RATING FOR REVERSE POWER DISSIPATION capac,ttveioads, II )s recommended that thedc case on Figure 13
be used, regardless of Input waveform, for brtdge clrc” its. For
Inthlsrectifler, power loss due to reverse .urrentisgenerallv not
neg[,gcb le. For reliable circ” It deszgn, the max, m.m j“ncrlon capacitively loaded full wave center-tapped clrcu!~s. the 20.1
temperature must be Ihm!ted to either 175°Cor the temperature data of Ftq. re 12 should be used for sane wave ,np”t. and the
capac, t,”e load data of F,gure 13sho”ld be used for square wave
which results lnthermalc. naway. Proper derat, ng may beaccom- nnp”ts regardless of l(p~)ll (a.). For these two .ases. ~’P IS the
plish ed by .seofeq” ation 1orequat$on 2. “oltage a.ross one leg of the transformer.
Eq”atlon 1TA ‘T1 -(175 -TJ(ma. )) -PB ROJA EXAMPLE
Where. T1 =Ma., mum Allowable Ambte”t Tempera?”re
“eglecti”g re”erse power d,ss, patio” (from F,gures Find Maximum Ambient Temperature for 1A” =2A, Cap.c!t,.e
loorll) Load of IPKIIA” =20, Input Voltage =120 V(rms) Sine Wave,
TJ(max) =Maximum AllOwable Junction Tempera- R9JA =Z5°C1W, Half Wave Circu>t.
t.re to prevent thermal r“nawav or 175°C, wh,ch Solution 1
ever is lower, (See F19. re 1)Step 1. F!nd Vp; Vp =fi Vin =169 V, VR[pk) =338 V
PR =Reverse Power D,s.lpatio” (Fcom F!g”re 12 Step 2: Fnd TJ(maxI from F,gure 1. Read TJ(ma.I =119°C.
or 13, adjusted for TJIm8. )as show. below) Step 3: Find PR(m..) fcom FiQ”re12. Read PR =770mW@140°C
ROJA =Thermal Resistance, Junction to Amb, e.t, Step4. F!nd IR normalized from F,g. re 14. Read lR(norm) =0.4
Step 5Correct PR to TJ[max) PR =lRI.orm) .PR [Figure 12}
When thermal reslsrance, j.ncr, on to amb(ent, IS o“er 20 °ClW, PR=O.4x770=310mW. \::J
the effect of thermal response IS negligible. Satisfactory derating Step 6Find PF from Fgure 19 Read PF =24 W. ~*:*
may be fo. ”d by “sing Step 7: Compute TA from TA =TJ(max I(PR +PF) ROJA YJ;,,T
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Equat, on 2TA =TJ[max) -(PR +P=) R@JA TA =119-10.31+2.4)(25) :*,.,..
“’” ‘.::4} t’.;’.
TA =51°C .~+,:~
PF =Forward Power Diss, patio” [see F19.re, lg &20) ~,,,.,. }..;
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Other Terms defined above. <;i-. ,,
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Steps 1thru 5are as above ,,]i,,,, .,
The reverse power given on Figures 12 and 13 is calculated for ,,i ,. ,...i~~.
TJ =150°C. When TJ is lower, PR <W(IIdecrease, IIS v.I”e can be Step 6Find TA =TI from F19.re 10. Read,T~.,~$1, ~?~.
found by multlplv, ng PR bv the normalized re”erse current from Step 7Compute TA from TA =TI (175$3fi4~X~}) PR ROJA
Figure 14 at the temperature of interest TA =115- (lW~,i:Y’19~-(0,31) (25)
~A= ~ ,0c :., \3:& ,t,\’:,
The re”erse powt!r data IS .alc”lated for half wave rect!f, catton t~,;.... ,X-J
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circuits. For full wane rectification .slng either abridge or aAt times, adiscrepancy beween ~$~vd WIII occur because
center-tapped transformer, the data for reslst,ve loads IS eq.lva- Ihermal response is factored i;,~.,~ol”th~ 2.
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