PMP20850 Reference Design

Texas Instruments

3.3V/15A Active Clamp Forward Reference Design

Description

This reference design is a 50W active clamp forward converter with synchronous rectification on the secondary side. The design provides an isolated: 3.3V/15A output from a standard telecom -36V to -72V input at >91% efficiency. PMP20850 utilizes a self driven: synchronous rectifier which requires no secondary gate driver which minimizes cost and improves efficiency. This device also features programmable dead-time: which is fine tuned to maximize efficiency of the design. Output voltage regulation is based on current mode control: simplifying loop compensation. PMP20850 features a catalog transformer: minimizing the cost of magnetics in the design.

Features
  • >90% efficiency with 15A load across full input voltage rangeSelf driven synchronous rectifier eliminates need for secondary gate driversCatalog transformer minimizes cost of magnetics
Applications
  • Baseband unit (BBU)
  • Active antenna system mMIMO (AAS)
  • Indoor backhaul
  • Macro remote radio unit (RRU)
Product Categories
  • Power management