ST AN1620 Application note
AN1620
APPLICATION NOTE
25W OFF-LINE AUTORANGING BATTERY CHARGER
WITH L5991A
by Domenico Arrigo
INTRODUCTION
This note describes an off-li ne autor anging (85Vac- 264Vac) batter y charge r designed to oper ate i n three different functional modes:
– constant voltage
– constant current
– constant power
These requirements are typical of battery chargers for notebook computers.
The resulting output characteristic of the system is shown in fig 1.
The A-B portion of the V-I characteristic is a constant voltage mode. This situation happen when the battery
pack is almost co mpletely charged. V o has to be set at the final v alue of the battery pack. From point B to C the
charger operates in constant power mode, reducing the output voltage while increasing the output current.
The benefit of introducing the constant power mode is that the maximum output power is lower with respect to
the power output at point E. This reduces the power managed by the primary circuitry and in consequence reduces the total dissipation power. This is a useful improvement considering that the complete system is packaged in a plastic case with a very limited capability of dissipating heat.
From point C to D the adapter works in constant current mode until the output voltage reaches 0V.
In practice it is difficult to have a constant current characteristic below an output voltage of 2-3V because the
primary auxiliary supply voltage drops at the controller turn-off threshold (internally fixed at 7.6V typ.) and the
V-I characteristic exhibit a foldback to zero.
If mandatory to operate in constant current mode till 0V, a secondary post-regular or other tricky solutions on
the windings, primary or secondary, are required.
Fig 2 shows the V-I characteristic obtained with the circuit of Fig 3.
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION:
Input voltage 85Vac to 264Vac
Regulated output voltage 18V
Maximum output power 25W
Switching frequency 100kHz
Target efficiency @ full load >80%
Topology discontinuous current mode flyback
Fig 3 shows the electrical circuit.
Figure 1. V-I output characteristic Figure 2. Practical V-I characteristics
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Figure 3. AC-DC converter electrical schematic
25W
18V/2A
20K
R18
L2 5µH
C13
D7 STPS8H100D
T1
C14
2 x
D11
5T
R16
R17
40m
330µF
470µF
Q4 BC337
R12 10K
R14 82D6
3T
R22
4.7K
1K
C15
D8
C18
22µF
9V
1µF
R21
12K
REF
V
R19
R13
1
8
13K
240
C2
1µF
Crin
Vrin
537
GND
4
6
OUTPUT
C16 220nF
2
CREF
C
R24
R25
2.2K
C17 220nF
TSM
101A
2
CC
V
Csen
1
IC2
IN537_mod
R23 100K
C18 2.2nF
41T
C1
50pF
10K
R20
D4
STTH1L06
R1
91K
0.5W
C4
82µF
400V
B1
-+
C3C0
LF
FUSE
THERMISTOR
Vac
85 264
C5 120pF
L1
470µH
D3
STTH1L06
R28
2.7M
D2
R4 20K
Q3 BC337
C6
6T
22µF
R3 10K
C7
22µF
D5
18V
R26 10R10 36K
R9 5.1K
C
V
CC
V
DISDCC
Q1
STP4NL80Z
9814
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4
R6 10
OUT
10
REF
V
R05
L5991A
2
RCT
10K
R7
5.1K
R30 1K
ISEN
13
7
SS
C10
2.2nF
C9
1µF
0.5
R29
C8
100pF
11
12
SGND PGND
1nF
C12
6
5
COMP
5
FB
C11
10nF
R8
5.1K
TCDT
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