SLUS223H April 1997 – October 2024 UC1842 , UC1843 , UC1844 , UC1845 , UC2842 , UC2843 , UC2844 , UC2845 , UC3842 , UC3843 , UC3844 , UC3845
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Upon power up, gradually widen the PWM pulse width starting at zero duty cycle is desirable. The UCx84x devices do not have internal soft-start control, but this can be easily implemented externally with three components. An R/C network is used to provide the time constant to control the error amplifier output. A transistor is also used to isolate the components from the normal operation of either node. A transistor also minimizes the loading effects on the RT/CT time constant by amplification through the transistors gain.