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A5975D

Application information

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In applications where the current to the output is pulsed, the thermal impedance should be

considered instead of the thermal resistance.

The thermal impedance of the system could be much lower than the thermal resistance,

which is a static parameter. And so the maximum power losses can be higher than 2.5 W if

a pulsed output power is requested from the load:

Therefore, depending on the pulse duration and its frequency, the maximum output current

can be delivered to the load.

The characterization of the thermal impedance is strictly dependent on the layout of the

board. In Figure 17 the measurement of the thermal impedance of the demonstration board

of the A5975D is provided.

Figure 17.

Measurement of the thermal impedance of the demonstration board

As can be seen, for example, for load pulses with a duration of 1 second, the actual thermal

impedance is lower than 20

°C/W. This means that, for short pulses, the device can deliver a

higher output current value.

MAX t

()

ΔT

TH t

()

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J MAX

AMB

–

TH t

()

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