UC3842N

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    "manufacturer": "Texas Instruments",
    "package": "PDIP-8",
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    "category": "Power Management (PMIC)",
    "subcategory": "AC-DC Controllers And Regulators",
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      "digikey": "296-11282-5-ND",
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        "number": "1",
        "name": "COMP",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Error amplifier compensation pin for the external compensation network; the error amplifier is internally current-limited, and COMP can be forced to GROUND externally to set zero duty cycle."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "VFB",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Inverting input of the internal error amplifier used for the voltage feedback loop, with the non-inverting input trimmed to 2.5 V; keep the VFB lead short and its stray capacitance minimal for stability."
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        "name": "ISENSE",
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        "description": "Primary-side current-sense input to the PWM comparator, connected to the MOSFET current-sense resistor, which terminates the OUTPUT on-time; the recommended VISENSE input voltage is 1 V maximum."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "RT/CT",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "Oscillator timing pin: timing resistor RT connects from VREF and timing capacitor CT connects to GROUND to set the switching frequency via fOSC = 1.72/(RRT×CCT), and RRT must never be less than 5 kΩ."
      },
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        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Combined signal and power ground return; with no separate PWRGND pin on this 8-pin package, GROUND serves as both analog and power ground, and the datasheet recommends separating the signal return from the high-current gate-driver path."
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        "number": "6",
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        "description": "Totem-pole gate driver for the external MOSFET, sourcing and sinking peak current up to 1 A, and held actively low when VCC is below the turn-on threshold."
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        "number": "7",
        "name": "VCC",
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        "description": "Analog controller bias supply input, recommended at 12 V to 28 V with a 30 V absolute maximum from a low-impedance source, requiring a 0.1 µF bypass capacitor to GROUND placed close to the pin."
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        "name": "VREF",
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