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07/21/10 10:46
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 		 #177403 - General context of switcher chips?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Michael Karas said:
In the context of this MC34063A regulator part the Ipk value is not going to be just 90mA. Ipk is the peak current that the switching transistor in the chip can handle and is limited to 1.5A maximum.


I think it is general that the headline current quoted for SMPS chips is the maximum peak current for the switch element - which is not at all the same thing is the output current to the load!

So, if the headline says, "1.5A switcher" that does not (necessarily) mean that it can be used to make a PSU to deliver 1.5A to a load!
Especially when operating the chip at extremes of its input and/or output ranges...


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                  New Schema            01/01/70 00:00      
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                        Change            01/01/70 00:00      
                           In the context of this reguator part...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Power from USB            01/01/70 00:00      
                              General context of switcher chips?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Hold on            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 USB 500mA            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    never having sucked power from the USB plug            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       RE: delay from plug-in before you can get 500mA?            01/01/70 00:00      
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                           Always too short initial posts            01/01/70 00:00      
                              You may have 500mA (2.5W)            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Yup..            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    12 more than 33 VDC            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Don't use 7812            01/01/70 00:00      
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                                             Always problem with available power            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                with automatic fuse            01/01/70 00:00      
               Application Note            01/01/70 00:00      
               MC34063A Calculator            01/01/70 00:00      
                  OK            01/01/70 00:00      
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               E-series            01/01/70 00:00      
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