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NCP81178
Secondary Synchronous Rectifier Driver for Forward Converters
The NCP81178 is a secondary−side synchronous rectifier driver designed for isolated power converters, especially actively clamped forward and fly−back, and asymmetric half−bridge converters. The NCP81178 drives two N−channel MOSFETs on the secondary side in a complementary manner. It accepts a PWM input signal derived from the secondary winding or an auxiliary winding on the main power transformer. It can also take a PWM signal from the primary−side controller through a pulse transformer or other isolators.