Application Note 1491 ISL6721EVAL3Z: Resonant Reset Forward Converters for Low Power Applications Abstract Design Specifications Low cost, isolated power supplies with multiple outputs are common in many applications such as automotive, security monitoring, telecom, medical instruments, etc. For these applications, multiple output rails are needed for integrated circuits (IC) with different operation voltages on the same printed circuit board (PCB). Usually the voltage regulation of these outputs are not tight, and the current level not high. Isolation between the converter’s input and output is necessary for safety considerations and ground separation. Isolated power converters with multiple secondary side windings provide low cost solutions for these applications. Intersil’s isolated power family products support these applications with both double-ended PWM controllers (ISL6740, ISL67401, ISL6742, ISL6743, ISL6745), and singleended PWM controllers (ISL6840, ISL6841, ISL6842, ISL6843, ISL6844, ISL6845, ISL6721, ISL6722, and ISL6723). Single-ended flyback and forward converters based on ISL6721 are the most frequently used because of its high performance and low cost. The evaluation board ISL6721EVAL3Z aims at the following design specifications. The ISL6721EVAL3Z board serves as a reference design for single switch resonant reset forward converter with multiple outputs for typical industry applications that need isolation. It can be used for security monitoring systems where an input voltage range of 21.6V to 52.8V is typical for operation from a battery source of 24V or 48V with 10% tolerance. • Switching Frequency, . . . . . . . . . . . Fsw: 300kHz • Input Voltage Range, VIN: 21.6V DC to52.8V DC • Output Voltage 1, VOUT1: 12V with 5% Absolute Regulation • Output Current 1, IOUT1: 2.5A • Output Voltage 2, VOUT2: 18V with 5% Absolute Regulation • Output Current 2, IOUT2: 1A • Overall Output Power, POUT: 48W • Full Load Efficiency: 80% under all Line and Load Conditions • Output Voltage Ripple: 50mVP-P on each Rail • Minimum Load: 25% on 12V Rail, 20% on 18V Output. Description of Circuit Operation The ISL6721 is a high performance single-ended PWM controller intended for various isolated and non-isolated applications for telecom power supply, server power and industrial power supply. It can be used in various single transistor topologies including forward and flyback regulators, boost converters, buck-boost converters, and SEPIC converters. With the rich protection and control features, it provides optimal solutions for single ended current mode PWM controlled isolated power converters with minimum external components and high performance. A single switch forward topology has higher efficiency over the cheap flyback converters, and is widely accepted for less than 100W applications. However, the forward transformer needs to be reset within each switching cycle. There are mainly three reset methods, that is, reset winding plus diode, active clamp switch, and resonant reset with capacitor. In a resonant reset converter (RRF), a reset capacitor is connected to the drain source of the transistor. As the main switch is turned off, a resonance is developed between the magnetizing/leakage inductance and the equivalent resonant capacitor. The high voltage across the drain of the switch resets the core of the transformer. Only one switch is used, and it does not need a reset winding or diode. FIGURE 1. TOP AND BOTTOM VIEW OF THE PCB BOARD September 2, 2009 AN1491.0 1 CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures. 1-888-INTERSIL or 1-888-468-3774 | Intersil (and design) is a registered trademark of Intersil Americas Inc. Copyright Intersil Americas Inc. 2009. All Rights Reserved All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Application Note 1491 turned off, and the voltage across the drain of the transistor is clamped to VIN. VIN*NS/NP V DS V RES VOUT = VIN*D*NS/NP TX +VOUT + CT 0.5TRES V IN VDC t RETURN VDS CR I MAG I LM ΔI t D FIGURE 2. EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC OF A RESONANT RESET CONVERTER WITH TRANSFORMER Figure 2 shows the simplified schematic of the resonant reset forward converter. The reset capacitance is formed by the drain source of the transistor Coss, the winding capacitance of the transformer Ct, and the external capacitor Cr. The circuit operation of the converter in steady state includes three intervals in each switching period. At the very beginning, t = t1, the interval 1 begins as the switch turns on. The voltage across the transistor and the resonant capacitor drops to zero. The transformer is magnetized with the input voltage VIN. The magnetizing current linearly increases with the slope given by VIN/Lm. The primary switch current is the sum of the magnetizing current and the reflected secondary side load current. The typical current and voltage waveforms are shown in Figure 3. (EQ. 1) ΔI mag = ( ( Vin ) ⁄ ( L m ) )ton At the end of this interval, t = t2, the switch is turned off, and interval 2 begins. First, the resonant capacitor is quickly charged to VIN by magnetizing current plus the reflected load current. Then the magnetizing current keeps flowing and charges up the resonant capacitor in a resonant way with the resonant frequency mainly determined by the magnetizing inductance. The equivalent resonant capacitance as given in Equation 2, and then discharges through the magnetizing inductance, thus reset the transformer core. The peak of the voltage across the resonant capacitor is given in Equation 3. The peak voltage across the resonant capacitor is the resonant voltage plus input voltage at one forth of the resonant period, where ILM is 0.5ΔImag given in Equation 1. 1 f R = ------------------------------------------------------------------2π L m ( Coss + C r + C t ) (EQ. 2) V CR = V in + I LM ( L ) ⁄ ( C r + C t + Coss ) m (EQ. 3) As the voltage across the resonant reset capacitor resets to VIN, t = t3, the interval 3 begins. In the secondary side, both of the two diodes in each output channel of the secondary side are on. The primary transistor remains 2 V GATE tON tOFF t t1 t2 t3 T+t1 FIGURE 3. OPERATION WAVEFORMS DURING STEADY STATE Circuit Design Description The design of the power circuit and control circuit include the transformer design, main switch selection, rectifier diode selection, snubber selection, ISL6721 configuration, and will be detailed below. Primary Side Circuit Design The transformer design involves the following steps and may need several iterations for considerations of power loss, geometry and electric parameters. • Calculate the primary and secondary winding currents. • Select core geometry and material. • Calculate the maximum flux density of operation. • Select core size. • Calculate the turns ratio. • Calculate the wire gauge, number of strands, winding order and insulation requirements. • Estimate the losses. • Verify the design. For this design example, a commonly used low profile EFD20 core, 3F3 material (or equivalent), was selected with effective core cross-sectional area, Ae = 31mm2. From the datasheet of the core material the maximum operation flux density can be set at 1750 gauss with 50% margin. Based on the core losses, the operational maximum flux density will be tweaked during the course of the design. Given the maximum flux density, the number of primary turns can be calculated using Faraday’s Law, V = N dF/dt. Starting with a maximum AN1491.0 Application Note 1491 duty cycle assumption of 40% corresponding to low line, the minimum number of primary turns can be obtained from Equation 4. N V in • D max • T sw 21.6 • 0.4 • 3.3e – 6 min pmin = ------------------------------------------------------- = ----------------------------------------------------- = 5.3Turns 0.175 • 31e – 6 dB max • A e (EQ. 4) The number of turns on each secondary winding is derived by the voltage seen across the respective windings, which would be a diode drop (assumed to be 0.5V) greater than the nominal output voltage. In order to generate output voltages that are close to the specified values, the number of turns were rounded to the following numbers: copper loss estimate of about 0.68W. Assuming Eddy current losses to be approximately half the copper losses, the total loss in the transformer amounts to about 2.26W. The final transformer schematic is shown in Figure 4 and the stack-up of the windings is illustrated in Figure 5. PRIMARY PR IMARY AUXILIARY 6T • Np = 8 T • Nsec1 = 11 T 12V SECONDARY 11T 8T 18V SECONDARY 16T • Nsec2 = 16 T The outputs of the two secondary windings are calculated in Equation 5. V SEC1 = 12V + I 1 ⋅ DCR L1 + V f = 12.7V (EQ. 5) V SEC2 = 18V + I 2 ⋅ DCR L2 + V f = 18.75V 8T X2 -27 AWG PRIMARY – LAYER 1, PIN 2 TO 4 INSULATION TAPE Based on Equation 5, the actual maximum duty cycle can be calculated as shown in Equation 6. V sec 1 • N p 12.7 • 8 D max = ---------------------------------------- = ------------------------ ≅ 0.43 • N sec 1 21.6 • 11 V in (EQ. 6) min Now the actual maximum operation flux density can be computed using Equation 2, to be approximately 123mT. From the datasheet figures, the approximate core losses for a 120mT change in flux density is about 1.24W. To determine the wire gauge for the windings, skin effect is an important consideration. The skin effect can be calculated as shown in Equation 7. 2837 2837 D Skin = -------------- = -------------------------- = 5.18 3 F sw 300 ×10 FIGURE 4. TRANSFORMER SCHEMATIC (EQ. 7) mils Assuming a typical current density Jm of 1A per 500 circular mils, the minimum effective cross-sectional area of the primary windings can be computed to be 0.65, where IINAV is the average input current, that can be computed with an assumed typical efficiency of 86%. I in 2.58 • 500cirmils av A min = ------------ = ----------------------------------------------- = 0.65 1A Jm mm 2 (EQ. 8) Using 2 layers of 27AWG bifilar windings for the primary winding, a current density of 1.6A per 500 circular mils can be achieved. On similar lines, 2 layers of 27AWG unifilar windings were used for the 12V output, and 1 layer of double-stranded 27AWG windings was used for the 18V output. 16T X2 -27 AWG SECONDARY 18V, PIN 7 TO 8 11T X1 -27 AWG SECONDARY 12V, - LAYER 1 11T X1 -27 AWG SECONDARY 12V, - LAYER 2 INSULATION TAPE 6T X1 -30 AWG PRIMARY – AUXILIARY WINDING 8T X2 -27 AWG PRIMARY – LAYER 2, PIN 1 TO 3 FIGURE 5. TRANSFORMER WINDING STACK-UP The main switching MOSFET was selected with consideration of voltage and current stresses seen by the device, and other factors such as thermal package and cost. The peak voltage was assumed to be twice the maximum input voltage, due to the ring during the resonant reset period at a frequency set primarily by the magnetizing and leakage inductance of the transformer, the output capacitance, Coss of the switching MOSFET, the transformer winding capacitance and other parasitic elements on the node. With a maximum specified input voltage of 52.8V, providing a design margin of 30%, a 150V device such as 2SK3593-01 need to be used. The MOSFET losses comprise of conduction, switching and gate drive losses. The conduction losses due to the FET rdsON can be estimated as shown in Equation 9: 2 2 P cond = I inRMS • R dsON = 2.58 • 37.5mΩ = 250 max mW (EQ. 9) The switching losses due to the overlap between the voltage and current waveforms is about 890mW according to Equation 10, where x is typically a factor between 4 and 6. The copper losses can be estimated by calculating the DC and AC resistances, based on the core geometry and the size of the wires selected. A detailed evaluation gives a 3 AN1491.0 Application Note 1491 I inRMS ( tr + tf ) max P sw = V ds • ------------------------------ • F sw • ------------------D max 2•x max (EQ. 10) –9 3 ( 30 + 25 ) ×10 2.58 = 105.6 • ----------- • 300 ×10 • ---------------------------------------2•6 0.42 The gate charge loss is about 23mW according to Equation 11. The total MOSFET losses calculate out to be about 1.15W. P gate = Q g 3 max • V gs • F sw = 7.8nC • 10 • 300 ×10 = 23.5m W (EQ. 11) Secondary Side Circuit Design The output rectifiers need to have a low Vf at the output operating current to minimize the power loss, short reverse recovery period, and an appropriate peak breakdown voltage rating. The breakdown voltage can be estimated as shown in Equation 12. N sec 1 ⎛ ⎞ • ---------------- – V f⎟ • 1.3 V R = ⎜ V in N max ⎝ ⎠ p (EQ. 12) Equation 12 yields a minimum voltage breakdown of voltage levels of 93.7V for the 12V rectifier, and 136.6V for the 18V diode selection. However, to account for the large di/dt spikes and the reflected resonant reset voltages observed, a 200V Schottky rectifier was selected for both outputs. A D2PAK package was selected for its low thermal resistance characteristics. Assuming a junction temperature of +100°C, the forward drop on the diodes is about 0.48V according to the datasheet of the device. The full load diode loss is about 1.2W on the 12V output, and 0.48W on the 18V output rectifiers. A ring of about 20MHz was observed on the diode waveforms. An RC snubber is needed on the 12V output across the freewheeling diode to provide sufficient damping. Based on the body capacitance of the diode, the snubber resistor can be selected as shown in Equation 13. 1 1 R sn ≅ ------------------------------------------------------ = -------------------------------------------------------------- = 15.91Ω 2 • π • f ring • C diode 2 • π • 20MHz • 500pF (EQ. 13) A 20Ω resistor was selected for this application. The snubber capacitor was chosen based on the formula in Equation 14. 1 1 C sn ≅ ------------------------------------- = ---------------------------------------------- = 796pF π • f ring • R sn π • 20MHz • 20Ω (EQ. 14) An 820pF capacitor is used in this application. A 1Ω resistor is used to handle the power loss given by Equation 15. 2 2 The output filter inductor selection is pretty straightforward. Since the volt-second product across the inductor is constant, the output inductance can be calculated with either the on time or the off time. Assuming DI to be the minimum load at which the output is critically continuous at low line, the inductance value can be calculated as in Equation 16, where VL is the inductor voltage, VS is the voltage across the secondary winding, VOUT is the output voltage. ⎛ V IN • N S ⎞ ⎜ ----------------------- – V f – V o⎟ ⎝ NP ⎠ D max L = ------------------------------------------------------ • --------------F sw ΔI (EQ. 16) The border for continuous mode of conduction was set at 25% of full load on the 12V output and 20% on the 18V output at low line. Using Equation 16, the inductor values were chosen to be 39µH and 180µH respectively. These are off-the-shelf drum core, surface-mount shielded inductors. Care was taken to accommodate operation under an overcurrent condition before shutdown occurs. This is reflected in the current rating of the inductors selected. Two important factors to consider while selecting the output capacitor would be the ripple current rating and the ESR. The worst-case pk-pk ripple current can be calculated from Equation 17 corresponding to high line voltage or minimum duty cycle. Using the inductance values selected, and providing a 50% margin, the maximum RMS ripple current, ΔΙ/√3 calculates out to be about 0.98A on the 12V output and about 0.32A on the 18V rail. Using these numbers for RMS ripple current seen by the inductor and the maximum DCR numbers from the datasheet, the total I2R losses across the chokes can be estimated at about 0.81W. In order to keep the voltage ripple below 50mV, the maximum ESR of the capacitor can be calculated from Equation 17. VoltageRipple ESR ≤ -----------------------------------------RippleCurrent (EQ. 17) Providing a margin factor of 2 to compensate for increase in ESR over-temperature, the maximum allowable ESRs for the 12V and the 18V capacitors are 24mW and 88mW respectively. Since the outputs are regulated, the output voltage ratings on the capacitors selected are 16V and 25V respectively. Low ESR OSCONs were selected with high ripple current ratings, to account for the nature of the continually switching loads. Ceramic capacitors were added to share the stress on the filter capacitors, and for high frequency decoupling. The power losses estimation can be summarized in Table 1, and correspondingly the full load efficiency is about 87% at low line. 3 P sn = C • V diode • F sw = 820pF • 52.8 • 300 ×10 = 0.69W (EQ. 15) 4 AN1491.0 Application Note 1491 TABLE 1. POWER LOSS ANALYSIS POWER DISSIPATED (WATTS) DEVICE Transformer 2.26 Rectifiers 1.68 Primary MOSFET 1.13 Chokes 0.81 Snubber 0.69 Fixed Control Estimate 0.5 Capacitors and CST 0.07 Total Loss Estimate 7.14 Feedback, OCP and Slope Compensation Slope compensation is a technique to add additional slope to the current signal for current mode PWM with duty ratio larger than 50% to improve noise immunity. The downslope required is assumed to be 150mV during the off time, for a slope compensation corresponding to the maximum duty cycle of 42% (see Equation 18). 3 150mV • F sw 150mV • 300 ×10 mV Downslope = ------------------------------------ = ------------------------------------------------ ≅ 78 --------( 1 – D max ) ( 1 – 0.42 ) μs (EQ. 18) I OCP = I in • 1.3 I inRMS 2.58 • 1.3 max • 1.3 = -------------------------------------------- = ------------------------- = 7.8A 0.43 D max peak (EQ. 21) account the additional voltage on the current sense signal induced by the slope compensation s shown in Equation 22. V ISET = ( V ISENSE • 0.8 ) + 0.1 + V slope (EQ. 22) From Equation 17, VISENSE needs to be about 1.015V. The current sense resistor can be selected according to Equation 23. V ISENSE • N 1.015 • 50 CST R sense = --------------------------------------------- = --------------------------- = 6.5Ω 7.8 I OCP (EQ. 23) A 6.49Ω, 1% resistor can be used. The current sense signal is filtered by means of an RC filter, with a detection time constant of about 100ns. The small signal model for multiple-output current mode control and the compensation network design is available in the ISL6721 datasheet. The feedback of the two outputs has been weighted at 80-20% between the 12V and 18V, to provide the 12V rail with the tighter regulation. The amount of voltage that needs to be added to the current sense signal is given by Equation 19. 0.42 Downslope D max 1 78 V slope = --------------------------------- • --------------- = --- • ------------------ • ---------------------- ≅ 55mV –3 3 F sw 2 2 300 ×10 1 ×10 (EQ. 19) From the datasheet, the minimum capacitance required for slope compensation is shown in Equation 20. C slope 6 6 4.24 ×10 D max 4.24 ×10 0.42 = ------------------------ • --------------- = ------------------------ • ---------------------- ≅ 108pF 3 F V 55mV min slope sw 300 ×10 (EQ. 20) An appropriate value for slope compensation capacitance would be between 1/2 and 1/3 of the calculated minimum value, giving a range between 36pF and 53pF. The effective slope voltage added to the current sense signal can be calculated according to Equation 19, which is about 160mV with the equivalent capacitance 47pF. The current level that corresponds to the overcurrent threshold must be chosen to allow for the dynamic behavior of a wide-input voltage range converter. The current limit threshold, ISET was set using a simple resistor divider at 1.07V, which is near its maximum value, in order to minimize noise effects. Setting the current limit to about 130% of maximum output power, corresponding to maximum duty cycle or low line, the current sense components can be calculated as follows in Equation 21. Selecting a current sense transformer with a turns ratio of 1:50, the burden resistor needs to be set, taking into 5 AN1491.0 Application Note 1491 Typical Performance Characteristics TABLE 3. REGULATION AND EFFICIENCY - VIN = 34V VIN = 34.0V The major performance will be examined in terms of efficiency, and load/line regulation, and shown in Tables 2 through 4 for input voltages VIN = 22V, 34V and 52.8V, respectively. The performance closely matches the design specifications. While the efficiency varies over different combinations of line and load, the full-load efficiency target of 80% has been comfortably met under all input voltage conditions. As expected, the worst regulation is seen at extreme input voltage conditions, and when one rail is at full load with the other rail at minimum load. Since the feedback has been weighted at 80% to 20% between the 12V and 18V, to provide the 12V rail with the tighter regulation. The regulation of the 18V output is well maintained for normal operation conditions, while becomes loose as either one of the outputs is less than 20% of full load. IOUT1 (A) IOUT 2 (A) VOUT1 (V) VOUT2 (V) IIN (A) EFFICIENC Y (%) 0.5 0.2 12.021 17.800 0.3580 78.63 0.5 0.4 12.012 17.663 0.4720 81.45 1.0 0.2 11.982 17.925 0.5570 82.20 0.5 0.6 12.022 17.578 0.5860 83.10 1.0 0.4 11.996 17.813 0.6720 83.69 0.5 0.8 12.031 17.503 0.7000 84.11 1.5 0.2 11.917 18.026 0.7610 83.02 1.0 0.6 12.004 17.737 0.8580 77.63 0.5 1.0 12.038 17.427 0.8160 84.51 1.5 0.4 11.983 17.924 0.8790 84.13 1.0 0.8 12.011 17.668 0.9060 84.88 2.0 0.2 11.956 18.134 0.9680 83.67 TABLE 2. REGULATION AND EFFICIENCY - VIN = 21.6V 1.5 0.6 11.991 17.845 0.9980 84.56 VIN = 21.6V 1.0 1.0 12.015 17.600 1.0260 84.90 2.0 0.4 11.968 18.025 1.0890 84.12 1.5 0.8 11.998 17.775 1.1170 84.83 2.5 0.2 11.943 18.281 1.1829 83.33 2.0 0.6 11.977 17.945 1.2110 84.33 1.5 1.0 12.004 17.706 1.2400 84.71 2.5 0.4 11.957 18.137 1.3060 83.66 2.0 0.8 11.983 17.873 1.3330 84.43 2.5 0.6 11.965 18.053 1.4310 83.74 2.0 1.0 11.990 17.803 1.4580 84.29 2.5 0.8 11.972 17.980 1.5550 83.82 2.5 1.0 11.978 17.909 1.6830 83.63 IOUT1 (A) IOUT2 (A) VOUT1 (V) VOUT2 (V) IIN (A) EFFICIENC Y (%) 0.5 0.2 11.989 17.779 0.5110 86.53 0.5 0.4 12.003 17.677 0.6830 88.61 1.0 0.2 11.978 17.919 0.8110 88.84 0.5 0.6 12.013 17.598 0.8570 89.49 1.0 0.4 11.989 17.823 0.9880 89.59 0.5 0.8 12.022 17.524 1.0310 89.94 1.5 0.2 11.963 18.029 1.1220 88.92 1.0 0.6 11.997 17.744 1.1690 89.68 0.5 1.0 12.031 17.449 1.2110 89.70 1.5 0.4 11.977 17.935 1.3061 89.11 1.0 0.8 12.003 17.673 1.3490 89.71 2.0 0.2 11.957 18.165 1.4440 88.32 1.5 0.6 11.988 17.859 1.4930 88.99 1.0 1.0 12.009 17.606 1.5360 89.26 2.0 0.4 11.969 18.049 1.6340 88.28 1.5 0.8 11.997 17.788 1.6800 88.81 2.5 0.2 11.937 18.314 1.7790 87.19 2.0 0.6 11.979 17.967 1.8270 88.03 1.5 1.0 12.005 17.719 1.8730 88.31 2.5 0.4 11.954 18.166 1.9760 87.04 2.0 0.8 11.987 17.895 2.0210 87.71 2.5 0.6 11.966 18.077 2.1780 86.64 2.0 1.0 11.995 17.826 2.2220 87.13 2.5 0.8 11.974 18.005 2.3790 86.29 2.5 1.0 11.983 17.936 2.5890 85.64 6 TABLE 4. REGULATION AND EFFICIENCY VIN = 52.8V VIN = 52.8V IOUT1 (A) IOUT 2 (A) VOUT1 (V) VOUT2 (V) IIN (A) EFFICIENC Y (%) 0.5 0.2 12.010 17.823 0.2590 69.98 0.5 0.4 12.027 17.677 0.3320 74.64 1.0 0.2 11.993 17.955 0.3870 76.27 0.5 0.6 12.040 17.557 0.4060 77.22 1.0 0.4 12.012 17.806 0.4620 78.44 0.5 0.8 12.050 17.447 0.4790 79.01 1.5 0.2 11.984 18.041 0.5200 78.61 1.0 0.6 12.024 17.712 0.5380 79.74 0.5 1.0 12.054 17.342 0.5530 80.04 1.5 0.4 12.001 17.904 0.5960 79.96 1.0 0.8 12.030 17.638 0.6130 80.76 AN1491.0 Application Note 1491 TABLE 4. REGULATION AND EFFICIENCY VIN = 52.8V (Continued) VIN = 52.8V IOUT1 (A) IOUT 2 (A) VOUT1 (V) VOUT2 (V) IIN (A) EFFICIENC Y (%) 2.0 0.2 11.968 18.140 0.6540 79.82 1.5 0.6 12.010 17.828 0.6730 80.80 1.0 1.0 12.033 17.560 0.6890 81.35 2.0 0.4 11.983 18.014 0.7310 80.76 1.5 0.8 12.015 17.757 0.7490 81.49 2.5 0.2 11.942 18.259 0.7910 80.23 2.0 0.6 11.991 17.934 0.8090 81.33 1.5 1.0 12.018 17.683 0.8270 81.78 2.5 0.4 11.960 18.111 0.8680 81.05 2.0 0.8 11.999 17.866 0.8860 81.85 2.5 0.6 11.967 18.027 0.9470 81.46 2.0 1.0 12.006 17.794 0.9650 82.05 2.5 0.8 11.970 17.950 1.0250 81.83 2.5 1.0 11.970 17.877 1.1040 82.01 FIGURE 7. DRAIN-SOURCE VOLTAGE FOR VIN = 25V, ILOAD12V = 0.5A, ILOAD18V = 0.5A Operation Waveforms The schematics and bill of material are shown at the end of this application note. Gerber files of this evaluation board are available upon request. Typical performance waveforms can be found in Figures 6 through 9. Figure 6 shows the start-up waveform of the output voltages of the two rails, 12V and 18V. With the external soft-start up capacitor, this period can be configured conveniently. Figures 7, 8 and 9 show the drain-source voltages of the primary side MOSFET for input 25V and 50V, respectively. The three intervals of operations can be easily observed. FIGURE 6. START-UP WITH 32V INPUT, IOUT1 = 2A, IOUT2 = 1A FIGURE 8. DRAIN SOURCE VOLTAGE FOR VIN = 50V, ILOAD12V = 0.5A, ILOAD18V = 0.5A FIGURE 9. DRAIN-SOURCE VOLTAGE FOR VIN = 32V, ILOAD12V = 2A, ILOAD18V = 1A Reference: ISL6721 datasheet FN9110, Intersil Corporation ISL6745 datasheet FN9161, Intersil Corporation 7 AN1491.0 Schematic of ISL6721EVAL3 8 R6 Application Note 1491 R5 AN1491.0 Application Note 1491 TABLE 5. BILL OF MATERIALS PART NUMBER REFERENCE QTY UNIT DESIGNATOR ISL6721EVAL3Z 1 ea 16ME1800WG 1 ea 35ME330AX 1 C3225X7R1C226M-T C3225X7R1E106M-T DESCRIPTION MFR PWB-PCB, ISL6721EVAL3Z, REVA, ROHS TBD C19 RADIAL, 10x23, 1800µF, 16V, 20%, 12mW, ALUM. ELEC., ROHS SANYO ea C15 CAP, RADIAL, 10x20mm, 330µF, 35V, 20%, ALUM. ELEC., ROHS SANYO 1 ea C16 CAP, SMD, 1210, 22µF, 16V,2 0%, X7R, ROHS TDK 1 ea C14 CAP, SMD, 1210, 10µF, 25V, 20%, X7R, ROHS TDK C3225X7R2A105M-T 1 ea C1B CAP, SMD, 1210, 1.0µF, 100V, 20%, X7R, ROHS TDK EEV-FK1J221Q 1 ea C1A CAP, SMD, H13, 220µF, 63V,2 0%, ALUM. ELEC PANASONIC H1045-0010425V10T 3 ea C20 to C22 CAP, SMD, 0603, 0.1µF, 25V, 10%, X7R, ROHS MURATA H1045-00151-50V5-T 1 ea C13 CAP, SMD, 0603, 150pF, 50V, 5%, NPO, ROHS PANASONIC H1045-00153-25V10T 1 ea C12 CAP, SMD, 0603, 0.015µF, 25V, 10%, X7R, ROHS PANASONIC H1045-00221-100V5-T 1 ea C7 CAP, SMD, 0603, 220pF, 100V, 5%, C0G, ROHS VENKEL H1045-00224-25V20-T 3 ea C9 to C11 CAP, SMD, 0603, 0.22µF, 25V, 20%, X7R, ROHS VENKEL H1045-00390-50V5-T 1 ea C3 CAP, SMD, 0603, 39pF, 50V, 5%, NPO, ROHS PANASONIC H1045-00471-50V5-T 1 ea C5 CAP, SMD, 0603, 470pF, 50V, 5%, NPO, ROHS PANASONIC H1045-00684-10V10-T 1 ea C8 CAP, SMD, 0603, 0.68µF, 10V, 10%, X5R, ROHS MURATA H1046-00471-100V5-T 1 ea C18 CAP, SMD, 0805, 470pF, 100V, 5%, NPO, ROHS PANASONIC GA355DR7GC152KY0L 1 ea C6 CAP, SMD, 2220, 1500pF, 250V, 10%, X7R, ROHS MURATA MHS5022-390-TM 1 ea L1 COIL-PWR INDUCTOR, SMD, 16x22, 39µH, 20%, 4A, 0.0860W MSR ELECTRONICS,INC MOS-5022-181-TM 1 ea L2 COIL-PWR INDUCTOR, SMD, 18x15, 180µH, 20%, 1.9A, SHILEDED MSR ELECTRONICS,INC 131-4353-00 0 ea DNP CONN-SCOPE PROBE TEST PT, COMPACT, PCB MNT, ROHS TEKTRONIX 1514-2 6 ea P1 to P6 CONN-TURRET, TERMINAL POST, TH, ROHS KEYSTONE BAT54C-T 2 ea D1, D4 DIODE-RECTIFIER, SMD, SOT23, 3P, 30V, 200mA, ROHS FAIRCHILD ES1C-13-F 1 ea D7 DIODE-RECTIFIER, SMD, 2P, SMA, 150V, 1A, ROHS DIODES INC. MBRB20200CTG 2 ea D5, D6 DIODE-RECTIFIER, SMD, D2PAK, 3P, 200V, 20A, ROHS ON SEMICONDUCTOR MMBZ5240B-7-F-T 2 ea D3, D8 DIODE-ZENER, SMD, SOT-23, 3P, 10V, 350mW, ROHS DIODES INC. MMBZ5242B-7-F-T 1 ea D2 DIODE-ZENER, SMD, SOT-23, 3P, 12V, 350mW, ROHS DIODES, INC. ISL6721AVZ 1 ea U1 IC-FLEXIBLE PWM CONTROLLER, 16P, TSSOP, ROHS INTERSIL PS2801-1-A 1 ea U2 IC-HI ISO PHOTOCOUPLER, 4P, SSOP, ROHS CALIFORNIA EASTERN LABORATORIES SPX431LM-L 1 ea U3 IC-ADJ. PREC.SHUNT REGULATOR, 3P, SOT-23, ROHS SIPEX 2SK3593-01 1 ea Q1 TRANSISTOR-MOS, N-CHANNEL, SMD, TFP, 150V, 57A,ROHS FUJI ELECTRIC MJD31CG 1 ea Q3 TRANSISTOR, NPN, 3P, DPAK369C, 100V, 3A, BIPOLAR, ROHS ON SEMICONDUCTOR MMBT2222ALT1G-T 1 ea Q2 TRANSISTOR, NPN, 3LD, SOT23, 40V, 600mA, ROHS H2511-00100-1/16W1-T 1 ea R19 RES, SMD, 0603, 10W, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS 9 PANASONIC AN1491.0 Application Note 1491 PART NUMBER REFERENCE QTY UNIT DESIGNATOR DESCRIPTION MFR H2511-01001-1/10W1-T 1 ea R11 RES, SMD, 0603, 1k, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2511-01002-1/10W1-T 2 ea R10, R14 RES, SMD, 0603, 10k, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS KOA H2511-01003-1/16W1-T 2 ea R16, R17 RES, SMD, 0603, 100k, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2511-01152-1/16W1-T 1 ea R24 RES, SMD, 0603, 11.5k, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2511-01212-1/16W1-T 1 ea R4 RES, SMD, 0603, 12.1k, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2511-01272-1/16W1-T 1 ea R12 RES, SMD, 0603, 12.7k, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2511-02002-1/10W1-T 1 ea R13 RES, SMD, 0603, 20k, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS VENKEL H2511-02200-1/10W1-T 1 ea R3 RES, SMD, 0603, 220W, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS YAGEO H2511-02491-1/10W1-T 1 ea R23 RES, SMD, 0603, 2.49k, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS KOA H2511-03652-1/16W1-T 1 ea R15 RES, SMD, 0603, 36.5k, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2511-04990-1/10W1-T 1 ea R21 RES, SMD, 0603, 499W, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS KOA H2511-05111-1/16W1-T 1 ea R18 RES, SMD, 0603, 5.11k, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2511-05112-1/10W1-T 2 ea R7, R22 RES, SMD, 0603, 51.1k, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS VENKEL H2511-05R11-1/10W1-T 1 ea R26 RES, SMD, 0603, 5.11W, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS YAGEO H2511-06R49-1/10W1-T 1 ea R8 RES, SMD, 0603, 6.49W, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS VENKEL H2511-07500-1/10W1-T 1 ea R20 RES,SMD, 0603, 750W, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS VENKEL H2511-08872-1/16W1-T 1 ea R25 RES, SMD, 0603, 88.7k, 1/16W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2512-01001-1/10W1-T 1 ea R28 RES, SMD, 0805, 1k, 1/10W, 1%, TF, ROHS PANASONIC H2513-01000-1/4W1-T 2 ea R5, R6 RES, SMD, 1206, 100W, 1/4W, 1%, TF, ROHS STACKPOLE H2515-00200-1W5 1 ea R2 RES, SMD, 2512, 20W, 1W, 5%, TF, ROHS MCS-2050-TM 1 ea T2 TRANSFORM-CURRENT SENSE, SMD, 6P, 0.7mH, 25%, MSR 20A ELECTRONICS,INC MGPWT-00140-REVA 1 ea T1 TRANSFORMER-SMD, 12P, 90µH, 30%, CUSTOM REVA, CoEV/TYCO ROHS SJ-5003-BLACK 4 ea Four Corners. 8x12-STATIC-BAG 1 ea BUMPONS, 0.44in Wx0.20in H, DOMETOP, BLACK 3M Place Assembled PCB in Bag. BAG, STATIC, 8x12, ZIP LOC INTERSIL COMMON STOCK DNP 0 ea C2, C4, C17 DO NOT POPULATE OR PURCHASE DNP 0 ea R1, R9, R2 DO NOT POPULATE OR PURCHASE LABEL-SERIAL NUMBER 1 ea LABEL, FOR SERIAL NUMBER AND BOM REV # Intersil Corporation reserves the right to make changes in circuit design, software and/or specifications at any time without notice. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned to verify that the Application Note or Technical Brief is current before proceeding. For information regarding Intersil Corporation and its products, see www.intersil.com 10 AN1491.0