Design Tips

    August 2022
    Extending the Supply Voltage of a 600 V Input, No-Optocoupler Isolated Flyback Controller to 800 V or Higher

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    Figure 1. A complete 12 V isolated flyback converter for a wide input from 20 V to 800 V with a minimum start-up voltage of 260 V

    ­In traditional isolated high voltage flyback converters, tight regulation is achieved using optocouplers to transfer  regulation information from the secondary-side reference circuitry to the primary side. The problem is that optocouplers add significant complexity to isolated designs: there is propagation de
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    08/01/2022
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