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AN-6920MR
Integrated Critical-Mode PFC / Quasi-Resonant
Current-Mode PWM Controller FAN6920
1. Introduction
This application note presents practical step-by-step design
considerations for a power supply system employing
Fairchild’s FAN6920 PFC / PWM combination controller,
an integrated Boundary Conduction Mode (BCM) Power
Factor Correction (PFC) controller and Quasi-Resonant
(QR) PWM controller. Figure 1 shows the typical
application circuit, where the BCM PFC converter is in the
front end and the dual-switch quasi-resonant flyback
converter is in the back end.
FAN6920 achieves high efficiency with relatively low cost
for 75~200 W applications where BCM and QR operation
with a two-switch flyback provides best performance. A
BCM boost PFC converter can achieve better efficiency
with lower cost than continuous conduction mode (CCM)
boost PFC converter. These benefits result from the
elimination of the reverse-recovery losses of the boost diode
and zero-voltage switching (ZVS) or near ZVS (also called
valley switching) of boost switch. The dual-switch QR
flyback converter for the DC-DC conversion achieves
higher efficiency than the conventional flyback converter
with leakage inductor energy recycles.
The FAN7382, a monolithic high- and low-side gate-driver
IC, can drive MOSFETs that operate up to +600 V.
Efficiency can be further improved by using synchronous
rectification in the secondary side instead of a conventional
rectifier diode.
BCM Boost PFC
Dual-Switch Quasi-Resonant Flyback
NBOOST
RHV
NCZD
RPFC1
CINF2
CO.PFC
NB
RG1
RPFC2
RCS1
FAN7382
FAN6920
CCOMP
CINF1
1 RANGE
HV 16
2
NC 15
COMP
3 INV
RVIN1
RCZD
RRT
VIN 13
5 CSPWM
RT 12
6 OPFC
FB 11
7 VDD
DET 10
8 OPWM
GND 9
VB 8
2 HIN
HO 7
3 LIN
VS 6
4 COM
LO 5
VO
+
NS
-
NP
CRT
ZCD 14
4 CSPFC
1 VCC
RCS2
NTC
RBIAS
RO1
CFB
VAC
RF
RVIN2
NA
CVIN
RDET1
CDD
CF
KA431
RO2
RDET2
Figure 1. Typical Application Circuit
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2. Operation Principles of BCM Boost PFC Converters
The most widely used operation modes for the boost
converter are continuous conduction mode (CCM) and
boundary conduction mode (BCM). These refer to the
current flowing through the energy storage inductor of the
boost converter, as depicted in Figure 2. As the names
indicate, the inductor current in CCM is continuous; while
in BCM, the new switching period is initiated when the
inductor current returns to zero, which is at the boundary of
continuous conduction and discontinuous conduction
operations. Even though the BCM operation has higher
RMS current in the inductor and switching devices, it allows
better switching condition for the MOSFET and the diode.
As shown in Figure 2, the diode reverse recovery is
eliminated and a fast silicon carbide (SiC) diode is not
needed. MOSFET is also turned on with zero current, which
reduces switching loss.
IL
source. This behavior makes the boost converter in BCM
operation an ideal candidate for power factor correction.
A by-product of the BCM is that the boost converter runs
with variable switching frequency that depends primarily on
the selected output voltage, the instantaneous value of the
input voltage, the boost inductor value, and the output
power delivered to the load. The operating frequency
changes as the input current follows the sinusoidal input
voltage waveform, as shown in Figure 3. The lowest
frequency occurs at the peak of sinusoidal line voltage.
VIN,PK
VIN
t
Average of Input
Current
IL
ID
VO.PFC
L
VLINE
VIN
IDS
VGS
Line Filter
CCM
IL
tON
t
t
fSW
t
IDS
ID
Figure 3. Operation Waveforms of BCM PFC
Reverse Recovery
tON
The voltage-second balance equation for the inductor is:
tOFF
VIN (t )  tON  (VO.PFC  VIN (t ))  tOFF
BCM
IL
(1)
where VIN(t) is the rectified line voltage.
IDS
The switching frequency of BCM boost PFC converter is
obtained as:
ID
f SW 
tON
tOFF

Figure 2. CCM vs. BCM Control
The fundamental idea of BCM PFC is that the inductor
current starts from zero in each switching period, as shown
in Figure 3. When the power transistor of the boost
converter is turned on for a fixed time, the peak inductor
current is proportional to the input voltage. Since the current
waveform is triangular, the average value in each switching
period is also proportional to the input voltage. In the case
of a sinusoidal input voltage, the input current of the
converter follows the input voltage waveform with a very
high accuracy and draws a sinusoidal input current from the
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1 VO.PFC  VIN (t )


tON  tOFF tON
VOUT
1 VO.PFC  VIN , PK  | sin(2 f LINE t ) |

tON
VO.PFC
(2)
where VIN,PK is the amplitude of the line voltage and fLINE
is the line frequency.
Figure 4 shows how the MOSFET on time and switching
frequency change as output power decreases. When the load
decreases, as shown in the right side of Figure 4, the peak
inductor current diminishes with reduced MOSFET on time
and the switching frequency increases.
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3. Operation Principle of DualSwitch Quasi-Resonant (QR)
Flyback Converter
Average of Input
Current
IL
The dual-switch QR flyback converter is derived from the
conventional pulse-width modulated (PWM) flyback
converter. With the recycling loop of the residual energy
stored in leakage inductance, the primary-side snubber and
its loss can be removed. This is especially suitable for highpower (up to 200 W) and slim-type applications. Figure 6
and Figure 7 show the simplified circuit diagrams of a dualswitch quasi-resonant flyback converter and its typical
waveforms. The basic operation principles are:
t
VGS
t
fSW

When primary power switches turn on, input voltage
(VIN) is applied across the primary-side inductor (Lm).
MOSFET current (IDS) increases linearly from zero to
the peak value (Ipk). During this time, the energy is
drawn from the input and stored in the inductor.

When the primary MOSFETs turn off, the leakage
inductance energy generates voltage spikes on the
drain-to-source voltage (VDS) of MOSFETs. As soon as
VDS reaches VIN, recycling diodes D1 and D2 are
conducted and the residual energy is released to the
input capacitor. As VDS is lower than VIN, the energy
stored in the primary inductor forces the output rectifier
(D3) to conduct. During the diode on time (tD), the
output voltage (Vo) is applied across the secondary-side
inductor and the diode current (ID) decreases linearly
from the peak value to zero. At the end of tD, all the
energy stored in the inductor has been delivered to the
output. During this period, the output voltage is
reflected to the primary side as Vo  NP/NS. The sum of
input voltage (V IN) and reflected output voltage (V o
Np/Ns) is imposed across the MOSFETs.
t
Figure 4. Frequency Variation of BCM PFC
Since the design of line filter and inductor for a BCM PFC
converter with variable switching frequency should be at
minimum frequency condition, it is worthwhile to examine
how the minimum frequency of BCM PFC converter
changes with operating conditions.
Figure 5 shows the minimum switching frequency, which
occurs at the peak of line voltage, as a function of the RMS
line voltage for different output voltage settings. For
universal line application, the minimum switching
frequency occurs at high line (265 VAC) as long as the
output voltage is lower than about 405 V.
80
VOUT =405V
70
V OUT =385V
fSW (kHz)
60
The voltage on the primary-side winding is clamped to
VIN. If the voltage of input is too low, the voltage of
secondary side could be lower than output voltage
target (VIN < NP/NS×VO), and the output voltage would
follow input voltage drop.
50
V OUT =370V
40

30
20
10
85
130
175
220
265
RMS Line Voltage (V rms)
Figure 5. Minimum Switching Frequency vs. RMS Line
Voltage (L = 780 µH, POUT = 100 W)
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When the inductor current reaches zero, the drain-tosource voltage (VDS) begins to resonate by the
resonance between the primary-side inductor (Lm) and
the MOSFET output capacitor (Coss1, Coss2) with an
amplitude of Vo Np/Ns on the offset of VIN, as depicted
in Figure 7. Quasi-resonant switching is achieved by
turning on the MOSFET when VDS reaches its
minimum value. This reduces the MOSFET turn-on
switching loss caused by the capacitance loading
between the drain and source of the MOSFET.
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IDS
+
VIN
side VS goes below the IC supply voltage VDD or is pulled
down to ground (the low-side switch is turned on and the
high-side switch is turned off), the bootstrap capacitor,
CBOOT, charges through the transformer primary-side, from
the VDD power supply, as shown in Figure 8. This is
provided by VBS when high-side VS is pulled to a higher
voltage by the high-side switch. The VBS supply floats and
the bootstrap diode reverses bias and blocks the rail voltage
(the low-side switch is turned off and high-side switch is
turned on) from the IC supply voltage, VDD. However, the
dual-switch flyback high-side and low-side MOSFET turn
on and off at the same time. Therefore, once the high-side
MOSFET turns on, high-side VS equals PFC VO, the VDD
can’t charge the CBOOT, even though the high-side VS is
pulled down to ground at leakage energy recycle period, but
the period is too short to charge CBOOT.
Np:Ns
Coss1
+
VDS1
-
D1
-
Lm
ID
+
D
VO
-
+
VDS2
-
D2
Coss2
Figure 6. Schematic of Dual-Switch Flyback Converter
Ids (MOSFET Drain-to-Source Current)
Figure 8 shows the high-side gate-driver circuit with the
auxiliary power supply. If VCBOOT is less than the HV IC
under-voltage threshold, the high-side gate output (VHO)
maintains turned-off state, then the low-side MOSFET turns
on and charges the CBOOT for one cycle, high-side driver
restarts at the next PWM cycle. Finally, the voltage of
auxiliary power supply follows the output voltage rise and
continues to supply energy to the high-side circuit.
Ipk
ID (Diode Current)
Ipk×Np/Ns
Bootstrap charge current path
Auxiliary power charge current path
VDD
+
VAUX.H
-
HV IC
Vds
PFC Vo
VBOOT
CBOOT
Vo/2×Np/Ns
High-Side VS
VIN
High-Side VGate
VIN /2
Vo/2×Np/Ns
Low-Side VGate
GND
tON
VHO
NS
+
VLO
RCS2
-
tD
tS
High-Side Bootstrap Charge
Figure 7. Typical Waveforms of Dual-Switch QR
Flyback Converter
Under-Voltage Threshold
4.
NP
+
VDD
VCBOOT
è Auxiliary Power Supply
High-Side Gate-Drive Circuit
Figure 8 and Figure 9 show the high/low-side gate driver
circuit. The high-side gate drive IC achieves highperformance, is simple and inexpensive, but has a limitation
for dual-switch flyback application.
VHO
VLO
One of the most widely used methods to supply power to
the high-side gate driver circuitry of the high-voltage gatedrive IC is the bootstrap power supply. This bootstrap
power supply technique has the advantage of being simple
and low cost. The bootstrap circuit is useful in a highvoltage gate driver and operates as follows. When the high© 2010 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
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Figure 8. High-Side Driver Circuit and Start Waveform
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Figure 9 shows the high-side driver circuit with standby
power supply. This circuit uses the independent power
supply for HV IC to keep the high-side driver operating.
This circuit is used for applications with standby power, like
the PC power.
VDD
(For PWM Controller)
The MOSFET conduction time with a given line voltage at a
nominal output power is given as:
tON 
Standby Power
VO.HIGH_SIDE
-
HV IC
Using Equation (4), the minimum switching frequency of
Equation (3) can be expressed as:
PFC Vo
VBOOT
f SW , MIN 
CBOOT
High-Side VS
High-Side VGate
Low-Side VGate
Input Signal
GND
VHO
NP
NS
RCS2
Figure 9. High-Side Driver Circuit with Standby
Power Supply

(5)
VO.PFC
  (VLINE .MAX )2 VO.PFC  2VLINE .MAX
2  POUT  f SW , MIN
Line Voltage Range: 90~264 VAC (60 Hz)
(6)
Once the inductance value is decided, the maximum peak
inductor current at the nominal output power is obtained at
low-line condition as:
Output of DC-DC Converter: 19 V/4.7 A (90 W)
PFC Output Voltage: 400 V
Minimum PFC Switching Frequency: > 50 kHz
I L. PK 
Brownout Protection Line Voltage: 70 VAC
Output Over-Voltage Protection Trip Point: 22.5 V
2 2  POUT
  VLINE , MIN
(7)
where VLINE,MIN is the minimum line voltage.
Overall Efficiency: 90%
(PFC Stage: 95%, DC-DC Stage: 95%)
Since the maximum on time is internally limited at 20 µs, it
should be smaller than 20 µs such as:
Part A. PFC Section
tON MAX 
[STEP-A1] Boost Inductor Design
The boost inductor value is determined by the output power
and the minimum switching frequency. From Equation (2),
the minimum frequency with a given line voltage and
MOSFET on time is obtained as:
2  POUT  L
 20 s
  VLINE.MIN 2
(8)
The number of turns of boost inductor should be determined
considering the core saturation. The minimum number is
given as:
N BOOST 
(3)
I L, PK  L
(9)
Ae  B
where Ae is the cross-sectional area of core and B is the
maximum flux swing of the core in Tesla.
where:
VLINE is RMS line voltage;
tON is the MOSFET conduction time; and
VO.PFC is the PFC output voltage.
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VO.PFC
As the minimum frequency decreases, the switching loss is
reduced, while the inductor size and line filter size increase.
Thus, the minimum switching frequency should be
determined by the trade-off between efficiency and the size
of magnetic components. The minimum switching
frequency must be above 20 kHz to prevent audible noise.
This design procedure uses the schematic in Figure 1 as a
reference. A 90 W PFC application with universal input
range is selected as a design example. The design
specifications are:
1 VO.PFC  2VLINE


tON
VO.PFC

where VLINE,MAX is the maximum line voltage.
5. Design Considerations
f SW , MIN
2  POUT  L
-
L







  VLINE 2 VO.PFC  2VLINE
Since the minimum frequency occurs at high line as long as
the PFC output voltage is lower than 405 V (as observed in
Figure 5); once the output voltage and minimum switching
frequency are set, the inductor value is given as:
+
+
VLO
(4)
where:
 is the overall efficiency;
L is the boost inductance; and
POUT is the nominal output power.
VO.LOW_SIDE
+
2  PO.PFC  L
  VLINE 2
B should be set below the saturation flux density.
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(Design Example) Since the output voltage is 400 V, the
minimum frequency occurs at high-line (264 VAC) and fullload condition. Assuming the overall efficiency is 90% and
selecting the minimum frequency as 50 kHz, the inductor
value is obtained as:
  VLINE ,MAX 2 VO.PFC .H  2  VLINE ,MAX
L

2  POUT  f SW ,MIN

NZCD
VGS
RZCD
VO. PFC
1.5mA max.
0.9  264 2
400  2  264

 464 H
2  90  50  103
400
+
MAX
ZCD
5
2  POUT  L
  VLINE .MIN 2
 11.1s  20s

2  90  450  10
0.9  90 2
I L ,PK  L
Ae  B

TRIG
-
PFC Gate ON
2.1V/1.75V
Figure 10. Internal Block for ZCD
6
VGS
Assuming QP2512 core (3C96, Ae=110 mm2) is used and
setting B as 0.30T, the primary winding should be:
N BOOST 
+
10V
2 2  POUT
2 2  90

 3.14 A
  VLINE , MIN
0.9  90

0.45V
-
The maximum peak inductor current at nominal output
power is calculated as:
I L, PK 
VO.PFC
NBOOST
VAW
The inductance of boot inductor is determined as
450 µH.
tON
IL
VIN
IL
3.14  450  106
 42.82turns
110  106  0.30
N ZCD
(VO.PFC  VIN )
N BOOST
VAW
Thus, the number of turns (NBOOST) of boost inductor is
determined as 44.
N ZCD
VIN
N BOOST
[STEP-A2] Auxiliary Winding Design
2.1V
Figure 11 shows the internal block for zero-current
detection (ZCD) for the PFC. FAN6920 indirectly detects
the inductor zero current instant using an auxiliary winding
of the boost inductor.
ZCD
The auxiliary winding should be designed such that the
voltage of the ZCD pin rises above 2.1 V when the boost
switch is turned off to trigger internal comparator as:
N ZCD
(VO.PFC .H  2VLINE .MAX )  2.1V
N BOOST
(Design Example) The number of turns for the auxiliary
(10)
ZCD winding is obtained as:
N ZCD 
The ZCD pin has upper and lower voltage clamping at 10 V
and 0.45 V, respectively. When ZCD pin voltage is clamped
at 0.45 V, the maximum sourcing current is 1.5 mA and,
therefore, the resistor RZCD should be designed to limit the
current of the ZCD pin below 1.5 mA in the worst case as:
VIN
N
 AUX 
1.5mA N BOOST
2VLINE .MAX N AUX

1.5mA
N BOOST
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1.75V
Figure 11. ZCD Waveforms
where VO.PFC.H is the PFC output voltage for high line
condition.
RZCD 
0.45V
2.1N BOOST
(VO.PFC .H  2VLINE .MAX )
 3.5 turns
With a margin, NAUX is determined as 8 turns.
Then RZCD is selected from:
RZCD 
(11)
2VLINE MAX N ZCD
2  264 8


  45.248k
1.5mA
N BOOST 1.5 10 3 44
as 47.5 k.
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[STEP-A3] Design VIN Sense Circuit
(Design Example) Choosing the margin factor as 35%,
FAN6920 senses the line voltage by using the averaging
circuit shown in Figure 12, where the VIN pin is connected
to the AC line through a voltage divider and low-pass filter
capacitor. When VIN drops below 1 V, the COMP pin is
clamped at 1.6 V to limit the energy delivered to output.
VO.PFC decreases with the INV pin voltage. When the INV
pin voltage drops below 1 V, brownout protection is
triggered, stopping gate drive signals of PFC and DC-DC.
This protection is reset when VDD drops below the turn-off
threshold (UVLO threshold). When VDD rises to the turn-on
voltage after dropping below the turn-off threshold,
FAN6920 resumes normal operation (if VIN is above 1.2 V).
the sensing resistor is selected as:
[STEP-A6] Design Compensation Network
The feedback loop bandwidth must be lower than 20 Hz for
the PFC application. If the bandwidth is higher than 20 Hz,
the control loop may try to reduce the 120 Hz ripple of the
output voltage and the line current is distorted, decreasing
power factor. A capacitor is connected between COMP and
GND to attenuate the line frequency ripple voltage by
40 dB. If a capacitor is connected between the output of the
error amplifier and the GND, the error amplifier works as an
integrator and the error amplifier compensation capacitor
can be calculated by:
The brownout protection level can be determined as:
VLINE .BO 

RVIN 1  RVIN 2
RVIN 2
2 2

(12)
The minimum line voltage for PFC startup is given as:
VLINE.STR  1.2 VLINE.BO
AC Line
(Design Example)
Brownout
comparator
RVIN1
VIN
1V/1.2V
100  g M
2.5

2  2 f LINE VO.PFC .H
CCOMP 
13
2.3V
VINV
(15)
To improve the power factor, CCOMP must be higher than the
calculated value. However, if the value is too high, the
output voltage control loop may become slow.
FAN6920
Brownin/out
Startup
100  g M
2.5

2  2 f LINE VO.PFC .H
CCOMP 
(13)
Brownout
Protection
0.82
0.82

 0.19
I L.PK (1  K MARGIN ) 3.14(1  0.35)
RCS1 
CVIN

RVIN2
100 125  106 2.5

 103nF
2  2  60
400
470 nF is selected for better power factor.
Figure 12. VIN Sensing Internal Block
Part B. DC-DC Section
(Design Example) Setting the brownout protection trip point
as 69 VAC:
[STEP-B1] Determine the Secondary-Side Rectifier
Voltage (VDnom)
Figure 13 shows the typical operation waveforms of a dualswitch quasi-resonant flyback converter. When the
MOSFET is turned off, the input voltage (PFC output
voltage), together with the output voltage reflected to the
primary (VRO), are imposed on the MOSFET. When the
MOSFET is turned on, the sum of input voltage reflected to
the secondary side and the output voltage is applied across
the secondary-side rectifier. Thus, the maximum nominal
voltage across the MOSFET (Vdsnom) and diode are given as:
RVIN 1  RVIN 2
2 2
 VLINE .BO 
 62
RVIN 2

Determining RVIN2 as 154 kΩ, RVIN1 is determined as 9.4 MΩ.
The line voltage to startup the PFC is obtained as:
VLINE.STR  1.2 VLINE.BO  83VAC
[STEP-A4] Current Sensing Resistor for PFC
FAN6920 has pulse-by-pulse current limit function. It is
typical to set the pulse-by-current limit level at 20~30%
higher than the maximum inductor current:
0.82
RCS1 
I L.PK (1  K MARGIN )
VDS

VO.PFC  n(VO  VF ) VO.PFC  VRO

2
2
(16)
where:
(14)
n
where KMARGIN is the margin factor and 0.82 V is the
pulse-by-pulse current limit threshold.
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nom
VD
VRO
NP

N S VO  VF
nom
 VO 
VO.PFC
n
(17)
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By increasing VRO (i.e. the turns ratio, n), the capacitive
switching loss and conduction loss of the MOSFET are
reduced. This also reduces the voltage stress of the
secondary-side rectifier. VRO should be determined by a
trade-off between the hold-up time and voltage stresses of
the secondary-side rectifier diode.
IDS
Lower PFC output voltage can improve system efficiency at
low AC line voltage condition, but the energy of the PFC
output capacitor effects the hold-up time. The minimum
PFC output voltage for required hold-up time is obtained as:
VO.PFC

2  t HOLD  POUT
2
 VO.PFC .HLD
  CO.PFC
(18)
Coss
+
VDS
-
+
VIN
-
Lm
where:
tHOLD is the required holdup time;
POUT is total nominal output power;
VO.PFC.L is the minimum PFC output voltage for required
hold-up time; and
VO.PFC.HLD is the allowable minimum PFC output voltage
during the hold-up time.
ID
+
D
VO
-
Np:Ns
+
VDS
Coss
ID
IDS
min
The voltage of transformer primary-side winding is clamped
to VO,PFC, so the minimum PFC output voltage during the
hold-up time is obtained as:
ID
IDS
VO.PFC .HLD  n  (VO  VF )
VRO
2
VO.PFC
VO.PFC
2
VDnom
VRO
2
VDSnom
VO.PFC
2
VO.PFC /n
VO
VDnom
where VF is the body diode forward voltage of the
synchronous rectification MOSFET, which is around 1 V.
VRO
2
VO.PFC
VDSnom
VRO
2
(Design Example) Because the PFC response is very slow,
the hold-up time needs to be more than 12 ms to avoid
PFC output voltage drop affecting the output voltage at
dynamic-load condition. Assuming hold-up time is 12 ms,
the VO.PFCmin as:
VO.PFC /n
VO
(19)
VO
VO.PFC
VO

Figure 13. Typical Waveforms of QR Flyback Converter
Example) Assuming 75 V MOSFET
(synchronous rectification) is used for secondary side,
with 70% voltage margin:
min

2  t HOLD  POUT
 [n  (VO  VF )]2
  CO.PFC
2  12  10 3  90
 [12  (19  1)]2  286V
0.9  100  10 6
(Design
[STEP-B3] Transformer Design
Figure 14 shows the typical switching timing of a quasiresonant converter. The sum of MOSFET conduction time
(tON), diode conduction time (tD), and drain voltage falling
time (tF) is the switching period (tS). To determine the
primary-side inductance (Lm), the following parameters
should be determined first.
VO. PFC
n
VO.PFC
400
n 

 11.94
0.7  75  VO 0.7  75  19
0.7  75  V D
nom
 VO 
Minimum Switching Frequency (fS.QRmin)
Thus, n is determined as 12.
The minimum switching frequency occurs at the minimum
input voltage and full-load condition, which should be
higher than 20 kHz to avoid audible noise. By increasing
fS.QRmin, the transformer size can be reduced. However, this
results in increased switching losses. Determine fS.QRmin by a
trade-off between switching losses and transformer size.
Typically fS.QRmin is set around 70 kHz.
[STEP-B2] Calculate the Minimum PFC Output
Voltage (VO.PFC.L) for Hold-up Time
For the PFC output capacitor, it is typical to use 0.5~1 µF
per 1 W output power for 400 V PFC output. Meanwhile, it
is reasonable to use ~1 µF per 1 W output power for
variable output PFC due to the larger voltage drop during
the hold-up time than 400 V output. In this example, 100 µF
capacitors is selected for the output capacitors (CO.PFC).
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Falling Time of the MOSFET Drain Voltage (tF)
As shown in Figure 14, the MOSFET drain voltage fall time
is half of the resonant period of the MOSFET’s effective
output capacitance and primary-side inductance. The typical
value for tF is 0.6~1.2 µs.
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Non-Conduction Time of the MOSFET (tOFF)
When designing the transformer, the maximum flux density
swing in normal operation (B) as well as the maximum flux
density in transient (Bmax) should be considered. The
maximum flux density swing in normal operation is related
to the hysteresis loss in the core, while the maximum flux
density in transient is related to the core saturation.
FAN6920 has a minimum non-conduction time of MOSFET
(5 µs), during which turning on the MOSFET is prohibited.
To maximize the efficiency, it is necessary to turn on the
MOSFET at the first valley of MOSFET drain-to-source
voltage at heavy-load condition. Therefore, the MOSFET
non-conduction time at heavy load condition should be
larger than 5 µs.
The minimum number of turns for the transformer primary
side to avoid over temperature in the core is given by:
After determining fS.QRmin and tF, the maximum duty cycle is
calculated as:
Dmax 
VRO
 (1  f S .QR min  t F )
VRO  VO.PFC .L
N P min 
(20)
Lm 
If there is no reference data, use B =0.25~0.30 T.
Once the minimum number of turns for the primary side is
determined, calculate the proper integer for NS so that the
resulting NP is larger than Npmin as:
(21)
2  f S .QR min POUT
N P  n  N S  N P min
Once Lm is determined, the maximum peak current and
RMS current of the MOSFET in normal operation are
obtained as:
I DS PK 
VO.PFC .L  Dmax
Lm f S .QR min
(22)
Dmax
3
(23)
I DS RMS  I DS PK
(1  Dmax )
f S .QR min
Once the number of turns of the primary winding is
determined, the maximum flux density when the drain
current reaches its pulse-by-pulse current limit level should
be checked to guarantee the transformer is not saturated
during transient or fault condition.
The maximum flux density (Bmax) when drain current
reaches ILIM is given as:
Bmax 
(25)
To guarantee the first valley switching at high line and
heavy-load condition, tOFF.H should be larger than 5 µs.
Lm I LIM
 Bsat
Ae N P
(29)
Bmax should be smaller than the saturation flux density.
If there is no reference data, use Bsat =0.35~0.40 T.
ID
Ids
(28)
where VDDnom is the nominal VDD voltage, the range about
12~20 V, and the VFA is forward-voltage drop of VDD
diode, about 1 V.
(24)
VO.PFC .L VO.PFC .H  VRO

VO.PFC .H VO.PFC .L  VRO
VDD  VFA
 NS
(VO  VF )
nom
N AUX 
The MOSFET non-conduction time at heavy load and
higher voltage of PFC output (VO.PFC.H) is obtained as:
tOFF .H  tOFF .L 
(27)
The number of turns of the auxiliary winding for VDD is
given as:
The MOSFET non-conduction time at heavy load and low
line is obtained as:
tOFF .L 
(26)
where B is the maximum flux density swing in Tesla.
Then, the primary-side inductance is obtained as:
QR  (VO.PFC .L  Dmax )2
Lm I DS PK
Ae B
(Design Example) Setting the minimum frequency is
65 kHz and the falling time is 1 µs, and assuming
VO.PFC.L=300 V:
Vds
Dmax 

tD
tOFF
tON
VRO
VRO
min
 (1  f S .QR  t F )
 VO. PFC .L
240
 (1  70  10 3 1 10 6 )  0.413
240  300
tF
ts
Figure 14. Switching Timing Sequence of QR Flyback
Converter
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  (VO.PFC .L  Dmax ) 2
Lm 

2  f s.QR
min
[STEP-B3] Design the Valley Detection Circuit
 PO
The valley of MOSFET voltage is detected by monitoring
the current flowing out of the DET pin. The typical
application circuit is shown as Figure 15 and typical
waveforms are shown in Figure 16. The DET pin has upper
and lower voltage clamping at 5 V and 0.7 V, respectively. The
valley detection circuit is blanked for 5 µs after the
MOSFET is turned off. When VAUX drops below zero, VDET
is clamped at 0.7 V and current flows out of the DET pin.
MOSFET is turned on with 200 ns delay once the current
flowing out of DET pin exceeds 30 µA. To guarantee that
valley detection circuit is triggered when the DET pin is
clamped at 0.7 V, the current flowing through RDET2 should
be larger than 30 µA as:
0.95  (300  0.413)
 1160H
2  70  103  90
2
I DS

APPLICATION NOTE
PK

VO. PFC .L  Dmax
min
Lm f S .QR
300  0.413
 1.53 A
1160  10 6  70  103
tOFF .L 
(1  Dmax ) 1  0.413

 8.39s
min
70  103
f S .QR
tOFF .H  tOFF . L 
 8.39  10 6 
VO. PFC .L VO. PFC . H  VRO

VO. PFC .H VO. PFC . L  VRO
0.7
 30 A
RDET 2
300 400  240

 7.46s  5s
400 300  240
(30)
Assuming QP2912 (Ae=144 mm2) core is used and the flux
swing is 0.28 T
S
R
L I
1160  10 6 1.53
 m DS 
 44
Ae B
144  106  0.28
SET
NP
N P  n  N S  12  3  36  N P
 12  4  48  N P
Valley
Detector
IDET
DRV
8
Q
17.5V
CLR
PK
min
VO.PFC
FAN6920
DET Pin Function Block
Q
OPWM
t OFF- MIN
(5µs/20.5µs/2.2ms)
RCS2
min
VDET
OVP
min
DET
OVP
NP is determined as 48, NS is 4.
t OFF
Blanking
(2.5µs)
2.5V
DET
IDET 5V
IDET
12  1
20  1
 4  N AUX 
4
20
20
 2.6  N AUX  4.2

VAUX
NA
RDET2
Figure 15. Typical Application Circuit of DET Pin
OPWM
Thus, NAUX is determined as 3.
The number of turns of the high-side driver auxiliary is
given as:
tOFF-min
NAUX.H ≦ NAUX
t
VAUX
N
VO  A
NS
NAUX.H is determined as 2.
Assuming the pulse-by-pulse current limit for low PFC
output voltage is 140% of peak drain current at heavy load:
t
L I
1160  106  2.14
 m LIM 
 0.36T
Ae N P
144  106  48
NA
NP
VDET
N
RA
VO  A 
N S RDET  RA
 V O . PFC 
0.7V
Figure 16.
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RDET1
10 VDET
0.7V
12  VFA
20  VFA
 N S  N AUX 
 NS
(VO  VF )
(VO  VF )
Bmax
NS
NP
VFB
VO OVP
Detection
Valley
Detection
t
Waveforms of Valley Detection and
VO OVP Detection
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The output is indirectly monitored for over-voltage
protection using the DET pin voltage while the MOSFET is
turned off. The ratio of RDET1 and RDET2 should be
determined as:
2.5 
RDET 2
NA
NA
1
VOVP 
VOVP
RDET 1  RDET 2 N S
K DET  1 N S
(31)
where the ratio between RDET1 and RDET2 is obtained as:
K DET 
RDET 1 N A VOVP


1
RDET 2 N S 2.5
(32)
For a quasi-resonant flyback converter, the peak-drain
current with a given output power decreases as input voltage
increases. Thus, constant power limit cannot be achieved by
using pulse-by-pulse current limit with constant threshold.
FAN6920 has high/low line over-power compensation that
reduces the pulse-by-pulse current limit level as input
voltage increases. FAN6920 senses the input voltage using
the current flowing out of the DET pin while the MOSFET
is turned on. The pulse-by-pulse current limit level vs. DET
current is depicted in Figure 18.
Figure 18. IDET-VLIMIT Curve
The relationship between IDET and VLIMIT in the linear region
(IDET=100~500 µA) can be approximated as:
VLIMIT  877  I DET  0.882
The DET pin current for low-line and high-line PFC output
voltages are given as:
VO. PFC. L
I DET .L 
NA
 0.7
NP
RDET 1
VO.PFC .H
I DET . H 
NA
 0.7
NP
RDET 1


0.7

RDET 2
0.7

RDET 2
Switching
Frequency
VO.PFC.L
NA
NP
Assuming two-level voltage PFC output: for a given output
power, the ratio between drain-peak currents at low line and
high line is obtained as:
(33)
RDET 1
VO.PFC .H
NA
NP
I DS PK .L VO.PFC .H VO.PFC .L  VRO


I DS PK .H VO.PFC .L VO.PFC .H  VRO
(34)
(36)
For a given output power, the ratio between pulse-by-pulse
current limit levels at low line and high line is obtained as:
RDET 1
N
994  VO.PFC .L A  RDET 1
VLIMIT .L
NP

NA
VLIMIT .H 994  V
 RDET 1
O . PFC . H
NP
Peak-Drain
Current
(37)
To get a constant power limit, RDET1 should be determined
such that Equations (38) and (39) are equal. However, for
actual design, it is typical to use 108~115% of Equation
(38), considering the pulse-by-pulse turn-off delay and
increased PFC output voltage ripple at low line.
VIN
IDS
(35)
Once the current-limit threshold voltage is determined with
RDET1, the current-sensing resistor value is obtained as:
IDS
VO.PFC .L
Figure 17. Switching Frequency and Peak-Drain
Current Change as Input Voltage Increases
VLIMIT  877  (
NA
 0.7
NP
RDET 1

0.7
)  0.882
RDET 2
(38)
The current-sensing resistor value can be obtained from:
RCS 2 
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I DS LIM
(39)
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where VOPD is the drop voltage of photodiode, about
1.2 V; VKA is the minimum cathode to anode voltage of
shunt regulator (2.5 V); and CTR is the current transfer
rate of the opto-coupler.
(Design Example)
0.7
 30 A , RDET 2  23.3k 
RDET 2
Setting the OVP trip point at 22.5 V,
K DET 
PFC Vo
RDET 1 N AUX VOVP
3 22.5


1  
 1  5.75
RDET 2
NS
2.5
4 2.5
FAN6920
Feedback Control
Then RDET 1  K DET R  RDET 2  134k
NS
Vo
5
CSPWM
I DS
V
V
 VRO
 O. PFC .H  O. PFC . L
PK . K
VO.PFC . L VO. PFC . H  VRO
I DS
PK . L

NP
RCS2
RBIAS
2R
Reset
OPWM
400 300  240

 1.125
300 400  240
RFB
11
FB
R
RO1
CF RF
CFB
RO2
Using 113% of 1.125,
 994  VO.PFC . L
VLIMIT .L
 1.27 
VLIMIT .H
 994  VO. PFC . H
NA
 RDET 1
NP
NA
 RDET 1
NP
Figure 19. Feedback Circuit
(Design Example) Assuming CTR is 100%;
VO  VOPD  VKA
 CTR  1.2 103
RBIAS
3
 994  300   RDET 1
 18637.5  RDET 1
48


3
 24850  RDET 1
 994  400   RDET 1
48
RBIAS 
330  resistor is selected for RBIAS.
The voltage divider resistors for VO sensing are selected as
66.5 k and 10 k.
Then, RDET1 = 47.5 k and REDT2=8.25 k.
RDET1 and RDET2 are selected from the off-the-shelf
components as 150 kΩ and 18 kΩ, respectively.
[STEP-B5] Design the Over-Temperature
Protection Circuit
Then, the pulse by pulse current limit threshold voltage
is obtained as:
VO.PFC . L
VLIMIT  877  (
NA
 0.7
NP
RDET 1

VO  VOPD  VKA 19  1.2  2.5

 12.75k 
1.2 103
1.2 103
The adjustable Over-Temperature Protection (OTP) circuit
is shown in Figure 20. As can be seen, a constant sourcing
current source (IRT) is connected to the RT pin. Once VRT is
lower than 0.8 V for longer than 10 ms debounce time,
FAN6920 is latched off. RRT can be determined by:
0.7
)  0.882
RDET 2
 0.474V
0.8V  ( RRT  RNTC @OT ) 100 A
To set current limit level at low line as 115% of IDSPK
0.63
 0.27
1.53 A  1.15
(41)
FAN6920
Adjustable Over-Temperature Protection &
External Protection Triggering
IRT=100µA
[STEP-B4] Design the Feedback Circuit
12
Figure 19 is a typical feedback circuit mainly consisting of a
shunt regulator and a photo-coupler. R01 and R02 form a
voltage divider for output voltage regulation. RF and CF are
adjusted for control-loop compensation. A small-value RC
filter (e.g. RFB = 100 , CFB = 1 nF) placed from the FB pin
to GND can increase stability substantially. The maximum
source current of the FB pin is about 1.2 mA. The
phototransistor must be capable of sinking this current to
pull the FB level down at no load. The value of the biasing
resistor, RBIAS, is determined as:
VO  VOPD  VKA
 CTR  1.2 103
RBIAS
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RRT
RT
0.8V
0.5V
Debounce
Time
Latched
100µs
10ms
Figure 20. Adjustable Over-Temperature Protection
and External Latched-off Function
(Design Example) Assuming the resistance of NTC at over-
temperature protection point is 4.3 k;
0.8V
RRT 
- 4.3k   3.7k 
100 A
(40)
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Final Schematic of Design Example
Table 2.
This section summaries the final design example. The key
system specifications are summarized in Table 1 and the key
design parameters are summarized in Table 2. The final
schematic is in Figure 21. To have enough hold-up time for
VDD during startup, a two-stage circuit is used for VDD. To
maximize the efficiency, the synchronous rectification using
Fairchild’s FAN6204 is used for the secondary rectifier.
PFC Stage
PFC Inductor (LBOOST)
Turns of PFC Inductor (NBOOST)
Turns of ZCD Auxiliary Winding (NZCD)
Minimum Switching Frequency (fS.PFCmin)
PWM Stage
Turns of Primary Inductor of PWM Transformer
(NP)
Turns of Auxiliary Winding of PWM Transformer
(NAUX)
Turns of Auxiliary Winding of High-Side Driver
Transformer (NAUX.H)
Turns Ratio of PWM Transformer (n)
Primary Inductor (LP)
Minimum Switching Frequency (fs.QRmin)
Table 1. System Specifications
Input
Input Voltage Range
Line Frequency Range
90~264 VAC
47~63 Hz
Output
Output Voltage (Vo)
Output Power (Po)
19 V
90 W
NBOOST
44T
DPFC
NCZD
8T
CINF2
Q1
RPFC1
9.4MΩ
DBOOST
CO.PFC
100µF
CBOOT
0.1µF
NAUX.H
3T
DAUX.H
RG1
RPFC3
249kΩ
1 VCC
IC1: FAN6920
D1
CINF1
1 RANGE
HV 16
2
NC 15
COMP
3 INV
D2
330nF
RCIN1 RCIN2
1.5MΩ 1.5MΩ
VIN 13
5 CSPWM
RT 12
6 OPFC
RVIN1
9.4MΩ
VAC
RRT
3.7kΩ
HO 7
3 LIN
VS 6
12
1160 µH
70 kHz
LOUT
47nH
COUT1
820µF/25V
NS
4T
COUT2
820µF/25V
+
VOUT
19V
4 COM
LO 5
Q4
10Ω
RLPC1
220kΩ
DR1
NP
48T
RLPC1
8.8kΩ
Q3
FB 11
DET 10
RG3
8 OPWM
GND 9
10Ω
GND
4
RDET2
8.25kΩ
RES2
12kΩ
RO1
66.5kΩ
NA
3T
RDET1
47.5kΩ
Figure 21.
RES 7
AGND
1 2 6
IC4: PC817
DAUX
RES1
47.5kΩ
RBIAS
330Ω
RVIN2
154kΩ
CDD
68µF
VDD
IC3: FAN6204
RCS2
0.27Ω
CVIN
2.2µF
5
8 LPC
NTC
CFB
47nF
3
GATE
FAN6204
DR2
7 VDD
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3T
RG2
VB 8
2 HIN
CRT
1nF
ZCD 14
4 CSPFC
4T
Q2
IC2: FAN7382
RCZD 47.5kΩ
CCOMP
470nF
48 T
RSN CSN
16Ω 2.2nF
RPFC2
78.7kΩ
RCS1
0.2Ω
450 µH
44 T
8T
40 kHz
RHV
150kΩ
10Ω
470nF
Key Design Parameters
RF
CF
1.2kΩ 10nF
IC5: KA431
RO2
10kΩ
Final Schematic of Design Example
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Table 3. Bill of Materials
Part
RPFC1
R PFC2
R PFC3
RVIN1
RVIN2
RZCD
RHV
RRT
RCS1
RCS2
RG1
RG2
RG3
RDET1
RDET2
RCIN1
RCIN2
RLPC1
RLPC2
RRES1
RRES2
RSN
RO1
RO2
RBIAS
RF
CINF1
CINF2
CVIN
CCOMP
CDD
CRT
Value
Resistor
9.4 M
78.7 k
249 k
9.4 M
154 k
47.5 k
150 k
3.7 k
0.2 
027 
10 
10 
10 
47.5 k
8.25 k
1.5 M
1.5 M
220 k
8.8 k
47.5 k
12 k
16
66.5 k
10 k
330 
1.2 k
Capacitor
330 nF
470 nF
2.2 µF
470 nF
68 µF
1 nF
Note
1/4 W
1/8 W
1/8 W
1/4 W
1/8 W
1/4 W
1W
1/8 W
2W
2W
1/4 W
1/4 W
1/4 W
1/4 W
1/8 W
1/4 W
1/4 W
1/8 W
1/8 W
1/8 W
1/8 W
1W
1/8 W
1/8 W
1/4 W
1/8 W
Part
Value
CFB
CO.PFC
CSN
CF
COUT1
COUT2
CBOOT
47 nF
100 µF
2.2 nF
10 nF
820 µF
820 µF
0.1 µF
Diode
S1J
S1J
ES3J
ES1H
RS1D
RS1D
ES1H
ES1H
MOSFET
FCB11N60
FCB11N60
FCB11N60
FDB031N08
IC
FAN6921MR
FAN7382
FAN6204
PC817
KA431
Other
TTC104
47 nH
D1
D2
DPFC
DBOOST
DAUX
DAUX.H
DR1
DR2
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
IC1
IC2
IC3
IC4
IC5
XCAP
NTC
LOUT
Note
450 V
25 V
25 V
Ultra-Fast Diode
Fast Diode
Fast Diode
Ultra-Fast Diode
Ultra-Fast Diode
50 V
Lab Note
Before modifying or soldering / desoldering the power
supply, discharge the primary capacitors through the
external bleeding resistor. Otherwise, the PWM IC may be
damaged by external high-voltage.
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This device is sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). To
improve the production yield, the production line should be
ESD protected as required by ANSI ESD S1.1, ESD S1.4,
ESD S7.1, ESD STM 12.1, and EOS/ESD S6.1 standards.
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Printed Circuit Board Layout

Printed circuit board layout and design are very important
for switching power supplies where the voltage and current
change with high dv/dt and di/dt. Good PCB layout
minimizes EMI and prevents the power supply from being
disrupted during surge/ESD tests.
External driver circuit can shorten MOSFET gate
discharge current loop and improve the surge/ESD
capability.
Current loop constructed by the PFC choke, PFC
diode, PFC MOSFET, CBulk, and C2 should be as short
as possible.
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IC Side
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
PWM Stage
Reference ground of the INV, COMP, CSPFC,
CSPWM, and VDD pins are connected together and
then connected to the IC’s GND directly.
Reference ground of ZCD, VIN, RT, FB, and DET pins
are connected to IC’s GND directly.
Small capacitors around the IC should be connected to
the IC directly.
The trace line of CSPWM, OPFC, and OPWM should
not be paralleled and should be close to each other to
avoid introducing noise.
Connections of IC’s GND, RCS.PWM ground, HV IC’s
GND, and auxiliary winding of PWM XFMR:

RCS.PWM should be connected to CBulk’s ground directly.
Keep it short and wide.
Current loop constructed by the CBulk, XFMR, PWM
MOSFET, clamp diode, and RCS.PWM should be as short
as possible.
Ground of photo-coupler should be connected to IC’s
GND.
On the secondary side, current loop constructed by
XFMR, Schottky, and output capacitor should be as
short as possible.
Connections of Y Capacitor:
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

Approach
Approach



Auxiliary winding’s ground è IC’s GND è
RCS.PWM’s ground (2è1è4)
HV IC’s GND è RCS.PWM’s ground (3è4)
Approach Ground Loop:
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
System Side
PFC Stage


Y CAP’s primary ground è C1’s ground (10è9)
Auxiliary winding of PFC choke is connected to IC’s
GND.
RCS.PFC should be connected to C2’s ground singly
(6 & 8).
7&2è1è4
3è4
4è5è8
6è8
8 & 10 è 9
VB
10
C1
C2
HO
7
9
VS
+
8
+
HV IC
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GND IN
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14
13
12
11
10
9
HV
N.C.
ZCD
VIN
RANGE
COMP
INV
CSPFC
RT
CSPWM
FB
OPFC
DET
VDD
GND
OPWM
RCS.PWM
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LO
VDD
RCS.PFC
100
1
4
3
2
3
4
5
6
7
+
8
2
1
AC IN
Figure 22. Layout Considerations
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