VIPer22ADIP / VIPer22AS
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FEEDBACK PIN PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
A feedback pin controls the operation of the
device. Unli ke conventional PWM control circuits
which use a voltage input (the inverted inp ut of an
operational amplifier), the FB pin is sensitive to
current. Figure 9 presents the internal current
mode structure.
The Power MOS FET delivers a sense current I
s
which is proportional to the main current Id. R2
receives this cu rrent and the current coming from
the FB pin. The voltage across R2 is then
compared to a fixed reference voltage of about
0.23 V. The MOSFET is switched off when the
following equation is reached:
By extracting IS:
Using the current sense ratio of the MOSFET GID:
The curren t limitation is obt ained with the FB pin
shorted to ground (VFB = 0 V). This leads to a
negative current sourced by this pin, and
expressed by:
By reporting this expression in the previous one, it
is possible to obtain the drain current limitation
I
Dlim
:
In a real applicat ion, the FB pin is driven w ith an
optocoupler as sho w n o n figu re 9 wh ich act s as a
pull up. So, it is not possible to really short this pin
to ground and the above drain current value is not
achievable. Nevertheless, the capacitor C is
averaging the voltage on the FB pin, and when the
optocoupler is off (start up or short circuit), it can be
assumed that the corresponding voltage is very
close to 0 V.
For low dr ain curre nts, the form ula (1) is valid as
long as IFB satisfies IFB< I
FBsd
, where I
FBsd
is an
internal threshol d of the VIPer22A. If IFB exceeds
this threshold the d evice will sto p switchin g. T his is
represented on figure 4, and I
FBsd
value is
specified in the PWM COMPARATOR SECTION.
Actually, as soon as the drain current is about 12%
of Idlim, that is to say 85 mA, the device will enter
a burst mode operation by missing switching
cycles. This is especially important when the
converter is lightly loaded.
It is then possible to build the total DC transfer
function between ID and IFB as shown on figure 10.
This figure also takes into account the internal
blanking time and it s associated minimum tur n on
time. This imposes a minimum drain current under
which the device is no more able to control it in a
linear way. This drain current depends on the
primary inductance value of the transformer and
the input voltage. Two cases may occur,
depending on the val ue of this curr ent versus the
fixed 85 mA value, as described above.
START UP SEQUENCE
This device includes a high voltage start up current
source connecte d on the drain of the device. As
soon as a voltage is applied on the input of the
converter, this start up cur rent source is activat ed
as long as VDD is lower than V
DDon
. When
reaching V
DDon
, the start up current source is
switched off and the device begins to o perate by
turning on and off its main power MOSFET. As the
FB pin does not receive any current from the
optocoupler, the device operates at full current
capacity and the output voltage rises until reaching