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I hile the eficiencies of power- I catching momentum Europe. { on-chip a 700-V power MOSFET) os-
conversion chips and power I 'Ib enables new class of energy-et? I cillator; high—voltage, switched-cun
sources continue to improve, { Ecient off-line ac adatpers and stand- Q rent source; current limit; and thermal ;
energy wastage in stand-by modere- { by power supplies, Power Integra-,{ shutdown circuitry (Fig. 2). Unlike , ’
_ mains astonis ’ ly high. For exam- { tions Inc. has crafted a radically new I the conventional PWM controller it _ -
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ple, acwall adapters are still plugged I switcher solution for low-power (10 { uses an on/cH control to regulate the _
in and consume power, even though I W and below) applications (Fig. 1). I output voltage. In this scheme, when
gadgets like'i'Vs, VCRs, and cordless { And, at the heart of this solution is a I the on-chip oscillator is enabled, it { â€
phones are supposedly oft'. And, the { proprietary controller chip called { turns the power MOSFET on at the _
problemis expected to worsen as • TinySwitch. ` · start of each cycle. The MOSFET is. {
more electronic consumer products I “This new design reduces the en- I turned-off as soon u the output cur- 4
pervade the home. . I ergy wastage from the 1.2 W (typical) I rent reaches the upper » ·
This wasted energy costs money, Q seen in,today’s conventional, linear; ac I The maximum on-time of tbepower T _ _
" ‘ ’ aswell as contributes to pollution. Ao-"{‘wall·adapters (or bricks) to less than- { MOSFE'l‘·is determined by the duty. -~·-·-- ie
cording to a study conducted by { 100 mW," says Shyam Duiari, director { cycle signal (Dug;) ofthe intmnal os·
Lawrence Berkeley National Lahore- { of marketing at Power Integmtions. { cillator. Also, the current limit and
tory3Berkeley,Calif.,int1xeUaS. alone, I Plus, he adds, it provides a compact, I switching frequency for a given-
consumers pay over $3.5 billion annu- 5 lightweight adapter or stand—by sup- E '11nySwitch la Exed, while the power _· J ~
allytokeepavariety of electronlcwid- { ply with universalinput. Because : delivered is proportional to the pri-. ‘ lay; [gym;
gets in stand-by mode. To ciu·b such { fewer low-cost external components { mary inductance of the trarisformet Hmm {3 '
wastage, several en ergy-saving { are needed with this solution, the total { Because the 'I‘InySwitch is powered · . a cu
guidelines have been established I system cost is also signiiicantly cut, I directly by the incoming high voltage. md HH"! ana":
V around the world. The U.S. Energy I notes Dujari. By comparison, pulse- I it eliminates the need for an auxiliary (cm) WW Sli
Star program, for example, has been {width-modulated (PWM) based off- E bias winding and associated circuitm .‘*l'a°¥ video inf
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audio and DVD players. Likewise, I Designedto be a simple, on/of con- I recommends sta.nda1·d,-low—costtmnSr- luv qpemqo,
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