Rainbow Electronics LM3824 - Manual (Page 7)

Typical Application Circuits
In the application circuits, the 0.1 µF ceramic capacitor between pins 1 and 2
is used for bypassing, and the 0.1 µF ceramic capacitor between pins 3 and 4 is used for filtering. Shutdown (SD) is tied to
V
DD
through a 10 k
Ω
resistor. (Continued)
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FIGURE 2. Paralleling LM3824 for Higher Load Current
I
TOTAL
= 2.2(D
1
−0.5)I
MAX
+ 2.2(D
2
−0.5)I
MAX
where D
1
is the duty cycle of PWM1 and D
2
is the duty cycle of PWM2.
Please refer to the Product Operation section for more information.
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FIGURE 3. High Voltage Operation — V
IN
Greater Than 5.5V (High Side Sense)
(PWM output is referred to Pin 6)
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