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Buck Converter with isolated o/p

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Could anyone help me in recognising this chip?
Its a SOT 23-6 and marked GB29
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on the left of the image you can see the current sense resistors and on the right side the fet driver resistor and gate discharge diode
This is a mains input device with 310 v of dc sitting on the drain of the fet which is on the other side of the board

I have looked on most of the manufacturers web sites but cant see anything it matches in terms of pin positions.
I can post the rest of the circuit I have managed to trace.
Note the current sense resistors have cooked for some reason.
This drives a COB led 10W floodlight with what looks about 24V forward voltage on the secondary of the transformer with just a diode and cap on the o/p. Current wise this is a 330mA or thereabouts COB.
The circuit is really a feed forward buck isolator converter.


This has died after 18months which is a shame if its junk....but it might be:sad:


Thank you anyone who might know:-D
 

Since you already recognize most of the circuit's operation, then you might also be able to construct a substitute circuit which does the same job as the fried components.
It is possible to make a buck converter from two transistors, selected to tolerate house voltage. Control is by current regulation.
 

Thank you for your reply but I doubt two transistors would be emc compliant or even power factor compliant:) let alone isolated.
I can quite easily design another circuit using an alternative chip, etching a new board etc but finding out what chip it is and exploring its design criteria is more fun!
That's why I hoped someone would say " oh the good old gb29" that's a tabernacle made by doofanacle….well you get the idea.

Thanks for your reply though.

kr Cathoderay
 

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