ETC UC1854QTR

UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
High Power Factor Preregulator
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
•
Control Boost PWM to 0.99 Power Factor
•
Limit Line Current Distortion To <5%
•
World-Wide Operation Without Switches
•
Feed-Forward Line Regulation
•
Average Current-Mode Control
•
Low Noise Sensitivity
•
The UC1854 provides active power factor correction for power systems that otherwise would draw non-sinusoidal current from sinusoidal power lines. This device implements all the control functions
necessary to build a power supply capable of optimally using available
power-line current while minimizing line-current distortion. To do this,
the UC1854 contains a voltage amplifier, an analog multiplier/divider,
a current amplifier, and a fixed-frequency PWM. In addition, the
UC1854 contains a power MOSFET compatible gate driver, 7.5V reference, line anticipator, load-enable comparator, low-supply detector,
and over-current comparator.
Low Start-Up Supply Current
•
Fixed-Frequency PWM Drive
•
Low-Offset Analog Multiplier/Divider
•
1A Totem-Pole Gate Driver
•
Precision Voltage Reference
BLOCK DIAGRAM
The UC1854 uses average current-mode control to accomplish fixedfrequency current control with stability and low distortion. Unlike peak
current-mode, average current control accurately maintains sinusoidal
line current without slope compensation and with minimal response to
noise transients.
The UC1854’s high reference voltage and high oscillator amplitude
minimize noise sensitivity while fast PWM elements permit chopping
frequencies above 200kHz. The UC1854 can be used in single and
three phase systems with line voltages that vary from 75 to 275 volts
and line frequencies across the 50Hz to 400Hz range. To reduce the
burden on the circuitry that supplies power to this device, the UC1854
features low starting supply current.
These devices are available packaged in 16-pin plastic and ceramic
dual in-line packages, and a variety of surface-mount packages.
UDG-92055
6/98
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UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
Supply Voltage VCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GT Drv Current, Continuous . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GT Drv Current, 50% Duty Cycle. . . . . . . . . .
Input Voltage, VSENSE, VRMS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Input Voltage, ISENSE, Mult Out . . . . . . . . . . .
Input Voltage, PKLMT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Input Current, RSET, IAC , PKLMT, ENA . . . . .
Power Dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Storage Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 Seconds) .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10mA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1W
. . . . . –65oC to +150oC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . +300oC
Note 1: All voltages with respect to Gnd (Pin 1).
Note 2: All currents are positive into the specified terminal.
Note 3: ENA input is internally clamped to approximately
14V.
Note 4: Consult Unitrode Integrated Circuits databook for
information regarding thermal specifications and limita-
CONNECTION DIAGRAMS
DIL–16 & SOIC-16
(Top View)
J, N & DW Packages
PLCC-20 & LCC-20
(Top View)
Q & L Packages
PACKAGE PIN FUNCTION
FUNCTION
PIN
N/C
Gnd
PKLMT
CA Out
ISENSE
N/C
Mult Out
IAC
VA Out
VRMS
N/C
VREF
ENA
VSENSE
RSET
N/C
SS
CT
VCC
GT Drv
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Unless otherwise stated, VCC=18V, RSET=15k to ground, CT=1.5nF to ground, PKLMT=1V, ENA=7.5V,
ELECTRICAL
CHARACTERISTICS VRMS=1.5V, IAC=100µA, ISENSE=0V, CA Out=3.5V, VA Out=5V, VSENSE =7.5V, no load on SS, CA Out,
VA Out, REF, GT Drv, –55oC<TA<125oC for the UC1854, –40oC<TA<85oC for the UC2854, and
0oC<TA <70oC for the UC3854, and TA=TJ.
PARAMETER
OVERALL
Supply Current, Off
Supply Current, On
VCC Turn-On Threshold
VCC Turn-Off Threshold
ENA Threshold, Rising
ENA Threshold Hysteresis
ENA Input Current
VRMS Input Current
TEST CONDITIONS
MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
1.5
10
2.0
16
mA
mA
ENA=0V
14.5
9
2.4
0.2
–5.0
16
10
2.55
0.25
–0.2
17.5
11
2.7
0.3
5.0
V
V
V
V
µA
VRMS=5V
–1.0
–.01
1.0
µA
8
500
mV
nA
dB
V
mA
µA
ENA=0V
VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER
Voltage Amp Offset Voltage
VA Out=5V
VSENSE Bias Current
Voltage Amp Gain
Voltage Amp Output Swing
Voltage Amp Short Circuit Current VA Out=0V
SS Current
SS=2.5V
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–8
–500
70
–36
–20
2
–25
100
0.5 to 5.8
–20
–14
–5
–6
UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
Unless otherwise stated, VCC=18V, RSET=15k to ground, CT=1.5nF to ground, PKLMT=1V, ENA=7.5V,
ELECTRICAL
VRMS =1.5V, IAC=100µA, ISENSE=0V, CA Out=3.5V, VA Out=5V, VSENSE=7.5V, no load on SS, CA Out,
CHARACTERISTICS VA
Out, REF, GT Drv, –55oC<TA<125oC for the UC1854, –40oC<TA <85oC for the UC2854, and
0oC<TA<70oC for the UC3854, and TA=TJ.
PARAMETER
CURRENT AMPLIFIER
Current Amp Offset Voltage
ISENSE Bias Current
Input Range, ISENSE, Mult Out
Current Amp Gain
Current Amp Output Swing
Current Amp Short Circuit Current
Current Amp Gain-BW Product
REFERENCE
Reference Output Voltage
VREF Load Regulation
VREF Line Regulation
VREF Short Circuit Current
MULTIPLIER
Mult Out Current IAC Limited
Mult Out Current Zero
Mult Out Current RSET Limited
Mult Out Current
Multiplier Gain Constant
OSCILLATOR
Oscillator Frequency
TEST CONDITIONS
Peak GT Drv Current
GT Drv Rise/Fall Time
GT Drv Maximum Duty Cycle
CURRENT LIMIT
PKLMT Offset Voltage
PKLMT Input Current
PKLMT to GT Drv Delay
TYP
MAX
UNITS
4
mV
–120
500
–36
110
0.5 to 16
–20
–5
nA
V
dB
V
mA
400
800
7.4
7.35
–15
–10
–50
7.5
7.5
5
2
–28
7.6
7.65
15
10
–12
V
V
mV
mV
mA
–220
–2.0
–280
–50
–38
–165
–250
–95
–200
–0.2
–255
–42
–27
–150
–225
–80
–1.0
–180
2.0
–220
–33
–12
–105
–150
–60
µA
µA
µA
µA
µA
µA
µA
µA
V
46
86
4.9
0.8
55
102
5.4
1.1
62
118
5.9
1.3
kHz
kHz
V
V
13
12
14.5
12.8
0.9
1.0
0.1
1.0
35
18
V
V
V
V
V
A
ns
–4
–500
–0.3 to 2.5
80
CA Out=0V
TA=25oC (Note 6)
IREF=0mA, TA=25oC
IREF=0mA, Over Temp.
–10mA<IREF<0mA
15V<VCC<35V
REF=0V
IAC=100µA, RSET=10k, VRMS=1.25V
IAC=0µA, RSET=15k
IAC=450µA, RSET=15k, VRMS=1V, VA Out = 6V
IAC=50µA, VRMS=2V, VA=4V
IAC=100µA, VRMS=2V, VA=2V
IAC=200µA, VRMS=2V, VA=4V
IAC=300µA, VRMS=1V, VA=2V
IAC=100µA, VRMS=1V, VA=2V
(Note 5)
RSET=15k
RSET=8.2k
CT Ramp Peak-to-Valley Amplitude
CT Ramp Valley Voltage
GATE DRIVER
Maximum GT Drv Output Voltage 0mA load on GT Drv, 18V<VCC<35V
GT Drv Output Voltage High
GT Drv Output Voltage Low, Off
GT Drv Output Voltage Low
MIN
–200mA load on GT Drv, VCC=15V
VCC=0V, 50mA load on GT Drv
200mA load on GT Drv
10mA load on GT Drv
10nF from GT Drv to Gnd
1nF from GT Drv to Gnd
VCA Out=7V
PKLMT=–0.1V
PKLMT falling from 50mV to –50mV
Note 5: Multiplier Gain Constant (k) is defined by:
IMult Out =
k × IAC × (VA Out−1)
VRMS2
Note 6: Guaranteed by design. Not 100% tested in production.
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3
kHz
1.5
2.2
0.4
95
–10
–200
%
10
–100
175
mV
µA
ns
UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
PIN DESCRIPTIONS (Pin Numbers Refer to DIL Packages)
Gnd (Pin 1) (ground): All voltages are measured with respect to Gnd. VCC and REF should be bypassed directly
to Gnd with an 0.1µF or larger ceramic capacitor. The timing capacitor discharge current also returns to this pin, so
the lead from the oscillator timing capacitor to Gnd should
also be as short and as direct as possible.
VRMS (Pin 8) (RMS line voltage): The output of a boost
PWM is proportional to the input voltage, so when the line
voltage into a low-bandwidth boost PWM voltage regulator changes, the output will change immediately and
slowly recover to the regulated level. For these devices,
the VRMS input compensates for line voltage changes if it
is connected to a voltage proportional to the RMS input
line voltage. For best control, the VRMS voltage should
stay between 1.5V and 3.5V.
PKLMT (Pin 2) (peak limit): The threshold for PKLMT is
0.0V. Connect this input to the negative voltage on the
current sense resistor as shown in Figure 1. Use a resistor to REF to offset the negative current sense signal up
to Gnd.
REF (Pin 9) (voltage reference output): REF is the output
of an accurate 7.5V voltage reference. This output is capable of delivering 10mA to peripheral circuitry and is internally short circuit current limited. REF is disabled and
will remain at 0V when VCC is low or when ENA is low.
Bypass REF to Gnd with an 0.1µF or larger ceramic capacitor for best stability.
CA Out (Pin 3) (current amplifier output): This is the output of a wide-bandwidth op amp that senses line current
and commands the pulse width modulator (PWM) to force
the correct current. This output can swing close to Gnd,
allowing the PWM to force zero duty cycle when necessary. The current amplifier will remain active even if the IC
is disabled. The current amplifier output stage is an NPN
emitter follower pull-up and an 8k resistor to ground.
ENA (Pin 10) (enable): ENA is a logic input that will enable the PWM output, voltage reference, and oscillator.
ENA also will release the soft start clamp, allowing SS to
rise. When unused, connect ENA to a +5V supply or pull
ENA high with a 22k resistor. The ENA pin is not intended
to be used as a high speed shutdown to the PWM output.
ISENSE (Pin 4) (current sense minus): This is the inverting
input to the current amplifier. This input and the non-inverting input Mult Out remain functional down to and below Gnd. Care should be taken to avoid taking these
inputs below –0.5V, because they are protected with diodes to Gnd.
VSENSE (Pin 11) (voltage amplifier inverting input): This is
normally connected to a feedback network and to the
boost converter output through a divider network.
Mult Out (Pin 5) (multiplier output and current sense
plus): The output of the analog multiplier and the non-inverting input of the current amplifier are connected together at Mult Out. The cautions about taking ISENSE
below –0.5V also apply to Mult Out. As the multiplier output is a current, this is a high impedance input similar to
ISENSE, so the current amplifier can be configured as a
differential amplifier to reject Gnd noise. Figure 1 shows
an example of using the current amplifier differentially.
RSET (Pin 12) (oscillator charging current and multiplier
limit set): A resistor from RSET to ground will program oscillator charging current and maximum multiplier output.
Multiplier output current will not exceed 3.75V divided by
the resistor from RSET to ground.
SS (Pin 13) (soft start): SS will remain at Gnd as long as
the IC is disabled or V CC is too low. SS will pull up to over
8V by an internal 14µA current source when both V CC becomes valid and the IC is enabled. SS will act as the reference input to the voltage amplifier if SS is below REF.
With a large capacitor from SS to Gnd, the reference to
the voltage regulating amplifier will rise slowly, and increase the PWM duty cycle slowly. In the event of a disable command or a supply dropout, SS will quickly
discharge to ground and disable the PWM.
IAC (Pin 6) (input AC current): This input to the analog
multiplier is a current. The multiplier is tailored for very
low distortion from this current input (IAC) to Mult Out, so
this is the only multiplier input that should be used for
sensing instantaneous line voltage. The nominal voltage
on IAC is 6V, so in addition to a resistor from IAC to rectified 60Hz, connect a resistor from IAC to REF. If the resistor to REF is one fourth of the value of the resistor to the
rectifier, then the 6V offset will be cancelled, and the line
current will have minimal cross-over distortion.
CT (Pin 14) (oscillator timing capacitor): A capacitor from
CT to Gnd will set the PWM oscillator frequency according to this relationship:
F=
VA Out (Pin 7) (voltage amplifier output): This is the output of the op amp that regulates output voltage. Like the
current amplifier, the voltage amplifier will stay active
even if the IC is disabled with either ENA or VCC. This
means that large feedback capacitors across the amplifier
will stay charged through momentary disable cycles. Voltage amplifier output levels below 1V will inhibit multiplier
output. The voltage amplifier output is internally limited to
approximately 5.8V to prevent overshoot. The voltage
amplifier output stage is an NPN emitter follower pull-up
and an 8k resistor to ground.
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RSET × CT
VCC (Pin 15) (positive supply voltage): Connect VCC to a
stable source of at least 20mA above 17V for normal operation. Also bypass V CC directly to Gnd to absorb supply
current spikes required to charge external MOSFET gate
capacitances. To prevent inadequate GT Drv signals,
these devices will be inhibited unless VCC exceeds the
upper under-voltage lockout threshold and remains
above the lower threshold.
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UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
PIN DESCRIPTIONS (cont.)
GT Drv (Pin 16) (gate drive): The output of the PWM is a
totem pole MOSFET gate driver on GT Drv. This output is
internally clamped to 15V so that the IC can be operated
with VCC as high as 35V. Use a series gate resistor of at
least 5 ohms to prevent interaction between the gate im-
pedance and the GT Drv output driver that might cause
the GT Drv output to overshoot excessively. Some overshoot of the GT Drv output is always expected when driving a capacitive load.
TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS at TA = TJ = 25°C
Current Amplifier Gain and Phase vs Frequency
Voltage Amplifier Gain and Phase vs Frequency
120
Phase
Margin
degrees
120
Phase
Margin
degrees
100
80
100
80
60
60
40
Open-Loop 40
20
Gain
dB
0
Open-Loop
20
Gain
dB
0
-20
0.1
1
10
100
1000
-20
0.1
10000
1
10
Frequency
kHz
Gate Drive Rise and Fall Time
1000
10000
Gate Drive Maximum Duty Cycle
100%
700
600
95%
Rise Time
500
ns
100
Frequency
kHz
90%
Fall Time
400
Duty
85%
Cycle
300
80%
200
75%
100
70%
0
0
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
1
0.05
10
100
RSET, k Ω
Load Capacitance, µF
Multiplier Output vs Voltage on Mult
Oscillator Frequency vs RSET and CT
1000
600
Mult Out=3V
500
Mult Out=1
Mult Out=2V
Mult Out=0V
400
100pF
Frequency
kHz 100
Multiplier
Output 300
µA
200pF
VRMS=2V, VA Out=5V
500pF
200
1nF
100
10nF 5nF 3nF 2nF
0
10
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
1
800
IAC, µA
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RSET, k Ω
5
100
UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS at TA = TJ = 25oC (cont.)
Multiplier Output vs Multiplier Inputs with Mult Out=0V
600
250
VRMS=1.5V
VRMS=3V
VA Out=5V
500
200
VA Out=3.5V
400
150
300
VA Out=3V
VA Out=2.5V
Mult Out
µA
Mult Out
µA 100
200
VA Out=2V
VA Out=1.25V
50
100
VA Out=1.25V
0
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
0
100
200
IAC, µA
300
VRMS=4V
VA Out=5V
140
500
IAC, µA
140
160
400
VRMS=5V
120
VA Out=5V
120
100
VA Out=4V
100
Mult Out
µA 80
80
Mult Out,
µA
VA Out=3V
VA Out=3V
60
60
VA Out=2V
40
40
VA Out=1.5V
VA Out=1.25V
20
20
0
0
0
100
200
300
400
0
500
100
200
IAC, µA
300
400
500
IAC, µA
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
cycle of this output is simultaneously controlled by four
separate inputs to the chip:
A 250W PREREGULATOR
The circuit of Figure 1 shows a typical application of the
UC3854 as a preregulator with high power factor and efficiency. The assembly consists of two distinct parts, the
control circuit centering on the UC3854 and the power
section.
The power section is a "boost" converter, with the inductor operating in the continuous mode. In this mode, the
duty cycle is dependent on the ratio between input and
output voltages; also, the input current has low switching
frequency ripple, which means that the line noise is low.
Furthermore, the output voltage must be higher than the
peak value of the highest expected AC line voltage, and
all components must be rated accordingly.
In the control section, the UC3854 provides PWM pulses
(GT Drv, Pin 16) to the power MOSFET gate. The duty
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INPUT
PIN #
FUNCTION
VSENSE........................ 11 .......... Output DC Voltage
IAC .................................6 .......... LineVoltage Waveform
ISENSE/Mult Out .........4/5 .......... Line Current
VRMS .............................8 .......... RMS Line Voltage
Additional controls of an auxiliary nature are provided.
They are intended to protect the switching power MOSFETS from certain transient conditions, as follows:
INPUT
PIN #
FUNCTION
ENA ............................10 .......... Start-Up Delay
SS ...............................13 .......... Soft Start
PKLIM ...........................2 .......... Maximum Current Limit
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UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION (cont.)
ISENSE/Mult Out (Line current): The voltage drop across
the 0.25 ohm current-sense resistor is applied to pins 4
and 5 as shown. The current-sense amplifier also operates with high low-frequency gain, but unlike the voltage
amplifier, it is set up to give the current-control loop a very
wide bandwidth. This enables the line current to follow the
line voltage as closely as possible. In the present example, this amplifier has a zero at about 500Hz, and a gain
of about 18dB thereafter.
PROTECTION INPUTS
ENA (Enable): The ENA input must reach 2.5 volts before the REF and GT Drv outputs are enabled. This provides a means to shut down the gate in case of trouble, or
to add a time delay at power up. A hysteresis gap of
200mV is provided at this terminal to prevent erratic operation. Undervoltage protection is provided directly at pin
15, where the on/off thresholds are 16V and 10V. If the
ENA input is unused, it should be pulled up to VCC
through a current limiting resistor of 100k.
VRMS (RMS line voltage): An important feature of the
UC3854 preregulator is that it can operate with a three-toone range of input line voltages, covering everything from
low line in the US (85VAC) to high line in Europe
(255VAC). This is done using line feedforward, which
keeps the input power constant with varying input voltage
(assuming constant load power). To do this, the multiplier
divides the line current by the square of the RMS value of
the line voltage. The voltage applied to pin 8, proportional
to the average of the rectified line voltage (and proportional to the RMS value), is squared in the UC3854, and
then used as a divisor by the multiplier block. The multiplier output, at pin 5, is a current that increases with the
current at pin 6 and the voltage at pins 7, and decreases
with the square of the voltage at pin 8.
SS (Soft start): The voltage at pin 13 (SS) can reduce
the reference voltage used by the error amplifier to regulate the output DC voltage. With pin 13 open, the reference voltage is typically 7.5V. An internal current source
delivers approximately -14µA from pin 13. Thus a capacitor connected between that pin and ground will charge
linearly from zero to 7.5V in 0.54C seconds, with C expressed in microfarads.
PKLIM (Peak current limit): Use pin 2 to establish the
highest value of current to be controlled by the power
MOSFET. With the resistor divider values shown in Figure
1, the 0.0V threshold at pin 2 is reached when the voltage
drop across the 0.25 ohm current sense resistor is
7.5V*2k/10k=1.5V, corresponding to 6A. A bypass capacitor from pin 2 to ground is recommended to filter out very
high frequency noise.
PWM FREQUENCY: The PWM oscillator frequency in
Figure 1 is 100kHz. This value is determined by CT at pin
14 and RSET at pin 12. RSET should be chosen first because it affects the maximum value of IMULT according to
the equation:
CONTROL INPUTS
VSENSE (Output DC voltage sense): The threshold voltage
for the V SENSE input is 7.5V and the input bias current is
typically 50nA. The values shown in Figure 1 are for an
output voltage of 400V DC. In this circuit, the voltage amplifier operates with a constant low frequency gain for
minimum output excursions. The 47nF feedback capacitor
places a 15Hz pole in the voltage loop that prevents
120Hz ripple from propagating to the input current.
IMULTMAX =
This effectively sets a maximum PWM-controlled current.
With RSET=15k,
IMULT MAX =
IAC (Line waveform): In order to force the line current
waveshape to follow the line voltage, a sample of the
power line voltage in waveform is introduced at pin 6. This
signal is multiplied by the output of the voltage amplifier in
the internal multiplier to generate a reference signal for
the current control loop.
This input is not a voltage, but a current (hence IAC). It is
set up by the 220k and 910k resistive divider (see Figure
1). The voltage at pin 6 is internally held at 6V, and the
two resistors are chosen so that the current flowing into
pin 6 varies from zero (at each zero crossing) to about
400µA at the peak of the waveshape. The following formulas were used to calculate these resistors:
RAC =
With the 4k resistor from Mult Out to the 0.25 ohm current
sense resistor, the maximum current in the current sense
resistor will be
IMAX =
−IMULTMAX ×4k
= −4A
0.25Ω
Having thus selected RSET, the current sense resistor,
and the resistor from Mult Out to the current sense resistor, calculate CT for the desired PWM oscillator frequency
from the equation
CT =
RAC
= 220k
4
(where Vpk is the peak line voltage)
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−3.75V
= −250µA
15k
Also note that the multiplier output current will never exceed twice IAC.
Vpk 260VAC × √
2
=
= 910k
IACpk
400µA
RREF =
−3.75V
RSET
7
1.25
F × RSET
UC1854
UC2854
UC3854
FIGURE 1 - Typical Application
This diagram depicts a complete 250 Watt Preregulator. At full load, this preregulator will exhibit a power factor of 0.99
at any power line voltage between 80 and 260 VRMS. This same circuit can be used at higher power levels with minor
modifications to the power stage. See Design Note 39B and Application Note U-134 for further details.
UDG-92056-1
NOTE: Boost inductor can be fabricated with ARNOLD MPP toroidal core part number A-438381-2, using a 55 turn primary and a
13 turn secondary.
UNITRODE CORPORATION
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