NSC LM3464

National Semiconductor
Application Note 2102
David Zhang
March 31, 2011
Introduction
Key Features
This evaluation board consists of a National Semiconductor
LM5021 based 120Vac 24W AC/DC flyback converter and a
LM3464 based dynamic head room control (DHC) four channel LED driver IC. This demonstration platform was developed so that the customers could evaluate the LM3464 with
an AC/DC supply. Once familiar with the operation of the
LM3464 and its control of the AC/DC converter's control loop,
the type of AC/DC power supply and the converter's output
power becomes less relevant. The evaluation board contains
eight CREE XLamp MC-E LEDs. Each XLamp MC-E LED has
four separate LEDs in each package for a total of 32 LEDs.
The CREE MC-E LED allows for an easy demonstration of
the LM3464 four channel operation with eight packaged
LEDs. each LED string is regulated to 200mA. A heat sink is
mounted on the back of the PCB to dissipate the heat generated by the LEDs.The LM3464 regulates each LED string
current and adjust the secondary output voltage of the AC/DC
power supply 0.9V above the LED string forawrd voltage.The
LM3464 monitors the output voltage and adjusts the feedback
voltage to the LM5021 primary control. This evaluation also
demonstreates the LM3464 thermal fold-back feature which
reduces the average LED current when the LED temperature
is over 80°C. The AC/DC flyback power supply works in the
discontinuous conduction mode and achieves power factor
(PF) greater than 0.98.
The schematic, bill of materials, layout and measured performance characteristics are included.
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LM3464 and LM5021 DHC 25W Reference Designs
LM3464 and LM5021 DHC
25W Reference Designs
Drive four strings of LEDs from 120Vac
Overall Efficiency greater than 82%
DC/LED Efficiency greater than 90%
Power Factor greater than 0.98
Dynamic Headroom Control (DHC)
Thermal foldback control
Performance Specifications
Symbol
Parameter
Min
Typ
Max
VIN
Input voltage
90 VRMS
120 VRMS
132 VRMS
VOUT
LED string voltage
22 V
26 V
30 V
ILED
LED string average current
per string
-
200 mA
-
POUT
Output power
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21 W
-
fsw
Switching frequency
-
67 kHz
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Demo Board
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LM3464 120VAC, 24W Isolated 4 LED Driver Demo Board Schematic
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Warning: The LM3464 evaluation board has exposed high voltage components that present a shock hazard. Caution must be taken when handling
the evaluation board. Avoid touching the evaluation board and removing any cables while the evaluation board is operating.
Warning: The ground connection on the evaluation board is NOT referenced to earth ground. If an oscilloscope ground lead is connected to the
evaluation board ground test point for analysis and the mains AC power is applied (without any isolation), the fuse (F1) will fail open. For
bench evaluation, either the input AC power source or the bench measurement equipment should be isolated from the earth ground
connection. Isolating the evaliation board (using 1:1 isolation line isolation transformer) rather than the oscilloscope is highly recommended.
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Bill of Materials
Designator
Description
Manufacturer
Part Number
C1
CAP .10UF 305VAC EMI SUPPRESSION
EPCOS
B32921C3104M
C2
CAP, CERM, 0.33uF, 50V, +/-10%, X7R, 0805
MuRata
GRM219R71H334KA88D
C3, C18
CAP, CERM, 0.22uF, 250V, +/-10%, X7R, 1210
MuRata
GRM32DR72E224KW01L
CAP, 33UF, 35V, ELECT, 5mmx11mm
Panasonic
EEUFM1V330
CAP, CERM, 0.22uF, 100V, +/-10%, X7R, 0805
MuRata
GRM21AR72A224KAC5L
CAP, CERM, 1uF, 25V, +/-10%, X5R, 0805
AVX
08053D105KAT2A
C7
CAP, CERM, 47pF, 50V, +/-5%, C0G/NP0, 0805
Yageo America
CC0805JRNP09BN470
C8, C16
CAP, CERM, 0.068uF, 50V, +/-10%, X7R, 0805
AVX
08055C683KAT2A
C9, C10
CAP, 1000UF, 35V, ELECT, 12.5mmx25mm
Panasonic
EEU-FC1V102
C11
CAP, CERM, 1000pF, 250VAC, +/-10%, X7R, 1808
Syfer
Technology
1808JA250102KXBSY2
C12
CAP, CERM, 0.15uF, 50V, +/-10%, X7R, 0805
Murata
GRM21BR71H154KA01L
C17
CAP, CERM, 1uF, 50V, +/-10%, X7R, 1206
TDK
C3216X7R1H105K
C19
CAP, CERM, 220pF, 500V, +/-10%, X7R, 1206
Vishay
VJ1206Y221KXEAT5Z
D1
Diode, Switching-Bridge, 400V, 0.8A, MiniDIP
Diodes Inc.
HD04-T
D2, D7
Diode, Schottky, 100V, 0.2A, SOD-123
ST
BAT41ZFILM
Microelectronics
D3
DIODE TVS 150V 600W UNI 5% SMA
Littlefuse
SMAJ150A
D4
DIODE, 1000V, 1A, Mini SMA
Comchip
Technology
CGRM4007-G
D5
Diode, Schottky, 100V, 2A, SMB
Diodes Inc.
B2100-13-F
D6
Diode, Zener, 10V, 500mW, SOD-123
ON
Semiconductor
MMSZ4697T1G
D8
Diode, Zener, 8.2V, 500mW, SOD-123
Central
Semiconductor
CMHZ4694
F1
CMHZ4694
Cooper/
Bussman
6125FA1A
H1
Heat Sink
CUI Inc.
VHS-45
Terminal, Turret, TH, Double
Keystone
Electronics
1502-2
J7, J8, J9, J10, Test Point, SMT
J11
Keystone
Electronics
5016
JP1, JP2, JP3 Jumper
C4
C5, C14,C15
C6, C13
J1, J2, J3, J4,
J5, J6, J12
Samtec
TSW-102-07-G-S
L1
Common Mode Choke, 10mH, 0.3A
Coilcraft
BU09-103R25BL
L2
Inductor, Shielded Drum Core, 1mH, 0.45A,SMD
Coilcraft
MSS1038-105KLB
LED1 - LED8
LED
Cree
MCE4WT-A2-0000-000M02
Q1
MOSFET, N-CH, 500V, 6A, DPAK
Fairchild
Semiconductor
FDD6N50TM
Q2
Transistor, NPN, 40V, 0.2A, SOT-23
Fairchild
Semiconductor
MMBT3904
Fairchild
Semiconducto
FDD3682
Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6 MOSFET, N-CH, 100V, 32A, DPAK
R1
RES, 150k ohm, 1%, 0.25W, 1206
Vishay-Dale
CRCW1206150KFKEA
R2
RES, 100k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW0805100KFKEA
R3, R4
RES, 10.0 ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW080510R0FKEA
R5
RES, 0.1 ohm, 5%, 0.25W, 1206
Panasonic
ERJ-8RSJR10V
R7
RES, 10.5k ohm, 1%, 0.1W, 0603
Vishay/Dale
CRCW060310K5FKEA
R8, R12
RES, 1.00k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay/Dale
CRCW08051K00FKEA
R9
RES, 5.11k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay/Dale
CRCW08055K11FKEA
R10, R11
RES, 10.0k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW080510K0FKEA
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R13
Description
Manufacturer
Part Number
RES, 105k ohm, 1%, 0.1W, 0603
Vishay-Dale
CRCW0603105KFKEA
R14, R15
RES, 25.5k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW080525K5FKEA
R16
RES, 2.67k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW08052K67FKEA
R18
RES, 3.01k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW08053K01FKEA
R19
RES, 8.06k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW08058K06FKEA
R20
RES, 0 ohm, 5%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW08050000Z0EA
Vishay-Dale
CRCW08051R00FKEA
R21, R22, R23, RES, 1.0 ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
R24
R25
RES, 0 ohm, 5%, 0.25W, 1206
Vishay-Dale
CRCW12060000Z0EA
R26
RES, 22.1k ohm, 1%, 0.125W, 0805
Vishay-Dale
CRCW080522K1FKEA
RT1
Thermistor NTC, 10k ohm, 2%, 0603
Panasonic
ERT-J1VG103GA
T1
Transformer, Flyback, 540UH
Wurth Elektornik 750311959
U1
AC-DC Current Mode PWM Controller
National
Semiconductor
LM5021MM-1
U2
Dynamic Headroom Controller w/Therm Control
National
Semiconductor
LM3464MH
U3
Opto Coupler
NEC
PS2501L-1-Q-A
U4
Low-Voltage Adjustable Precision Shunt Regulator
National
Semiconductor
LMV431AIMF
Varistor, 150V, 25J, 10mm
Littlefuse
V150LA5P
VR1
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Designator
Power Factor vs. Line Voltage
85
1.000
84
0.995
83
0.990
POWER FACTOR
EFFICIENCY (%)
Efficiency vs. Line Voltage
82
81
80
79
78
0.985
0.980
0.975
0.970
0.965
77
0.960
76
0.955
75
0.950
90
100
110
120
130
INPUT VOLTAGE (VAC)
140
90
100
110
120
130
INPUT VOLTAGE (VAC)
140
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Total LED Current vs. LED Temperature
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Output Voltage & LED Forward Voltage vs. LED Temperature
1.00
26.5
0.95
0.90
OUTPUT VOLTAGES (V)
TOTAL LED CURRENT (A)
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Typical Performance Characteristics
0.85
0.80
0.75
0.70
0.65
0.60
0.56
0.50
77
26.0
25.5
Vout
25.0
VLED
24.5
24.0
23.5
79 81 83 85 87 89
LED TEMPERATURE (C)
91
30
40
50
60
70
LED TEMPERATURE (C)
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Line Voltage and Line Current
(VIN = 120VRMS)
Output Voltage and LED Current
(VIN = 120VRMS)
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Ch1: Line Voltage (100 V/div); Ch3: Line Current
(200 mA/div); Time (10 ms/div)
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Ch1: Output Voltage (10 V/div); Ch3: Total LED Current
(500 mA/div); Time (10 ms/div)
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Power MOSFET Q1 Drain to Source Voltage
(VIN = 120VRMS)
Start Up Voltage and Current
(VIN=120VRMS)
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Ch1: Drain Voltage (100V/div)
Time (4 µs/div)
Ch1: Output Voltage (10 V/div); Ch3: Total LED Current
(500 mV/div); Time (100 ms/div)
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PCB Layout
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1ST STAGE - DCM FLYBACK
The evaluation board is considered a two stage LED driver
system. The first stage is the AC/DC flyback converter and
the second stage is the LM3464 LED currenr regulator. The
first stage employs a NSC LM5021-1 in a discontinuous mode
flyback and operates at fixed switching frequency and constant duty cycle. The input current follows the rectified AC
input voltage and achieves power factor of 0.98 and higher.
To ensure LM5021-1 operates at constant duty cycle, R7 and
R1 need to be properly sized so that the slope compensation
ramp is bigger than the current sense voltage. In this design,
R7 is chosend to be 10.5Kohm and R1 is chosen to be 0.1
ohm. At 40% duty cycle, the peak ramp voltage is 246mV and
the peak current sense voltage is around 150mV.
The transformer is designed to keep the flyback converter
operating in discontinuous mode at peak output power. For a
single stage PFC flyback converter, the peak output power
occurs at peak input voltage and is twice the average output
power. The transformer used in the evaluation board can
handle up to 48W peak output power without saturation.
The feedback loop of the flyback converter includes U4 the
LMV431 shunt regulator and U3 the opto coupler. When
LM3464 is not controlling the output voltage (during initial
power up), the flyback converter output voltage is set by resistor divider R13, R26 and R11 (approximately 17V). Once
the LM3464 begins to control the LM5021 and therefore the
output voltage by sink/source current through OutP pin and
pushes the output voltage up to as high as 33V. In order to
have good power factor, the control loop bandwidth has to be
lower than 120Hz. For further explanation of LM3464 operation, please refer to thr LM3464 datasheet.
JUMPER/FAULT INFORMATION
Jumpers JP1, JP2 and JP3 are provided for the customers to
short or disconnect LED strings. One string of LED can be
disconnected to the power supply by open connector JP1.
One LED each on LED string number one can be shorted by
short connctors JP2 or JP3.
LM3464 will continue to regulate the currents of the remaining
strings of LEDs when one or more strings of LEDs are shorted
or disconnected. It will also continue to regulate the LED current when one or more LEDs in that string are shorted.
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
In order to get a quick estimate of the EMI filter performance, only the PEAK conductive EMI scan was measured and the data
was compared to the Class B conducted EMI limits published in FCC – 47, section 15.
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FIGURE 1. Peak Conductive EMI scan per CISPR-22, Class B Limits
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2ND STAGE - DYNAMIC HEADROOM CONTROL
The second stage of the evaluation board features the
LM3464 which is a linear LED driver controller. The LM3464
is a four string controller, and in this particular demonstration
board the LM3464 controls four strings of eight LEDs at 200mA. The internal ampiliers of LM3464 compare the voltages
of the current sense resistors to a 200mV reference voltage
and control the gate voltages of four external MOSFETs ( Q3
- Q6 ) to achieve linear current regulations.
The voltage headroom which the voltage difference between
the seondary output voltage of the AC/DC power supply and
the LED string forward voltage is minimized by the LM3464
controller.By minimizing this voltage, the efficiency of the system is maximized. The LM3464 regulates the drain voltage of
the external MOSFET to the voltage of the VDHC pin which
is equal to 0.9V, therefore the headroom is about 0.9V.
LM3464 has thermal fold-back function to prevent the LEDs
from overheating. When the voltage at the thermal pin ( pin
#3 ) is less than 3.25V, the average LED current is reduced
by PWM dimming. For this evaluation board, the thermal foldback function starts to kick in when the resistance of the NTC
thermistor RT1 reaches 3.2kohm.
Design Information
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Thermal Analysis
The board temperature was measured using an IR camera (HIS-3000, Wahl) while running under the following conditions:
VIN = 120 VRMS
The results are shown in the following figure.
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FIGURE 2. Top Side Thermal Scan
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