L584
The drive current for the two darlingtons and the
waveform time constants are all defined in turn by a
resistor between pin 9 and ground.
The recommended value for Ir is 1mA which is ob-
tained with a 1.2KΩ resistor. The darlington drive
currents are given by :
PNP : Idp = 35 Ir typ. NPN : Idn = 100 Ir typ.
The duration of the high current level (t2 in fig 4) is
set by a capacitor connected between pin 6 and
ground. This capacitor, C1 is related to the duration,
t2, by :
t2 = C1
V6th – V6sat
I6
= 12
C1
Iref
(typ.)
The discharge time constant (toff in fig 4) is set by a
capacitor C2 between pin 7 and ground and is found
from :
⋅ V7th – V7sat
toff = C2
I7
Cr
= 12
(typ)
Iref
Figure 4 : Waveforms of the Typical Application Circuit of Fig. 2.
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