UC1584 UC2584 UC3584 Secondary Side Synchronous Post Regulator FEATURES DESCRIPTION • Practical Operation at Switching Frequencies up to 1MHz The UC3584 is a low voltage, Secondary Side Synchronous Post Regulator. It is intended to be used for auxiliary output voltage regulation in single secondary winding, multiple output power supplies (for more details refer to the Application Section of this Data sheet). The UC3584 is most suited for systems where the main output is regulated between 5V and 14V. Output voltages regulated by the UC3584 can range from virtually 0V up to the output voltage of the main output. • Wide Band Error Amplifier • Undervoltage Lockout with Hysteresis • Output Active Low During UVLO • Soft Start/Maximum Duty Cycle Control Auxiliary output voltage regulation with the UC3584 uses leading edge modulation making it compatible to primary side peak current or voltage mode control. The UC3584 clock circuit is synchronized to the switching frequency utilizing the falling edge of the transformer’s secondary winding waveform. • Trimmed Bandgap Reference • Internally Regulated 15V Boost Supply • Short Circuit Protection with Programmable Delay TYPICAL APPLICATION DIAGRAM. 7µH 5V MAIN 10 2 IRFR024 33µH COILTRONICS + OS-CON 330µF 390µF 10 2 CSHD 10-45L 170kHz PUSH-PULL 4.75kΩ + + + 1µF 3.3V AUX + + 0.1µF 100Ω 1.5W 1500pF 30.1kΩ 1.33kΩ 1kΩ 1 FB SYNC 16 CT 15 220pF 3300pF 3.57kΩ 3.3Ω 24.3kΩ 120pF 100pF 15kΩ 20kΩ 2 COMP 3 SS 4 CDLY 0.1µF RT 14 VREG 13 VCC 12 1000pF 5 GND 6 SRC 1.5µF OUT 8 VFLT 0.1µF 10µF 10BQ040 7 1N4148 BST2 11 PGND 10 BST1 9 0.1µF + SOLID TANTALUM 33µH COLTRONICS + 470µF 1N4148 UDG-99062 03/99 UC1584 UC2584 UC3584 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS Supply Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20V VFLT Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50V, 30V at 2A Supply Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50mA Analog Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –0.3 to 20V SYNC Maximum Sink Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600µA PWM Driver, IOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ± 300mA PWM Driver, IOUT (Peak) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ± 1.5A Maximum Operating Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1MHz Power Dissipation at TA = 60°C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1W Storage Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –65°C to 150°C Junction Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –55°C to 150°C Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300°C Currents are positive into, negative out of specified terminal. Consult Packaging Section of Databook for thermal limitations and considerations of packages. CONNECTION DIAGRAMS ORDERING INFORMATION DIL-16, SOIC-16 (Top View) J, N or DW Packages UC1584J UC2584DW UC2584N UC3584DW UC3584N TEMPERATURE RANGE –55°C to +125°C –40°C to +85°C 0°C to +70°C PACKAGE CDIP SOIC-Wide PDIP SOIC-Wide PDIP ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Unless otherwise specified, TA = 0°C to 70°C for the UC3584, –40°C to 85°C for the UC2584, and –55°C to 125°C for the UC1584, VCC = 15V. TA = TJ. PARAMETERS TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYPE MAX UNITS Error Amplifier FB COMP = FB 1.468 1.5 1.532 V VCOMP = VFB 150 300 450 nA IFB COMP VOL FB = 1.6V, ICOMP = 200µA 50 400 mV COMP VOH FB = 1.4V, ICOMP = –200µA 5.1 5.5 7 V AVOL 60 80 dB PSRR (COMP) COMP = FB, VCC = 14V to 16V 60 dB GBW Product F = 100kHz 5 10 MHz Oscillator 500 kHz Frequency RT = 3.75k, CT = 400pF, No Synchronization Ramp Low RT = 3.75k, CT = 400pF, No Synchronization 1.75 V Ramp High RT = 3.75k, CT = 400pF, No Synchronization 3.5 V Ramp Amplitude RT = 3.75k, CT = 400pF, No Synchronization 1.75 V PWM Maximum Duty Cycle COMP = 4.5V 90 % Minimum Duty Cycle COMP = 0V 0 % PWM DRIVER VFLT – VOUT, IOUT = –100mA 2.5 3 V VSAT High VSAT Low VOUT – VSRC, IOUT = 50mA 0.8 2.2 V TRISE Load = 1nF, SRC = 0V, Measure VOUT 1V to 9V 75 100 ns TFALL Load = 1nF, SRC = 0V, Measure VOUT 9V to 1V 25 100 ns 2 UC1584 UC2584 UC3584 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Unless otherwise specified, TA = 0°C to 70°C for the UC3584, –40°C to 85°C for the UC2584, and –55°C to 125°C for the UC1584, VCC = 15V. TA = TJ. PARAMETERS TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYPE MAX UNITS Soft Start Charge Current 30 µA Discharge Current 1 mA SS Delay CSS = 500nF 50 ms Fault Latch Charge Current 30 µA Discharge Current 5 mA Fault Latch Delay CDLY = 500nF 50 ms UVLO VCC On 10.5 V Hysteresis 1.7 V Regulated Voltage IREG = 0mA to 1mA 4.8 5.2 V VREG VCC Regulator VCC Boost inductor connected to 5V 14 15 16 V No Load, Boost Circuitry Inactive 12 40 mA ICC No Load, Boost Circuitry Active (Note 1) 55 mA Note 1: Guaranteed by design. Not 100% tested in production. BLOCK DIAGRAM UDG-97141 3 UC1584 UC2584 UC3584 PIN DESCRIPTIONS BST1: Collector of the boost switch. This is the connection point of the external boost inductor and boost diode. The boost converter generates the bias supply for the UC3584 from the regulated 5V output. RT: A Timing Resistor connected between RT and GND sets the discharge current of the timing capacitor. BST2: See BST1. BST2 must be connected externally to BST1 pin. SS: Soft Start. An external capacitor is connected between SS and GND to set the duration of the Soft Start cycle. SRC: Source connection of the floating driver to the external switch. CDLY: Delay Set. External CDLY capacitor sets the delay from the time Short Circuit condition is detected and Fault Condition is asserted. SYNC: Synchronization Pin. The UC3584 is synchronized from the falling edge of the transformer’s secondary winding. Voltage must exceed 1V at minimum input line. COMP: Output of the Voltage Error Amplifier. CT: Connect the Timing Capacitor between CT and GND. VCC: Bias supply of the chip, approximately 15V. This is also the output of the boost regulator. The VCC pin must be decoupled to PGND. FB: Inverting Input of the Voltage Error Amplifier. GND: Analog System Ground. OUT: Output of the floating driver for an external, N-channel MOSFET. VFLT: Positive rail of the floating driver’s bias supply. Decouple to SRC using a high frequency (ceramic) capacitor. PGND: Power Ground. This is the reference node for the boost bias supply regulator. PGND and GND must be connected externally. VREG: Output of the internal 5V regulated supply. Must be decoupled to GND. APPLICATION INFORMATION Biasing the UC3584 Oscillator and Trailing Edge Synchronization Bias supply for the UC3584 is generated from the main output of the power supply by a boost regulator. The inductor, diode and capacitor of the boost converter are external components, while the boost switch is internal to the chip. The boost converter operates in a burst mode with a built-in hysteresis of approximately 1V centered at 15V. This is a bang-bang controller and when enabled has a fixed duty cycle of 75%. The UC3584 is outfitted with a synchronizable oscillator which also generates a ramp signal across the CT capacitor for the PWM comparator. For easy implementation of the leading edge pulse width modulation technique, the oscillator has an inverted ramp waveform as shown in Fig. 1. The free running oscillator frequency is determined by the timing components, RT and CT, according to the following approximate equations: 9 .3 1. 7 RT = 1 − DMAX Undervoltage Detection The UVLO circuit of the UC3584 monitors the voltage on VCC. During power up and power down, the pulse width modulator and the output driver are disabled and OUT is held active low. Operation is enabled when VCC reaches 10.5V. The UVLO circuitry has a built-in hysteresis of 1.7V (10.5V to 8.8V) thus VCC must drop below 8.8V in order to assert UVLO again. fOSC = 2 − (8 . 2 ×10 8 • CT ) (RT • CT ) 0. 9 where RT is the timing resistor, its value should be between 1kΩ and 100kΩ, Precision Reference An internal precision bandgap reference provides accurate voltages to the error amplifier and other control sections of the IC. A buffered 5V regulated voltage is also available for external circuitry on the VREG pin. This pin must be decoupled to the signal GND connection by a good quality high frequency capacitor. CT is the timing capacitor, DMAX is the desired maximum duty cycle, and fOSC is the free running oscillator frequency. Figure 2 graphically depicts the measured frequency data. 4 UC1584 UC2584 UC3584 APPLICATION INFORMATION (cont.) VSEC INTERNAL SYNC PULSE CT COMP OUT UDG-99064 Figure 1. Trailing edge synchronization, leading edge modulation. Edge Modulation 1. VCC within normal range (UVLO is inactive), During normal operation the oscillator must be synchronized to the falling edge of the transformer secondary waveform. Synchronization is achieved by connecting SYNC to the secondary winding via a resistor divider. The resistor divider must be chosen to provide a SYNC pin voltage in excess of 1V at the lowest operating voltage on the transformer secondary winding. The UC3584 will generate a narrow internal synchronization pulse which will synchronize the oscillator to the switching frequency of the main converter. 2. No fault condition is detected, 3. CT is discharging. During the fast charging time of the CT capacitor is held low. Ultimately, the output of the PWM circuitry controls the conduction interval of an external N-channel MOSFET switch in the power supply. The UC3584 employs an on-board, floating gate driver circuit to interface to the external switch. An external capacitor connected between VFLT and SRC acts as a floating power supply for PWM and Output Driver The UC3584 employs leading edge modulation technique to set the required on time of its output. Leading edge modulation is preferred for secondary side regulation in multiple output converters to prevent ambiguity in the primary current waveform. In fact, this is the only feasible technique to preserve compatibility with primary side peak current mode control. FREQUENCY (Hz) 1.E+06 As Fig. 1 depicts the UC3584 utilizes voltage mode control to regulate output voltage. The output pulse width (the on-time of the MOSFET switch) is determined on a cycle-by-cycle basis by comparing the output of the voltage error amplifier and the ramp waveforms across the timing capacitor. OUT is asserted when the voltage on COMP exceeds the voltage on CT. There are three more conditions which must be satisfied to obtain an active high on the OUT pin. These conditions are: 1.E+05 470pF 47pF 100pF 220pF 1000pF 1500pF 1.E+04 1.E+03 1200pF 1.E+04 1.E+05 TIMING RESISTOR (Ohms) Figure 2. Oscillator frequency vs. RT with CT as a parameter. 5 UC1584 UC2584 APPLICATION INFORMATION (cont.) below 5V, a fault condition is declared, the PWM output is disabled and soft start cycle is initiated. Under persistent fault conditions the UC3584 will continuously cycle through soft start sequence, attempting to bring the output to its regulated, nominal voltage. The value of CDLY capacitor should be chosen large enough to delay the activation of the fault sequence in case of load transients which can also cause the error amplifier output to go high temporarily. the driver during the on-time of the switch. Charge is being replenished to the bootstrap capacitor during the off-time of the switch through the bootstrap diode connected between VCC and VFLT as shown in the typical application diagram. Soft Start The UC3584 Soft Start circuitry is designed to implement closed loop startup of the power supply output. During Soft Start, the reference to the noninverting input of the error amplifier is controlled by the voltage across the soft start capacitor on SS. As this voltage rises, it provides an increasing reference to the error amplifier. Once the soft start capacitor charges above the 1.5V precision reference of the error amplifier, SS gets disconnected from the noninverting input of the error amplifier. This technique allows the error amplifier to stay in its linear mode and to regulate the output voltage of the power supply according to the gradually increasing reference voltage on its noninverting input. Further advantage of the closed loop start up scheme is the absence of output voltage overshoot during power up of the power supply output. Error Amplifier The Error Amplifier of the UC3584 is used to regulate the voltage of an auxiliary output in a power supply. The noninverting input of the error amplifier is connected to an internal, 1.5V reference. The inverting input (FB pin) is tied to an output voltage divider. The compensation network of the negative feedback loop is connected between the amplifier’s output (COMP pin) and FB. The noninverting input of the error amplifier is also connected to the SS node through a diode. This arrangement allows closed loop soft start for the output of a power supply regulated by the UC3584. Closed loop soft start assures that the error amplifier is kept in active mode and the output voltage of the converter follows the reference voltage on its noninverting input as it ramps up (following the SS node). If a fault condition is detected, SS node gets pulled to ground, forcing the error amplifier’s reference low. Consequently, the error amplifier’s output voltage goes low and duty cycle is reduced. Fault Detection Fault Detection feature is implemented to detect excessive overload conditions. Under these conditions the error amplifier output goes high to command the maximum duty cycle. As soon as the error amplifier’s output exceeds 5V, the fault delay capacitor connected to the CDLY pin starts charging. If CDLY capacitor voltage reaches 2V before the error amplifier output falls back UNITRODE CORPORATION 7 CONTINENTAL BLVD. • MERRIMACK, NH 03054 TEL. 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