UCC1889
UCC2889
UCC3889
OPERATION (cont.)
At the end of the on time, Q1 is turned off and the RON
current into TON is again diverted to VCC. Thus the current through R
ON, which charges CT during the on time,
contributes to supplying control power during the off time.
The power switch off time is controlled by the di scharge
of C
T which, in turn, is programmed by the regulated out-
put voltage. The relationship between C
T discharge cur-
rent, I
DCHG, and output voltage is illustrated as follows:
1. When V
OUT = 0, the off time is infinite. This feature
provides inherent short circuit protection. However, to
ensure output voltage startup when the output is not a
short, a high value resistor, R
S, is placed in parallel
with C
T to establish a minimum switching frequency.
2. As V
OUT rises above approxi mately 0.7V to its regu-
lated value, I
DCHG is defined by ROFF, and therefore is
equal to:
IDCHG = (VOUT - 0.7V) / ROFF
As V
OUT
increases, IDCHG increases resulting in the
reduction of off time. The frequency of operation increases and V
OUT rises quickly to its regulated value.
3. In this region, a transconductance amplifier reduces
I
DCHG in order to maintain VOUT in regulation.
4. If V
OUT should rise above its regulation range, IDCHG
falls to zero and the circuit returns to the minimum frequency established by R
S and CT.
The range of switching frequencies is established by
R
ON, ROFF, RS, and CT as follows:
Frequency = 1/(T
ON + TOFF)
T
ON = RON • CT • 4.6 V/(VIN - 4.5V)
T
OFF (max) = 1.4 • RS • CT
Regions 1 and 4
T
OFF = ROFF • CT • 3.7V /(VOUT - 0.7V)
Region 2, excluding the effects of R
S
which have a minimal impact on TOFF.
The above equations assume that V
CC equals 9V. The
voltage at T
ON increases from approximately 2.5V to
6.5V while C
T is chargin g. To take this into account, VIN
is adjusted by 4.5V in the calculation of TON. The voltage
at T
OFF is approximately 0.7V.
DESIGN EXAMPL E
The UCC3889 regulates a 12 volt, 1 Watt nonisolated DC output from AC inputs between 80 and 265 volts. In this example, the IC i s pro grammed to deliver a maximum on time gate drive pulse width of 2.4 microseconds which occurs
at 80 VAC. The corresponding switching frequency is approximately 100kHz at low line, and overal l efficiency is approximately 50%. Additional design informat ion is ava ilable in Unitrode Application Note U-149.