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Isolated Error Amplifiers Outperform Optocouplers and Shunt Regulators in Power Supply Applications

February 26, 2013 at 2:00 AM EST

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and a pioneer in digital isolator technology, today introduced isolated error amplifiers that provide power supply designers with a higher performing, single-chip alternative to isolation techniques based on optocouplers and shunt regulators. Designed for linear feedback power supplies using primary side controllers, the ADuM3190 and ADuM4190 isolated error amplifiers have a 400-kHz bandwidth, with 0.5% typical initial accuracy at 25°C and 1% total accuracy over the extended temperature range of —40˚C to +125˚C. This provides manufacturers of ac-to-dc and dc-to-dc power supplies, including those that are DOSA (Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance)-compliant, with a significant upgrade in speed and operating temperature range, as well as a 5× improvement in transient response.

Designed with ADI's iCoupler® digital isolation technology, the ADuM3190 and ADuM4190 eliminate the CTR (current-transfer ratio) of optocouplers that degrades over the lifetime of the devices and limits operation to 85˚C. The ADuM3190 and ADuM4190 include a highly accurate 1.225-V reference and a wideband operational amplifier that can be used to set up a variety of commonly used power supply loop compensation techniques.

ADuM3190/4190 Isolated Error Amplifiers Key Features

  • Bandwidth: 400 kHz
  • 0.5% initial accuracy at 25°C
  • 1% total accuracy over —40˚C to +125˚C
  • Low power operation: &#60 7 mA
  • Isolation voltage:
    • ADuM3190: 2.5 kV rms
    • ADuM4190: 5 kV rms (reinforced)

Pricing and Availability

Product     Availability    

Price at 1K
Quantity

    Package    

Temperature
Range (°C)

ADuM3190A

    Now     $1.04     QSOP-16     —40 to +85

ADuM3190B

    Now     $1.12     QSOP-16     —40 to +85

ADuM3190S

    Now     $1.14     QSOP-16     —40 to +125

ADuM3190T

    Now     $1.23     QSOP-16     —40 to +125

ADuM4190A

    April '13     $1.20     Wide-body SO-16     —40 to +85

ADuM4190B

    April '13     $1.28     Wide-body SO-16     —40 to +85

ADuM4190S

    April '13     $1.30     Wide-body SO-16     —40 to +125

ADuM4190T

    April '13     $1.39     Wide-body SO-16     —40 to +125

EVAL-ADUM3190EBZ

    Now     $49 per     -     -

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