Green-mode PWM to support “Blue Angel” Norm
Low start up current 30uA
Low operation current 3mA
Leading-edge blanking
Built-in synchronized slope compensation
Constant output power limitfor universal AC input
Current mode operation
Cycle-by-cycle current limiting
Under voltage lockout (UVLO)
Programmable PWM frequency
GATE output maximum voltage clamped at 18V
Totem pole output includes soft driving for better
Power Adapter
Open-frame SMPS
Battery Charger Adapter
DESCRIPTION
This highly integrated PWM controllers, SG6841 series,
provides several features to enhance the performance of
low power flyback converters. To minimize standby
power consumption, the proprietary green-mode
function provides off-time modulation to linearly
decrease the switching frequency under light-load
conditions. This green-mode function assists the power
supply to easily meet the power conservation
requirement. Due to BiCMOS process, the start-up
current and operation current is reduced to 30uA and
3mA, respectively, to improve power conversion
efficiency. Large start-up resistance can be used for
further power saving. Built-in synchronized slope
compensation ensures the stability of peak current mode
control. A proprietary internal compensation ensures
constant output power limit for universal AC input
voltage from 90VAC to 264VAC.
SG6841 provides many protection functions.
Pulse by pulse current limit ensures a constant output
current under short circuit. If a short circuit failure or
over load happens, the SG6841 will shut off after a
continuous high voltage detection on FB pin. The gate
output is clamped at 18V to protect the power MOS
from over voltage damage. An external NTC
thermistor can be applied to sense the ambient
temperature for over-temperature protection. The
SG6841 series are available in 8-pin DIP and SO
packages.
Typical start-up current is only 30uA so that a high
resistance, and low-wattage, start-up resistor can be used
to minimize power loss. For an AC/DC adapter with
universal input range, a 1.5 MΩ, 0.25W, start-up resistor
and a 10uF/25V VDD hold-up capacitor are enough for
this application.
Operating current
Operating current has been reduced to 3mA. The low
operating current enables a better efficiency and reduces
the requirement of VDD hold-up capacitance.
Green Mode Operation
The patented green-mode function provides an
off-time modulation to reduce the switching frequency in
the light load and no load conditions. The on time is
limited for better abnormal or brownout protection. V
,
FB
which is derived from the voltage feedback loop, is taken
as the reference. Once V
is lower than the threshold
FB
voltage, switching frequency will be linearly decreased to
the minimum green mode frequency around 10kHz (R
i
=26kΩ).
Oscillator Operation
A resistor from RI pin to ground will generate a
constant current source for SG6841. This current is used
to charge an internal capacitor and hence the internal
clock and switching frequency are determined. Increase
the resistance will decrease the current source and reduce
the switching frequency. A 26kΩ resistor R
50uA constant current I
and generates 65kHz switching
i
creates a
i
frequency. The relation between Ri and switching
freauency is:
1690
=
f
PWM
I
Ω
The range of the PWM oscillation frequency is
designed as 50kHz ~ 90kHz.
)(kHz
---------------------------- (1)
)(kR
Current sensing and PWM current
limiting
Peak current mode control is utilized in SG6841 to
regulate output voltage and provide pulse by pulse current
limiting. The switch current is detected by a sense resistor
into the sense pin of SG6841. The PWM duty cycle is
determined by this current sense signal and V
, the
FB
feedback voltage. When the voltage on sense pin reaches
V
= (VFB–1.0)/3, a switch cycle will be terminated
COMP
immediately. V
is internally clamped to a variable
COMP
voltage around 0.85v for output power limit.
Leading Edge Blanking
Each time when the power MOSFET is switched on,
a turn-on spike will inevitably occur on the sense-resistor.
To avoid premature termination of the switching pulse, a
270 nsec leading-edge blanking time is built in.
Conventional RC filtering can therefore be omitted.
During this blanking period, the current-limit comparator
is disabled and it cannot switch off the gate driver.
Under-voltage lockout (UVLO)
The turn-on and turn-off threshold of SG6841 are
fixed internally at 16V/10V. During start-up, the hold-up
capacitor must be charged to 16V through the start-up
resistor so that SG6841 will be enabled. The hold-up
capacitor will continue to supply V
before the energy
DD
can be delivered from auxiliary winding of the main
transformer. V
must not drop below 10V during this
DD
start-up process. This UVLO hysteresis window insures
that hold-up capacitor is adequate to supply V
during
DD
start-up.
Gate Output / Soft Driving
The SG6841 BiCMOS output stage is a fast totem
pole gate driver. Cross conduction has been avoided to
minimize heat dissipation, increases efficiency and
enhances reliability. The output driver is clamped by an
internal 18V Zener diode in order to protect power
MOSFET transistors against undesirable gate over
voltage. A soft driving waveform is implemented to
minimize EMI.
The sensed voltage across the current sense resistor
is used for current mode control and pulse-by-pulse
current limiting. Built-in slope compensation will
improve stability or prevent sub-harmonic oscillation of
peak current mode control. SG6841 inserts a
At high ambient temperature, Rntc will be smaller
such that V
(V
OTP,START
will decrease. When VRT is less than 0.65V
RT
), the PWM duty cycle will be decreased to
lower the internal temperature of power supply. If the
over heating situation still exists such that V
further to 0.62V (V
), the PWM will be completely
OTP,STOP
decreases
RT
turned off.
synchronized positive-going ramp at every switching
cycle. Vs-comp = 0.33V.
Limited Power Control
Const ant Output Power Limit
When the SENSE voltage, across the sense resistor
Rs, reaches the threshold voltage, around 1.0V, the output
GATE drive will be turned off after a small propagation
delay t
additional current proportional to t
propagation delay is nearly constant regardless of the
input line voltage V
in a larger additional current and hence the output power
limit is also higher than that under low input line voltage.
To compensate this variation for wide AC input range, the
threshold voltage is adjusted by the V
VIN pin is connected to the rectified input line voltage
through the start-up resistor, a higher line voltage will
generate higher V
threshold voltage is decreased if the V
increased. Smaller threshold voltage, forces the output
GATE drive to terminate earlier, thus reduce the total
PWM turn-on time and make the output power equal to
that of low line input. This proprietary internal
compensation ensures a constant output power limit for
wide AC input voltage from 90VAC to 264VAC.
. This propagation delay will introduce an
D
*Vin/Lp. Since the
D
Higher input line voltage will result
IN.
current. Since
IN
current into the VIN pin. The
IN
current is
IN
Every time when the output of power supply is
shorted or over loaded, the FB voltage will increase. If the
FB voltage is higher than a designed threshold, 4.2V, for
longer than 31msec, the PWM output will then be turned
off eternally. V
decrease due to the supply current for SG6841. When V
, the supply voltage for SG6841, will
DD
DD
is lower than the turn-off threshold such as 10V, SG6841
will be totally shut down. Due to the start up resistor, V
DD
will be charged up to the turn-on threshold voltage 16V
until SG6841 is enabled again. If the over loading
condition still exists, above protection will take place
repeatedly. This will prevent the power supply from being
overheated under over loading condition.
Noise immunity
Noise on the current sense or control signal may
cause significant pulse width jitter, particularly in the
continuous conduction mode. Slope compensation helps
alleviate this problem. Good placement and layout
practices should be followed. Avoiding long PCB traces
and component leads, locating compensation and filter
components near to the SG6841, and increasing the power
MOS gate resistance will always help.
Thermal Protection
An NTC thermistor Rntc in series with a resistor Ra
can be connected from pin RT to ground. A constant
current I
can be expressed as V
2 x (1.3V / Ri).
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