Title :
5A regulator with thermal gradient controlled current limit
Author_Institution :
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Abstract :
A 5A monolithic three-terminal adjustable voltage regulator will be described. The design includes overload protection and uses temperature gradients across the chip to provide time dependent current limiting.
Keywords :
Circuit synthesis; Electric variables; Electronic ballasts; Power dissipation; Protection; Regulators; Resistors; Temperature; Thermal degradation; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference. Digest of Technical Papers. 1979 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1979.1156013
