AS273
Over-Temperature Protection with
Latch (Low Current)
The diagram of Figure 13 illustrates how a power
supply can be shut down with a simple two-
transistor latch. When the programmed over-
temp is reached, the open collector output of the
AS273 enables the latch and pulls VCC below the
under-voltage threshold of the AS3842, shutting
off the AS3842. The latch can be disabled only
with a power reset.
Over-Temperature Detector
COMP
VREG
VFB
VCC
SENSE
OUT
RT/CT
GND
AS3842
R1
1k
REF
OUT
AS273
GND
VCC
ICC = 400 mA
MAX.
R2
+
350 Ω
R3
350 Ω
Figure 13.
Over-Temperature Protection with
Hysteresis
In this over-temperature circuit, the hysteresis of
the AS273 is used to automatically restart the
power supply after the temperature drops below
the hysteresis temperature window. R1 supplies
the current to power the AS273 after the AS3842
and the power supply are shut down. R2 and
the external zener set the over-temperature trip
point.
V BULK
R1
R2
REF
OUT
AS273
GND
COMP
VREG
VFB
VCC
SENSE
OUT
RT/CT
GND
AS3842
Figure 14.
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