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LT1185

APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO

Figure 2. Proper Connection of Positive Sense Lead

Shutdown Techniques

The LT1185 can be shut down by open-circuiting the REF

pin. The current flowing into this pin must be less than

0.4

µA to guarantee shutdown. Figure 3 details several

ways to create the “open” condition, with various logic

levels. For variations on these schemes, simply remember

that the voltage on the REF pin is 2.4V negative with

respect to the ground pin.

Output Overshoot

Very high input voltage slew rate during start-up may

cause the LT1185 output to overshoot. Up to 20% over-

shoot could occur with input voltage ramp-up rate exceed-

ing 1V/

µs. This condition cannot occur with normal 50Hz

to 400Hz rectified AC inputs because parasitic resistance

and inductance will limit rate of rise even if the power

switch is closed at the peak of the AC line voltage. This

assumes that the switch is in the AC portion of the circuit.

If instead, a switch is placed directly in the regulator input

so that a large filter capacitor is precharged, fast input slew

rates will occur on switch closure. The output of the

regulator will slew at a rate set by current limit and output

= 2.2

µF, the output will slew at 1.6V/µs and overshoot can

occur. This overshoot can be reduced to a few hundred

millivolts or less by increasing the output capacitor to

10

µF and/or reducing current limit so that output slew rate

is held below 0.5V/

µs.

A second possibility for creating output overshoot is

recovery from an output short. Again, the output slews at

a rate set by current limit and output capacitance. To avoid

0.5

+

–

R1*

2.37k

R2

REF

GND

FB

LT1185

+

–

LT1185 • F02

LOAD

PARASITIC

LEAD RESISTANCES

*R1 SHOULD BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO GROUND LEAD, NOT TO THE LOAD,

INCREASES WITH INCREASING GROUND PIN CURRENT. R2 SHOULD BE CONNECTED

DIRECTLY TO LOAD FOR REMOTE SENSING