NCP1631 Evaluation Board Manual

NCP1631EVB/D
NCP1631 Evaluation Board
Manual
Performance of a 300 W, Wide Mains
Interleaved PFC Driven by the NCP1631
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EVALUATION BOARD MANUAL
However, the NCP1631 has a very low startup current
(below 100 mA), so the Integrated Circuit (IC) can be
powered using startup resistors connected to the bulk rail
and an auto−supply circuit. Thus, on the demonstration
board, there is also an optional charge−pump circuit formed
by R47, C31, D2 and D19 and optional startup resistors (R5,
R4, R3). These circuits are not connected, but if needed, the
values of the component that should be used are shown on
Figure 1.
The NCP1631 is a dual phase Power Factor Correction
(PFC) controller. It drives the two branches of our 300 W
interleaved PFC in Frequency Clamped Critical Conduction
Mode (FCCrM). Each phase operates in Critical Conduction
Mode (CRM) at maximum output power, low line until the
switching frequency reaches the frequency clamp where the
phases enters into Discontinuous Conduction Mode (DCM).
The phase−shift between the two branches is always 180° in
all conditions.
To improve the efficiency at light load, a programmable
frequency foldback circuit allows decreasing the switching
frequency if needed.
Moreover, in order to build safe and robust PFC stages, the
NCP1631 integrates various protections such as:
overcurrent protection (OCP), output under and overvoltage
protection, brown−out, inrush current detection
Vbulk
R5
390k
Evaluation Board (EVB) Specification
Vaux1
R4
390k
The board is designed to meet the following
specifications:
• Input voltage range: 85 Vrms to 265 Vrms
• Output power: 300 W
• Output voltage: 390 V
• Full load efficiency at 115 Vrms: >96%
• Power factor at maximum load: > 0.9
• Maximum switching frequency of the PFC: 240 kHz,
meaning 120 kHz per phase.
Vcc
R3
390k
R47
10
D2
1N4148
C31
22n
D19
1N5352
Description of the Board
The application note AND8407/D [1] describes how to
calculate the component for each pin of the NCP1631, so for
details on how the application is designed please refer to this
document.
In the default EVB configuration, the controller must be
powered by an external power supply. A minimum voltage
of 13 V should be applied to allow the controller to start.
© Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, 2010
February, 2010 − Rev. 2
Figure 1. Optional Startup Circuit
The coils (150 mH) are selected to have a minimum
switching frequency of 80 kHz in critical conduction mode
(CRM) at full load, low line.
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The frequency foldback resistor is calculated to allow the
controller to start reducing the switching frequency when
the output power drops below 42% of the maximum output
power.
The brown−out resistors are chosen so that the circuit
starts pulsing when the input voltage exceeds 82 Vrms and
stops switching when the line goes below 72 Vrms.
The current limit is set to 8 A by resistors R24 and R1.
The NCP1631 also provides a latch pin: when the voltage
on pin 10 exceeds 2.5 V, the controller shuts down and will
be reset only by a brown−out condition or when the supply
voltage of the IC drops below 5 V. We chose to implement
an overvoltage protection for the IC supply voltage using
this pin.
Considering a maximum output power of 300 W, the input
power can be as high as around 320 W (94% efficiency at
lowest input voltage). Thus, in order to provide some
margin, the input power capability is set 125% higher at
400 W.
The capacitor C15 connected to OSC pin (pin 4) is
calculated to set the clamp frequency of the PFC stage to
240 kHz, meaning a maximum switching frequency of
120 kHz per phase. The resistor R34 placed in parallel of
C15 fixes the minimum switching frequency per branch
during frequency fold−back to 20 kHz.
The components around pin 5 are selected to provide a
crossover frequency of 24 Hz for the PFC loop at maximum
output power and a phase margin of 60°.
Figure 2. EVB Picture
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Figure 3. EVB Schematic
N
Earth
R 121
680k
85− 265 V r ms
L
CM1
R 123
680k
C6
1mF
Ty pe = X2
R 122
680k
C16
4. 7nF
Ty pe = Y1
C10
4. 7nF
Typ e = Y 1
C18
680nF IN
U1
KBU 6K
D18
NC
D20
NC
−
+
100nF
C5
Vin
S5
C7
NC
S4
R43
1800k
DRV1
DRV2
X1
X7
R44
1800k
R16
0
R21
0
R46
120k
D14
1N 4148
Vaux1
Vaux2
D15
1N 4148
R7
2. 2
R17
2. 2
R11
10k
R20
10k
DRV2
DRV1
C27
1nF
OV Pin
X4
I PP50R 250
D4
MU R 550
X6
I PP50R 250
D5
MU R 550
R40
27k
R23
820k
R38
1800k
R39
1800k
D23
NC
D22
NC
R37
4. 7k
R12
NC
C25
1mF
C15
R34
220pF 270k
R33
18k
R25
27k
1nF
C20
150nF
R36
33k
C22
I in
R18
560k
OV Pin
C21
NC
R14
22k
R31 Vaux2
1800k
R32
1800k
U2
9
10
7
8
11
12
6
13
5
14
3
4
15
16
2
1
C29
NC
R2
1k
D21
15V
C34
10nF
C30
100nF
R6
1k
D3
LED
R24
50m (3W )
D17
1N 5406
R1
1.8k
DRV2
DRV1
pfcOK
R15
22k
Vaux1
+
15V
D19
NC
C31
NC
R47
NC
Vaux1
−
+
D6
1N 4148
D2
NC
390V
C32
100 mF / 25V
C33
100nF
VCC
Vout
−
D16
1N 5406
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Board Schematic
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TYPICAL PERFORMANCE DATA
The measurements were made after the board was
operating during 15mn at full load, low line, with an open
frame, at ambient temperature and with no fan.
Due to the frequency clamp critical conduction mode, the
efficiency is kept quite constant over the load range.
Moreover, thanks to the frequency foldback, the efficiency
at light load is very good.
The Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) remains very low
over the output load range.
Efficiency at 90 Vrms and 100 Vrms
97.0
96.0
THD versus Output Power
EFFICIENCY (%)
95.0
20
115 Vrms
230 Vrms
94.0
15
93.0
Vin = 90 Vrms
91.0
90.0
THD (%)
92.0
Vin = 100 Vrms
0
20
40
60
OUTPUT POWER (%)
80
10
5
100
Figure 4. Efficiency at 90 Vrms and 100 Vrms
0
0
As shown by Figure 5, for the maximum output power, the
efficiency is higher than 96% at 115 Vrms.
99.0
EFFICIENCY (%)
96.0
95.0
94.0
93.0
Vin = 230 Vrms
90.0
0
20
40
60
OUTPUT POWER (%)
80
80
100
The following table details the benefits of the frequency
foldback. We measured the efficiency of our 300−W
demoboard at 20% and 10 % of the maximum output power
with no frequency foldback (RFF = 0), with the frequency
foldback starting at 25% of the maximum output power, and
with the frequency foldback starting at 50% of the maximum
output power. The measurements showed that the frequency
foldback allows increasing the efficiency by more than 2%
at 20% of Pout,max and 4% at 10% of Pout,max !
97.0
91.0
60
Figure 6. THD at 115 Vrms and 230 Vrms
98.0
Vin = 115 Vrms
40
OUTPUT POWER (%)
Efficiency at 115 Vrms and 230 Vrms
92.0
20
100
Figure 5. Efficiency at 115 Vrms and 230 Vrms
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Table 1. EFFICIENCY AT LIGHT LOAD FOR DIFFERENT FREQUENCY FOLDBACK SETTINGS
RFF = 0
RFF = 2.5 kW
RFF = 4.7 kW
Vin
(Vrms)
Pout
(% of Pout,max)
Efficiency
(%)
Fsw
(kHz)
115
20
93.3
122
115
10
90.3
122
230
20
94.6
122
230
10
91.0
122
115
20
93.8
114
115
10
91.9
65
230
20
94.9
95
230
10
93.0
54
115
20
95.9
67
115
10
94.9
43
230
20
96.9
63
230
10
96.4
38
The following graph (Figure 7) illustrates the FCCrM
operation.
120
At low line and maximum output power, the PFC
branches operates in CRM until the switching frequency
reaches the frequency clamp (120 kHz per phase) around
70% of Pout,max . The controller then drives the phases in
fixed frequency DCM until the frequency foldback circuit
starts to reduce the frequency.
100
Typical Waveforms
FREQUENCY (kHz)
140
Frequency per Phase versus Output Power
Figure 8 and Figure 9 portray the input voltage, input
current (Iline ) and the sum of the inductors current (IL(tot) ) at
full load, low line and high line.
Figure 10 and Figure 11 are zooms of the previous plots
obtained at the sinusoid top.
As expected, the input current has the shape of a CCM
current.
At low line and high line, the phase shift is well controlled
and is 180°.
Each branch operates in CRM at low line and in DCM
fixed frequency at high line.
80
60
40
85 Vrms
230 Vrms
20
0
0
20
40
60
OUTPUT POWER (%)
80
100
Figure 7. Switching Frequency per Phase versus
Output Power at 85 Vrms and 230 Vrms
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Iline (5 A/div)
IL(tot) (2 A /div)
Vin (200 V/div)
Figure 8. Input Voltage and Current at 90 Vrms
Figure 9. Input Voltage and Current at 230 Vrms
IL(tot) (2 A/div)
IL(tot) (1 A/div)
DRV2
DRV2
DRV1
DRV1
Figure 10. Inductors Current, DRV1 and DRV2 at
90 Vrms
Figure 11. Inductors Current, DRV1 and DRV2 at 230
Vrms
Brown−Out Protection
In order to pass line cycle drop out test, the brown−out
circuit integrates a timer that blanks the brown−out pin
voltage (VBO) during 50 ms typically (the minimum value
being 25 ms). When VBO goes below the 1−V threshold the
brown−out circuit maintains a level close to the 1−V
threshold on the pin in order to allow the PFC to restart at full
power. Thus, no fault is detected and the pfcOK signal stays
high as shown by Figure 12.
BO pin voltage (0.5 V/div)
Vin (50 V/div)
Ac line current (5 A / div)
pfcOK (5 V/div)
Figure 12. 40−ms Mains Interruption
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Line and Load Transient
Figure 13 shows the line transient response of the
interleaved PFC. The line voltage is changed abruptly from
115 Vrms to 230 Vrms and we observe that the overshoot and
the undershoot are kept small by the controller.
Iline (5 A/div)
Iline (2 A/div)
Vbulk (390 V offset, 50 V/div)
Vbulk (200 V/div)
Figure 14. Transient Load Response at 115 Vrms
(from 20% to 100% of Pout,max)
Vbulk (390 V offset, 50 V/div)
Iline (5 A/div)
Figure 13. Line Transient at half the output load
Figure 14 and Figure 15 show an output transient load step
from 20% to 100% of the maximum output power at low line
and high line. The slew rate is 2 A/ms. The overshoots are
contained by the programmable over voltage protection
which is set to 410 V in this application.
The undershoots are limited by the boost of the error
amplifier which increases its gain when the bulk voltage
goes below 95.5% of its nominal value.
Vbulk (390 V offset, 50 V/div)
Figure 15. Transient load response at 230 Vrms
(from 20% to 100% of Pout,max)
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BILL OF MATERIALS
Reference
Qty
CM1
1
C2
1
C5
Value
Description
Manufacturer
Part number
CM Filter, 4 A, 2 * 6.8 mH
EPCOS
B82725
100m
Electrolytic capacitor, 450 V
Standard
Standard
1
100n
X2 capacitor, 275 V
RIFA
PHE840MF6680M
C6
1
1u
X2 capacitor, 275 V
RIFA
PHE840MF6680M
C10x,C16
2
4.7n
Y capacitor, 275 V
Murata
DE1E3KX472MA5B
C15
1
220p
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
C18
1
680n
X2 capacitor, 275 V
Murata
DE1E3KX472MA5B
C20
1
150n
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
C22,C27
2
1n
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
C25
1
1u
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
C28
1
220n
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
C30,C33
2
100n
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
C31
1
22n
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
C32
1
100 mF
Electrolytic capacitor, 25 V
Standard
Standard
C34
1
10n
Ceramic capacitor, SMD, 1206, 50 V
Standard
Standard
D1,D2,D6,
D14,D15,
D22,D23
7
D1N4148
Diode
Philips
1N4148
D3
1
LED
LED 100 D
D4,D5
2
MUR550
DIODE, 5A, 500 V, AXIAL
ON Semi
MUR550APFG
D16,D17
2
1N5406
Standard recovery diode, 600 V
ON Semi
1N5406G
D19, D21
1
Zener diode, 15 V
Standard
Standard
HS1
1
Heatsink, 2.9°C/W
Aavid Thermalloy
437479
L4
1
150 mH
DM Choke, 5 A, WI−FI series
Wurth Electronics
Q1,Q2
2
2N2907
PNP transistor, TO92
ON Semiconductor
P2N2907AG
R1,R2
2
1k
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R1
1
1.8k
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R2,R6
2
1k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4W
Standard
Standard
R3,R4,
R5,R44
4
390k
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R7,R17
2
2.2
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R11,
R12,R20
3
10k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R14,R15
2
22k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R16,R21
2
47
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R18
1
560k
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R23
1
820k
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R24
1
50m
Axial resistor, 3 W, $1%
Vishay
RLP3 0R050
R25,R40
2
27k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R31,R32,R38,
R39,R41,R42,
R43
7
1800k
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R33
1
13k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R34
1
270k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
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Reference
Qty
Value
Description
Manufacturer
Part number
R36
1
33k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R37
1
4.7k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R45
1
0
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R46
1
82k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R47
1
10
Axial resistor, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
R121,R122,
R123
3
680k
SMD resistor, 1206, 1/4 W
Standard
Standard
U1
1
KBU6K
Diode Bridge
General Semiconductor
KBU6K
U2
1
NCP1631
Interleaved PFC controller, SOIC−16
ON Semiconductor
NCP1631
X1,X5
2
150 mH
PFC coil
Delta
CME
86H−7416
OF9120
X4,X6
2
IPP50R250
MOSFET, 13 A, 500 V
Infineon
IPP50R250CP
Conclusion
References
This application note has described the results obtained
with a 300 W Interleaved PFC stage.
It is possible to achieve efficiency higher than 96% at
115 Vrms with the NCP1631.
Due to the FCCrM and the frequency foldback, the
efficiency is improved over a wide load range (from 100%
down to 10% of the maximum output power).
[1] Joel Turchi, “Key steps to design an interleaved PFC
stage driven by the NCP1631”, Application Note
AND8407/D, www.onsemi.com
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