Electrical – Extremely high current in super simple SMPS Flyback

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I'm building an SMPS in flyback topology. In order to do it, I use UC3845CB IC. In first step, I wanted to see if it even works at all with pulse transformer that I bought, made especially for flyback pulse power supply.
Below is the schematic for circuit that I've built. It is supplied from bench power supply with two outputs (+10V from output A and +20V from output B) connected via ground.

I connected all pins responsible for current and voltage control to ground in order to get simplest possible configuration.

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When I turn only the +10V output, there is quite little current flow (0.01A).

But as soon as I turn on +20V, current on output A (not B!) rises dramatically (up to 3A), while current on output B is much lower (something like 0.3A). Strange thing is that IC does not heat up at all! And it is not burned either – when I turn off B output, I get 0.01A again on output A, and waveform on MOSFET gate is correct (50% PWM with 17kHz).

When I measure voltage on C2, it shows around 300V.

Also, when I turn ON only output B, there is no current flowing in the circuit.

Ratio of winding on the transformer is 56:14.

I'm totally confused, but again, I'm a total newbie regarding pulse power supplies. Anyone got a slightest idea what is going on?!

Edit:
I changed the picture to better illustrate what is going on

Best Answer

Here's a slightly shrunken version of your circuit with letters A, B and C in red on it: -

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  • A - you HAVE (corrected, sorry) followed the correct dot notation for a flyback transformer. Good for you!
  • B - you have no load connected and you'll need a minimum load most likely
  • C - you have no mechanism to provide feedback control of output voltage to the chip such as this: -

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I'm not ruling out that there are other problems but B and C are the glaring ones. I'm also unclear about what you are referring to when you mention letters A and B.