ZHCSKB9Q December 1999 – October 2019 UCC1895 , UCC2895 , UCC3895
PRODUCTION DATA.
Selecting the rectifier diodes begins with determining the voltage and current ratings necessary. In this case the peak diode reverse voltage is given by:
The average output diode current is given by:
For this design we select dual 40-A, 45-V Schottky diodes type STPS40L45CT. This is a dual diode and we connect both of the diodes in parallel for current sharing. Each diode in the package will carry approximately half of the If calculated above, or about 15 A. The forward voltage drop of these diodes at maximum output current will be typically 0.45 V.
The power loss in the output rectifiers is dominated by the VfIf product.
The loss in each dual diode package is given by:
The device will require a heatsink to keep its junction temperature at a reasonable level.
The heatsink thermal resistance will have to be less than:
where Tj_max = 125°C, TA = 50°C, and RTH_jc = 0.8°CW–1.
A typical heatsink with this thermal resistance would have dimensions 63.5 mm × 42 mm × 25 mm.
Recalculate the power budget.