Re: Using discrete logic to "make" a synchronous FET buck converter controller?
Are you sure the chip can't work at 175C? Downhole
applications seldom require the same service life as
an industrial product's qualification assumes - like a
few hundred hours max, at temp, vs a few thousand
(at lesser temp).
If you can find a ceramic package version of one you
like, maybe do your own life testing and determine if
you're just being sandbagged by the manufacturer?
There are some rad hard bridge drivers that might be
serviceable there, but you surely would not like the
price. They are built on dielectric isolation material
in foundry technology which I've played with its
cousins, out to 300C.
Have you looked to TI's "EP" lineup? They have some
(not to say, exactly what you want) high temp power
management and logic products.