STEVAL-ISA204V1 100W 5V/20A active clamp forward converter based on PM8804 for telecom systems

The STEVAL-ISA204V1 evaluation board is designed to demonstrate high efficiency DC-DC conversion, able to output 100 W (5 V/20 A) from 42 to 56 V DC input, which is especially suitable for telecom applications.

The power conversion stage is based on an active clamp forward topology managed by a PM8804 PWM controller featuring all the integrated circuitry necessary for a compact and efficient 48 V converter. The highly configurable controller includes a programmable oscillator for switching frequency regulation up to 1 Mhz, adjustable slope compensation, dual complementary low-side drivers with programmable dead time, programmable soft start, soft turn off and a programmable current sense blanking time.