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The document discusses high voltage adjustable power supplies, particularly focusing on the LM117 family of regulators which can operate from 1.2V to 160V. It details circuit configurations for improved performance, including the use of zener diodes for better temperature stability and regulation. Additionally, it emphasizes that National Semiconductor's products are not authorized for use in life support devices without explicit approval.

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High voltage adjustable power supply - LB-47

The document discusses high voltage adjustable power supplies, particularly focusing on the LM117 family of regulators which can operate from 1.2V to 160V. It details circuit configurations for improved performance, including the use of zener diodes for better temperature stability and regulation. Additionally, it emphasizes that National Semiconductor's products are not authorized for use in life support devices without explicit approval.

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High Voltage Adjustable Power Supplies

National Semiconductor
High Voltage Adjustable Linear Brief 47
Michael Maida
Power Supplies March 1980

High Voltage Adjustable Power entire range of output voltage from 1.2V to 160V. Since
high-voltage transistors by necessity have a low β, a Dar-
Supplies lington is used to stand off the high voltage. The zener
The floating-mode operation of adjustable three-terminal impedance is low enough that no bypass capacitor is re-
regulators such as the LM117 family make them ideal for quired directly at the LM317 input. (In fact, no capacitor
high voltage operation. The regulator has no ground pin; should be used here if the circuit is to survive an output
instead, all the quiescent current (about 5 mA) flows to the short!) R3 limits short circuit current to 50 mA. The RC
output terminal. Since the regulator sees only the network on the output improves transient response as does
input-output differential, its voltage rating — 40V for the bypassing the ADJUST pin, while R4 and D2 protect the
standard LM117 series and 60V for the high voltage ADJUST pin during shorts.
LM117HV series — will not be exceeded for outputs of Since Q2 may dissipate up to 5W normally or 10W during a
hundreds of volts. However, the IC may break down when short circuit, it should be well heat sunk. For higher output
the output is shorted unless special design approaches are currents substitute a pass device in a TO-3 or TO-220 pack-
used to protect against it. age in place of the TO-202 NSD134 and reduce R3. Of
Figure 1 shows how it’s done. Zener diode D1 ensures that course, if the required output current is less than 25 mA, R3
the LM317H sees only a 5V input-output differential over the can be increased to reduce the size of the heat sink needed.

00733501
Q1, Q2: NSD134 or similar
C1, C2: 1 µF, 200V MYLAR
*Heat Sink

FIGURE 1. Basic High Voltage Regulator

An improved approach is shown in Figure 2. Here an These techniques can be extended for higher output volt-
LM329B 6.9V zener reference has been stacked in series ages and/or currents by either using better high voltage
with the LM317’s internal reference. This both improves transistors or cascoding or paralleling (with appropriate emit-
temperature stability, since the LM329B has a guaranteed ter ballasting resistors) several transistors. The output short
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TC of ± 20 ppm/˚C, and improves regulation, because more


loop gain is available from the LM317.

© 2002 National Semiconductor Corporation AN007335 www.national.com


High Voltage Adjustable Power Supplies
High Voltage Adjustable Power
Supplies (Continued)
circuit current, determined by R3, must be within Q2’s safe
area of operation so that secondary breakdown cannot
occur.

00733502
Q1, Q2: NSD134 or similar
C1, C2: 1 µF, 200V MYLAR
*Heat Sink

FIGURE 2. Precision High Voltage Regulator

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DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL
COUNSEL OF NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION. As used herein:
1. Life support devices or systems are devices or 2. A critical component is any component of a life
systems which, (a) are intended for surgical implant support device or system whose failure to perform
into the body, or (b) support or sustain life, and can be reasonably expected to cause the failure of
whose failure to perform when properly used in the life support device or system, or to affect its
accordance with instructions for use provided in the safety or effectiveness.
labeling, can be reasonably expected to result in a
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