application INFO available UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B High Speed PWM Controller FEATURES DESCRIPTION • Improved versions of the UC3823/UC3825 PWMs The UC3823A & B and the UC3825A & B family of PWM control ICs are improved versions of the standard UC3823 & UC3825 family. Performance enhancements have been made to several of the circuit blocks. Error amplifier gain bandwidth product is 12MHz while input offset voltage is 2mV. Current limit threshold is guaranteed to a tolerance of 5%. Oscillator discharge current is specified at 10mA for accurate dead time control. Frequency accuracy is improved to 6%. Startup supply current, typically 100µA, is ideal for off-line applications. The output drivers are redesigned to actively sink current during UVLO at no expense to the startup current specification. In addition each output is capable of 2A peak currents during transitions. • Compatible with Voltage or Current-Mode Topologies • Practical Operation at Switching Frequencies to 1MHz • 50ns Propagation Delay to Output • High Current Dual Totem Pole Outputs (2A Peak) • Trimmed Oscillator Discharge Current • Low 100µA Startup Current • Pulse-by-Pulse Current Limiting Comparator • Latched Overcurrent Comparator With Full Cycle Restart Functional improvements have also been implemented in this family. The UC3825 shutdown comparator is now a high-speed overcurrent comparator with a threshold of 1.2V. The overcurrent comparator sets a latch that ensures full discharge of the soft start capacitor before allowing a restart. While the fault latch is set, the outputs are in the low state. In the event of continuous faults, the soft start capacitor is fully charged before discharge to insure that the fault frequency does not exceed the designed soft start period. The UC3825 Clock pin has become CLK/LEB. This pin combines the functions of clock output and leading edge blanking adjustment and has been buffered for easier interfacing. (continued) BLOCK DIAGRAM * Note: 1823A,B Version Toggles Q and Q are always low SLUS334A - AUGUST 1995 - REVISED NOVEMBER 2000 UDG-95101 UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B DESCRIPTION (cont.) ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS The UC3825A,B has dual alternating outputs and the same pin configuration of the UC3825. The UC3823A,B outputs operate in phase with duty cycles from zero to less than 100%. The pin configuration of the UC3823A,B is the same as the UC3823 except pin 11 is now an output pin instead of the reference pin to the current limit comparator. “A” version parts have UVLO thresholds identical to the original UC3823/25. The “B” versions have UVLO thresholds of 16 and 10V, intended for ease of use in off-line applications. Supply Voltage (VC, VCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22V Output Current, Source or Sink (Pins OUTA, OUTB) DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5A Pulse (0.5µs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2A Power Ground (PGND). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.2V Analog Inputs (INV, NI, RAMP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –0.3V to 7V (ILIM, SS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –0.3V to 6V Clock Output Current (CLK/LEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –5mA Error Amplifier Output Current (EAOUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5mA Soft Start Sink Current (SS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20mA Oscillator Charging Current (RT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –5mA Power Dissipation at TA = 60°C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1W Storage Temperature Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . –65°C to +150°C Junction Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –55°C to +150°C Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300°C Consult Application Note U-128 for detailed technical and applications information. Contact the factory for further packaging and availability information. Device UVLO Dmax UC3823A 9.2V/8.4V < 100% UC3823B 16V/10V < 100% UC3825A 9.2V/8.4V < 50% UC3825B 16V/10V < 50% All currents are positive into, negative out of the specified terminal. Consult Packaging Section of Databook for thermal limitations and considerations of packages. CONNECTION DIAGRAMS PLCC-20, LCC-20, (Top View) Q, L Packages DIL-16, SOIC-16, (Top View) J or N Package; DW Package ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Unless otherwise stated, these specifications apply for TA = –55°C to +125°C for the UC1823A,B and UC1825A,B; –40°C to +85°C for the UC2823A,B and UC2825A,B; 0°C to +70°C for the UC3823A,B and UC3825A,B; RT = 3.65k, CT = 1nF, VCC = 12V, TA = TJ. PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS 5.05 5.1 5.15 V 2 15 mV 20 mV 5.17 V Reference Section Output Voltage TJ = 25°C, Io = 1mA Line Regulation 12 < VCC < 20V Load Regulation 1mA < IO < 10mA Total Output Variation Line, Load, Temp 5 5.03 Temperature Stability TMIN < TA < TMAX (Note 1) 0.2 Output Noise Voltage 10Hz < f < 10kHz (Note 1) 50 Long Term Stability TJ = 125°C, 1000 hours (Note 1) Short Circuit Current VREF = 0V 30 2 0.4 mV/°C µVRMS 5 25 mV 60 90 mA UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Unless otherwise stated, these specifications apply for TA = –55°C to +125°C for the UC1823A,B and UC1825A,B; –40°C to +85°C for the UC2823A,B and UC2825A,B; 0°C to +70°C for the UC3823A,B and UC3825A,B; RT = 3.65k, CT = 1nF, VCC = 12V, TA = TJ. PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS 400 425 kHz 450 kHz Oscillator Section Initial Accuracy TJ = 25°C (Note 1) 375 Total Variation Line, Temperature (Note 1) 350 Voltage Stability 12V < VCC < 20V Temperature Stability TMIN < TA < TMAX (Note 1) 1 5 Initial Accuracy RT = 6.6k, CT = 220pF, TA = 25°C (Note 1) 0.9 Total Variation RT = 6.6k, CT = 220pF (Note 1) 0.85 Clock Out High 1 % % 1.1 MHz 1.15 MHz 3.7 4 0 0.2 V Ramp Peak 2.6 2.8 3 V Ramp Valley 0.7 1 1.25 V Ramp Valley to Peak 1.6 1.8 2 V 9 10 11 mA Clock Out Low Oscillator Discharge Current RT = Open, VCT = 2V V Error Amplifier Section Input Offset Voltage Input Bias Current Input Offset Current 2 10 mV 0.6 3 µA 0.1 1 µA Open Loop Gain 1V < VO < 4V 60 95 dB CMRR 1.5V < VCM < 5.5V PSRR 12V < VCC < 20V 75 95 dB 85 110 dB Output Sink Current VEAOUT = 1V Output Source Current VEAOUT = 4V 1 2.5 mA –0.5 –1.3 mA Output High Voltage IEAOUT = –0.5mA 4.5 4.7 5 V Output Low Voltage IEAOUT = 1mA 0 0.5 1 V Gain Bandwidth Product F = 200kHz 6 12 MHz Slew Rate (Note 1) 6 9 V/µs PWM Comparator RAMP Bias Current VRAMP = 0V –8 µA 0 % 375 450 ns –1 Minimum Duty Cycle Maximum Duty Cycle 85 Leading Edge Blanking R = 2k, C = 470pF 300 % LEB Resistor VCLK/LEB = 3V 8.5 10 11.5 kohm EAOUT Zero D.C. Threshold VRAMP = 0V 1.1 1.25 1.4 V Delay to Output VEAOUT = 2.1V, VRAMP = 0 to 2V Step (Note 1) 50 80 ns 20 µA Current Limit/Start Sequence/Fault Section Soft Start Charge Current VSS = 2.5V Full Soft Start Threshold Restart Discharge Current VSS = 2.5V 8 14 4.3 5 100 250 350 µA 0.3 0.5 V 15 µA 1 1.05 V Restart Threshold ILIM Bias Current 0 < VILIM < 2V Current Limit Threshold 0.95 3 V UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Unless otherwise stated, these specifications apply for TA = –55°C to +125°C for the UC1823A,B and UC1825A,B; –40°C to +85°C for the UC2823A,B and UC2825A,B; 0°C to +70°C for the UC3823A,B and UC3825A,B; RT = 3.65k, CT = 1nF, VCC = 12V, TA = TJ. PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS 1.14 1.2 1.26 V 50 80 ns IOUT = 20mA 0.25 0.4 V IOUT = 200mA 1.2 2.2 V IOUT = 20mA 1.9 2.9 V V Current Limit/Start Sequence/Fault Section (cont.) Over Current Threshold ILIM Delay to Output VILIM = 0 to 2V Step (Note 1) Output Section Output Low Saturation Output High Saturation 2 3 UVLO Output Low Saturation IOUT = 200mA IO = 20mA 0.8 1.2 V Rise/Fall Time CL = 1nF (Note 1) 20 45 ns Start Threshold UCX823B and X825B only 16 17 V Stop Threshold UCX823B and X825B only 9 10 UVLO Hysteresis UCX823B and X825B only 5 6 7 V Start Threshold UCX823A and X825A only 8.4 9.2 9.6 V UVLO Hysteresis UCX823A and X825A only 0.4 0.8 1.2 V 100 300 µA 28 36 mA UnderVoltage Lockout V Supply Current VC = VCC = VTH(start) –0.5V Startup Current Icc Note 1:Guaranteed by design. Not 100% tested in production. APPLICATIONS INFORMATION Oscillator OSCILLATOR The UC3823A,B/3825A,B oscillator is a saw tooth. The rising edge is governed by a current controlled by the RT pin and value of capacitance at the CT pin. The falling edge of the sawtooth sets dead time for the outputs. Selection of RT should be done first, based on desired maximum duty cycle. CT can then be chosen based on desired frequency, RT, and DMAX. The design equations are: RT = CT = 3V (10mA)(1 – D MAX ) (1.6 • DMAX ) (RT • F ) Recommended values for RT range from 1k to 100k. Control of DMAX less than 70% is not recommended. 4 UDG-95102 UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B APPLICATIONS INFORMATION (cont.) OSCILLATOR (cont.) Maximum Duty Cycle vs RT Curve Oscillator Frequency vs. RT and CT Curve UDG-95103 UDG-95104 LEADING EDGE BLANKING LEB Operational Waveforms The UC3823A,B/3825A,B performs fixed frequency pulse width modulation control. The UC3823A,B outputs operate together at the switching frequency and can vary from 0 to some value less than 100%. The UC3825A,B outputs are alternately controlled. During every other cycle, one output will be off. Each output then, switches at one-half the oscillator frequency, varying in duty cycle from 0 to less than 50%. To limit maximum duty cycle, the internal clock pulse blanks both outputs low during the discharge time of the oscillator. On the falling edge of the clock, the appropriate output(s) is driven high. The end of the pulse is controlled by the PWM comparator, current limit comparator, or the overcurrent comparator. Normally the PWM comparator will sense a ramp crossing a control voltage (error amp output) and terminate the pulse. Leading edge blanking (LEB) causes the PWM comparator to be ignored for a fixed amount of time after the start of the pulse. This allows noise inherent with switched mode power conversion to be rejected. The PWM ramp input may not require any filtering as result of leading edge blanking. UDG-95105 tLEB = 0.5 • (R | | 10k) • C. Values of R less than 2k should not be used Leading edge blanking is also applied to the current limit comparator. After LEB, if the ILIM pin exceeds the one volt threshold, the pulse is terminated. The over current comparator, however, is not blanked. It will catch catastrophic over current faults without a blanking delay. Any time the ILIM pin exceeds 1.2V, the fault latch will be set and the outputs driven low. For this reason, some noise filtering may be required on the ILIM pin. To program a Leading Edge Blanking period, connect a capacitor, C, to CLK/LEB. The discharge time set by C and the internal 10k resistor will determine the blanked interval. The 10k resistor has a 10% tolerance. For more accuracy, an external 2k 1% resistor, R, can be added, resulting in an equivalent resistance of 1.66k with a tolerance of 2.4%. The design equation is: 5 UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B APPLICATIONS INFORMATION (cont.) UVLO, SOFT START AND FAULT MANAGEMENT Soft Start and Fault Waveforms Soft start is programmed by a capacitor on the SS pin. At power up, SS is discharged. When SS is low, the error amp output is also forced low. As the internal 9µA source charges the SS pin, the error amp output follows until closed loop regulation takes over. Anytime ILIM exceeds 1.2V, the fault latch will be set and the output pins will be driven low. The soft start cap is then discharged by a 250µA current sink. No more output pulses are allowed until soft start is fully discharged, and ILIM is below 1.2V. At this point the fault latch will be reset and the chip will execute a soft start. Should the fault latch be set during soft start, the outputs will be immediately terminated, but the soft start cap will not be discharged until it has been fully charged. This re- UDG-95106 sults in a controlled hiccup interval for continuous fault conditions. ACTIVE LOW OUTPUTS DURING UVLO The UVLO function forces the outputs to be low and considers both VCC and VREF before allowing the chip to operate. Output V and I During UVLO Simplified Schematic UDG-95108 UDG-95107 PWM APPLICATIONS Voltage Mode Current Mode UDG-95109 UDG-95110 6 UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B APPLICATIONS INFORMATION (cont.) SYNCHRONIZATION Operational Waveforms The oscillator can be synchronized by an external pulse inserted in series with the timing capacitor. Program the free running frequency of the oscillator to be 10 to 15% slower than the desired synchronous frequency. The pulse width should be greater than 10ns and less than half the discharge time of the oscillator. The rising edge of the CLK/LEB pin can be used to generate a synchronizing pulse for other chips. Note that, the CLK/LEB pin will no longer accept an incoming synchronizing signal. General Oscillator Synchronization UDG-95112 Two Units UDG-95111 UDG-95113 HIGH CURRENT OUTPUTS Power MOSFET Drive Circuit Each totem pole output of the UC3823A,B and UC3825A,B can deliver a 2 amp peak current into a capacitive load. The output can slew a 1000pF capacitor 15 volts in approximately 20 nanoseconds. Separate collector supply (VC) and power ground (PGND) pins help decouple the IC's analog circuitry from the high power gate drive noise. The use of 3 Amp Schottky diodes (1N5120, USD245 or equivalent) as shown in the figure from each output to both VC and PGND are recommended. The diodes clamp the output swing to the supply rails, necessary with any type of inductive/capacitive load, typical of a MOSFET gate. Schottky diodes must be used because a low forward voltage drop is required. DO NOT USE standard silicon diodes. Although a "single ended" device, two output drivers are available on the UC3823A,B devices. These can be “paralleled” by the use of a one-half ohm (noninductive) resistor connected in series with each output for a combined peak current of 4 amps. UDG-95114 7 UC1823A,B/1825A,B UC2823A,B/2825A,B UC3823A,B/3825A,B APPLICATIONS INFORMATION (cont.) GROUND PLANES sources of the power MOSFET should connect to power ground as should the return connection for input power to the system and the bulk input capacitor. The output should be clamped with a high current Schottky diode to both VCC and PGND. Nothing else should be connected to power ground. Each output driver of these devices is capable of 2A peak currents. Careful layout is essential for correct operation of the chip. A ground plane must be employed. A unique section of the ground plane must be designated for high di/dt currents associated with the output stages. This point is the power ground to which the PGND pin is connected. Power ground can be separated from the rest of the ground plane and connected at a single point, although this is not strictly necessary if the high di/dt paths are well understood and accounted for. VCC should be bypassed directly to power ground with a good high frequency capacitor. The VREF should be bypassed directly to the signal portion of the ground plane with a good high frequency capacitor. Low ESR/ESL ceramic 1µF capacitors are recommended for both VCC and VREF. All analog circuitry should likewise be bypassed to the signal ground plane. UDG-95115 Open Loop Test Circuit grounding and bypass procedures should be followed. The use of a ground plane is highly recommended. This test fixture is useful for exercising many of the UC3823A,B, UC3825A,B functions and measuring their specifications. As with any wideband circuit, careful UDG-95116 UNITRODE CORPORATION 7 CONTINENTAL BLVD. • MERRIMACK, NH 03054 TEL. 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