A related question is a question created from another question. When the related question is created, it will be automatically linked to the original question.
If you have a related question, please click the "Ask a related question" button in the top right corner. The newly created question will be automatically linked to this question.
TL431-Q1: Power Dissipation and Thermal Estimation
Once TL431 is in regulation region, IREF will be less than 0.5% of IKA (Refer the electrical table) and VKA >= VREF. Hence we can neglect VREF*IREF component.
So please use VKA*IKA for your all the power dissipation calculation.
