www.fairchildsemi.com KA278R51 Low Dropout Voltage Regulator Features Description • • • • • The KA278R51 is a low-dropout voltage regulator suitable for various electronic equipments. It provide constant voltage power source with TO-220 4 lead full mold package. Dropout voltage of KA278R51 is below 0.5V in full rated current(2A). This regulator has various function such as peak current protection, thermal shut down, overvoltage protection and output disable function. 2A / 5.1V Output low dropout voltage regulator TO220 Full-Mold package (4PIN) Overcurrent protection, Thermal shutdown Overvoltage protection, Short-Circuit protection With output disable function TO-220F-4L 1 1. Vin 2. Vo 3. GND 4. Vdis Internal Block Diagram Vin Q1 1 THERMAL SHUTDOWN BANDGAP REFERENCE 2 Vo OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION + R1 SOA PROTECTION HIGH / LOW Vdis 4 + OUTPUT ON / OFF R2 1.4V SHORT-CIRCUIT SHORTCIRCUIT PROTECTION 3 GND Rev. 1.0.1 ©2001 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation KA278R51 Absolute Maximum Ratings Parameter Symbol Value Unit Remark Input Voltage Vin 35 V - Disable Voltage Vdis 35 V - Output Current Io 2.0 A - Power Dissipation 1 Pd1 1.5 W No Heatsink Power Dissipation 2 Pd2 15 W With Heatsink Tj +150 °C - Topr -20 ~ +80 °C - Junction Temperature Operating Temperature Electrical Characteristics (Vin=7V, Io=1.0A, Ta = +25°C, unless otherwise specified) Parameter Output Voltage Symbol Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit Vo - 4.98 5.1 5.22 V Load Regulation Rload 5mA < Io < 2A - 0.1 2.0 % Line Regulation Rline 6V < Vin < 12V - 0.5 2.5 % 45 55 - dB - - 0.5 V 2.0 - - V Ripple Rejection Ratio RR note1 Dropout Voltage Vdrop Io = 2A Disable Voltage High VdisH Output Active Disable Voltage Low VdisL Output Disabled - - 0.8 V Disable Bias Current High IdisH Vdis = 2.7V - - 20 µA Disable Bias Current Low IdisL Vdis = 0.4V - - -0.4 mA Io = 0A - - 10 mA Quiescent Current Iq Note: 1.These parameters, although guaranteed, are not 100% tested in production. 2 KA278R51 Typical Perfomance Characteristics 6 5 RL= 4 RL=2.5Ω 3 2 40 30 20 10 RL= 1 0 0 5 0 10 15 0 Figure 2.Quiescent Current vs. Input Voltage 7 5.16 6 5.14 Output voltage Vo(V) Output voltage Vo(V) 15 Input voltage Vin (V) Figure 1.Output Voltage vs. Input Voltage 5 4 3 2 1 5.12 5.10 5.08 5.06 5.04 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 5.02 -25 3 0 Disable voltage Vdis (V) 25 75 50 100 125 TEMPERATURE Tj(oC) Figure 3.Output Voltage vs. Disable Voltage Figure 4.Output Voltage vs. Temperature(Tj) Dropout voltage Vdrop (V) 10 Quescent i current Iq(mA) 10 5 Input voltage Vin (V) 0 8 i Quescent current Iq(mA) 50 8 Output voltage Vo(V) 7 8 6 4 2 0.6 0.5 0.4 Io=2A 0.3 1.5A 0.2 1.0A 0.1 0.5A 0 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 Junction temperature Tj(o C) Figure 5.Quiescent Current vs. Temperature(Tj) 0 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 Junction temperature Tj (o C) Figure 6.Dropout Voltage vs. Junction Temperature 3 KA278R51 Typical Perfomance Characteristics (continued) 100 Relative output voltage(%) Power dissipation PD(W) 20 15 10 5 80 60 40 20 0 -25 0 0 1.0 Figure 7.Power Dissipation vs. Temperature(Ta) 40 30 20 Tj = 25 oC VIN = 7V IO =1A ∆VIN = 0.5Vrms 10 0.1 1 10 100 Input Ripple Frequency (KHz) Figure 9.Ripple Rejection vs. Input Ripple Frequency Output Current (A) Output Voltage Deviation (V) 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 -2.0 -2.5 2.0 0 10 20 30 40 Time (µs) Figure 11.Load Transient Response 4 4.0 5.0 6.0 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 Output Voltage Deviation (mV) 50 Input Voltage (V) Ripple Rejection RR (dB) 60 0 3.0 Figure 8.Overcurrent Protection Characteristics(Typical value) 70 0 2.0 Output Current(A) a o C) TEMPERATURE Tj( 8 7 0 5 15 25 35 Time (µs) Figure 10.Line Transient Response 45 KA278R51 Typical Application Vo Vin 1 2 + + Ci Co RL 3 GND 4 Vdis Disable Signal Figure 1.Application Circuit • Ci is required if regulator is located an appreciable distance from power supply filter. • Co improves stability and transient response.(Co > 47 µF) 5 KA278R51 Mechanical Dimensions Package Dimensions in millimeters TO-220F-4L 6 KA278R51 Ordering Information Product Number Package Operating Temperature KA278R51 TO-220F-4L -20 °C to + 80°C 7 KA278R51 DISCLAIMER FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO ANY PRODUCTS HEREIN TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY, FUNCTION OR DESIGN. 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