IC switcher for offline supply as boost converter?

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Elerion

Joined Sep 11, 2017
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Hi everyone.

Could an IC like NCP101x (designed as a "Self-Supplied MonolithicSwitcher for Low Standby-Power Offline SMPS", like flybacks) be used to build a simple dc-dc boost converter? Let's say, 5 Vdc to 12 V, or 12 Vdc to 40 V.
Something like this ( not for PFC but as a voltage step-up regulator).
https://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/DN06064-D.PDF

The reason is cost. I already have some of these, and all switching regulators I know of are much more expensive.
Datasheet: https://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/NCP1010-D.PDF

Thank you.
 

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Elerion

Joined Sep 11, 2017
125
Still don't know about the one I asked for, but (maybe usefull for someone reading this) I found this part, which is cheap and can be used for boost, and pretty much any topology, clearly stated in the datasheet.
UC3845
 
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